Publications of Merav Opher ordered by citations

A list of publications authored or co-authored by Merav Opher, derived from the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) and ordered by the numbers of citations.

Orcid ID: 0000-0002-8767-8273

138	Global Trends of CME Deflections Based on CME and Solar Parameters Kay, C., Opher, M. & Evans, R. M., 2015, ApJ, 805, 168
125	Magnetized Jets Driven By the Sun: the Structure of the Heliosphere Revisited Opher, M., Drake, J. F., Zieger, B. & Gombosi, T. I., 2015, ApJ, 800, L28
82	A small and round heliosphere suggested by magnetohydrodynamic modelling of pick-up ions Opher, Merav, Loeb, Abraham, Drake, James & Toth, Gabor, 2020, Nature Astronomy, 4, 675
69	Probability of CME Impact on Exoplanets Orbiting M Dwarfs and Solar-like Stars Kay, C., Opher, M. & Kornbleuth, M., 2016, ApJ, 826, 195
56	A Model of the Heliosphere with Jets Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M. & Opher, M., 2015, ApJ, 808, L44
55	The Heliocentric Distance where the Deflections and Rotations of Solar Coronal Mass Ejections Occur Kay, C. & Opher, M., 2015, ApJ, 811, L36
43	The Structure of the Large-Scale Heliosphere as Seen by Current Models Kleimann, Jens, Dialynas, Konstantinos, Fraternale, Federico, Galli, André, Heerikhuisen, Jacob, Izmodenov, Vladislav, Kornbleuth, Marc, Opher, Merav & Pogorelov, Nikolai, 2022, Space Science Reviews, 218, 36
43	Predicting the Magnetic Field of Earth-impacting CMEs Kay, C., Gopalswamy, N., Reinard, A. & Opher, M., 2017, ApJ, 835, 117
43	Hybrid Simulations of Interstellar Pickup Protons Accelerated at the Solar-wind Termination Shock at Multiple Locations Giacalone, J., Nakanotani, M., Zank, G. P., Kòta, J., Opher, M. & Richardson, J. D., 2021, ApJ, 911, 27
37	A Turbulent Heliosheath Driven by the Rayleigh-Taylor Instability Opher, M., Drake, J. F., Zank, G., Powell, E., Shelley, W., Kornbleuth, M., Florinski, V., Izmodenov, V., Giacalone, J., Fuselier, S., Dialynas, K., Loeb, A. & Richardson, J., 2021, ApJ, 922, 181
36	Combined ∼10 eV to ∼344 MeV Particle Spectra and Pressures in the Heliosheath along the Voyager 2 Trajectory Dialynas, Konstantinos, Galli, Andre, Dayeh, Maher A., Cummings, Alan C., Decker, Robert B., Fuselier, Stephen A., Gkioulidou, Matina, Roussos, Elias, Krimigis, Stamatios M., Mitchell, Donald G., Richardson, John D. & Opher, Merav, 2020, ApJ, 905, L24
32	The Twist of the Draped Interstellar Magnetic Field Ahead of the Heliopause: A Magnetic Reconnection Driven Rotational Discontinuity Opher, M., Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M., Zieger, B. & Toth, G., 2017, ApJ, 839, L12
32	Using ForeCAT Deflections and Rotations to Constrain the Early Evolution of CMEs Kay, C., Opher, M., Colaninno, R. C. & Vourlidas, A., 2016, ApJ, 827, 70
28	On the Energization of Pickup Ions Downstream of the Heliospheric Termination Shock by Comparing 0.52-55 keV Observed Energetic Neutral Atom Spectra to Ones Inferred from Proton Hybrid Simulations Gkioulidou, Matina, Opher, M., Kornbleuth, M., Dialynas, K., Giacalone, J., Richardson, J. D., Zank, G. P., Fuselier, S. A., Mitchell, D. G., Krimigis, S. M., Roussos, E. & Baliukin, I., 2022, ApJ, 931, L21
24	Signature of a Heliotail Organized by the Solar Magnetic Field and the Role of Nonideal Processes in Modeled IBEX ENA Maps: A Comparison of the BU and Moscow MHD Models Kornbleuth, M., Opher, M., Baliukin, I., Dayeh, M. A., Zirnstein, E., Gkioulidou, M., Dialynas, K., Galli, A., Richardson, J. D., Izmodenov, V., Zank, G. P. & Fuselier, S., 2021, ApJ, 921, 164
24	The Development of a Split-tail Heliosphere and the Role of Non-ideal Processes: A Comparison of the BU and Moscow Models Kornbleuth, M., Opher, M., Baliukin, I., Gkioulidou, M., Richardson, J. D., Zank, G. P., Michael, A. T., Tóth, G., Tenishev, V., Izmodenov, V., Alexashov, D., Fuselier, S., Drake, J. F. & Dialynas, K., 2021, ApJ, 923, 179
22	Probing the Length of the Heliospheric Tail with Energetic Neutral Atoms (ENAs) from 0.52 to 80 keV Kornbleuth, M., Opher, M., Dialynas, K., Zank, G. P., Wang, B. B., Baliukin, I., Gkioulidou, M., Giacalone, J., Izmodenov, V., Sokół, J. M. & Dayeh, M. A., 2023, ApJ, 945, L15
21	The Confinement of the Heliosheath Plasma by the Solar Magnetic Field as Revealed by Energetic Neutral Atom Simulations Kornbleuth, M., Opher, M., Michael, A. T., Sokół, J. M., Tóth, G., Tenishev, V. & Drake, J. F., 2020, ApJ, 895, L26
19	A possible direct exposure of the Earth to the cold dense interstellar medium 2-3 Myr ago Opher, Merav, Loeb, Abraham & Peek, J. E. G., 2024, Nature Astronomy, 8, 983
19	The Solar Wind with Hydrogen Ion Exchange and Large-scale Dynamics (SHIELD) Code: A Self-consistent Kinetic-Magnetohydrodynamic Model of the Outer Heliosphere Michael, A. T., Opher, M., Tóth, G., Tenishev, V. & Borovikov, D., 2022, ApJ, 924, 105
19	The Downwind Solar Wind: Model Comparison with Pioneer 10 Observations Nakanotani, M., Zank, G. P., Adhikari, L., Zhao, L.-L., Giacalone, J., Opher, M. & Richardson, J. D., 2020, ApJ, 901, L23
18	Constraining the Masses and the Non-radial Drag Coefficient of a Solar Coronal Mass Ejection Kay, C., dos Santos, L. F. G. & Opher, M., 2015, ApJ, 801, L21
18	The Formation of Magnetic Depletions and Flux Annihilation Due to Reconnection in the Heliosheath Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M., Opher, M. & Richardson, J. D., 2017, ApJ, 837, 159
17	Theory and Transport of Nearly Incompressible Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence: High Plasma Beta Regime Adhikari, Laxman, Zank, Gary P., Wang, Bingbing, Zhao, Lingling, Telloni, Daniele, Pitna, Alex, Opher, Merav, Shrestha, Bishwas, McComas, David J. & Nykyri, Katariina, 2023, ApJ, 953, 44
16	Energetic Neutral Atom Fluxes from the Heliosheath: Constraints from in situ Measurements and Models Fuselier, S. A., Galli, A., Richardson, J. D., Reisenfeld, D. B., Zirnstein, E. J., Heerikhuisen, J., Dayeh, M. A., Schwadron, N. A., McComas, D. J., Elliott, H. A., Gomez, R. G., Starkey, M. J., Kornbleuth, M. Z., Opher, M. & Dialynas, K., 2021, ApJ, 915, L26
16	Consequences of Treating the Solar Magnetic Field as a Dipole on the Global Structure of the Heliosphere and Heliosheath Michael, A. T., Opher, M. & Tóth, G., 2018, ApJ, 860, 171
16	Globally Distributed Energetic Neutral Atom Maps for the “Croissant” Heliosphere Kornbleuth, M., Opher, M., Michael, A. T. & Drake, J. F., 2018, ApJ, 865, 84
15	Relating Energetic Ion Spectra to Energetic Neutral Atoms Wang, Bingbing, Zank, Gary P., Shrestha, Bishwas L., Kornbleuth, Marc & Opher, Merav, 2023, ApJ, 944, 198
15	An Anomalous Cosmic-Ray Mediated Termination Shock: Implications for Energetic Neutral Atoms Kornbleuth, M., Opher, M., Zank, G. P., Wang, B. B., Giacalone, J., Gkioulidou, M. & Dialynas, K., 2023, ApJ, 944, L47
14	Magnetic Flux Conservation in the Heliosheath Including Solar Cycle Variations of Magnetic Field Intensity Michael, A. T., Opher, M., Provornikova, E., Richardson, J. D. & Tóth, G., 2015, ApJ, 803, L6
13	The Impact of Kinetic Neutrals on the Heliotail Michael, A. T., Opher, M., Tóth, G., Tenishev, V. & Drake, J. F., 2021, ApJ, 906, 37
12	Interstellar Neutral Hydrogen in the Heliosphere: New Horizons Observations in the Context of Models Swaczyna, P., Bzowski, M., Dialynas, K., Dyke, L., Fraternale, F., Galli, A., Heerikhuisen, J., Kornbleuth, M. Z., Koutroumpa, D., Kowalska-Leszczyńska, I., Kubiak, M. A., Michael, A. T., Müller, H.-R., Opher, M. & Rahmanifard, F., 2024, ApJ, 969, L20
12	The Deflection of the Cartwheel CME: ForeCAT Results Capannolo, Luisa, Opher, Merav, Kay, Christina & Landi, Enrico, 2017, ApJ, 839, 37
12	Voyager Observations of Magnetic Sectors and Heliospheric Current Sheet Crossings in the Outer Heliosphere Richardson, J. D., Burlaga, L. F., Drake, J. F., Hill, M. E. & Opher, M., 2016, ApJ, 831, 115
12	MSWIM2D: Two-dimensional Outer Heliosphere Solar Wind Modeling Keebler, Timothy B., Tóth, Gábor, Zieger, Bertalan & Opher, Merav, 2022, ApJS, 260, 43
12	Turbulence, Waves, and Taylor's Hypothesis for Heliosheath Observations Zhao, L.-L., Zank, G. P., Opher, M., Zieger, B., Li, H., Florinski, V., Adhikari, L., Zhu, X. & Nakanotani, M., 2024, ApJ, 973, 26
11	The Discrepancy between Observed and Predicted Heliospheric Energetic Neutral Atoms below Solar Wind Energy Galli, André, Baliukin, Igor I., Kornbleuth, Marc, Opher, Merav, Fuselier, Stephen A., Sokół, Justyna M., Dialynas, Konstantinos, Dayeh, Maher A., Izmodenov, Vladislav V. & Richardson, John D., 2023, ApJ, 954, L24
10	Using Magnetic Flux Conservation to Determine Heliosheath Speeds Richardson, J. D., Cummings, A. C., Burlaga, L. F., Giacalone, J., Opher, M. & Stone, E. C., 2021, ApJ, 919, L28
9	The Passage of the Solar System through the Edge of the Local Bubble Opher, Merav, Loeb, Abraham, Zucker, Catherine, Goodman, Alyssa, Konietzka, Ralf, Worden, Alexandra Z., Economo, Evan P., Miller, Jesse A., Alves, João, Grone, Jonathan, Kornbleuth, Marc, Peek, J. E. G. & Foley, Michael M., 2024, ApJ, 972, 201
8	A Kinetic-magnetohydrodynamic Model with Adaptive Mesh Refinement for Modeling Heliosphere Neutral-plasma Interaction Chen, Yuxi, Toth, Gabor, Powell, Erick, Arshad, Talha, Bair, Ethan, Kornbleuth, Marc & Opher, Merav, 2024, ApJ, 973, 46
8	Instabilities along the Axis of the Heliospheric Jets Ma, Xiaohan, Opher, Merav, Kornbleuth, Marc & Toth, Gabor, 2025, ApJ, 978, 57
8	Inferring the Interstellar Magnetic Field Direction from Energetic Neutral Atom Observations of the Heliotail Kornbleuth, M., Opher, M., Dayeh, M. A., Sokół, J. M., Chen, Y., Powell, E., Turner, D. L., Baliukin, I., Dialynas, K. & Izmodenov, V., 2024, ApJ, 967, L12
7	Lyα Absorption in a "Croissant-like" Heliosphere Powell, Erick, Opher, Merav, Kornbleuth, Marc Z., Baliukin, Igor, Michael, Adam T., Wood, Brian E., Izmodenov, Vladislav, Toth, Gabor & Tenishev, Valeriy, 2024, ApJ, 961, 235
7	Hybrid Simulations of Interstellar Pickup Ions at the Solar Wind Termination Shock Revisited Giacalone, Joe, Kornbleuth, M., Opher, M., Gkioulidou, M., Köta, J., Puzzoni, E., Richardson, J. D. & Zank, G. P., 2025, ApJ, 980, 29
6	A Comparison of Particle-in-cell and Hybrid Simulations of the Heliospheric Termination Shock Swisdak, M., Giacalone, J., Drake, J. F., Opher, M., Zank, G. P. & Zieger, B., 2023, ApJ, 959, 4
6	Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability at the CME-Sheath and Sheath-Solar-wind Interfaces Páez, A., Jatenco-Pereira, V., Falceta-Gonçalves, D. & Opher, M., 2017, ApJ, 851, 112
5	PUI Heating in the Supersonic Solar Wind Mostafavi, Parisa, Adhikari, Laxman, Shrestha, Bishwas L., Zank, Gary P., Opher, Merav, Hill, Matthew E., Elliott, Heather A., Brandt, Pontus C., McNutt, Ralph L., McComas, David J., Poppe, Andrew R., Provornikova, Elena, Nikoukar, Romina, Kollmann, Peter, Stern, S. Alan, Singer, Kelsi N., Verbiscer, Anne & Parker, Joel, 2025, ApJ, 979, 222
5	Magnetic Trapping of Galactic Cosmic Rays in the Outer Heliosheath and Their Preferential Entry into the Heliosphere Florinski, Vladimir, Guzman, Juan Alonso, Kleimann, Jens, Baliukin, Igor, Ghanbari, Keyvan, Turner, Drew, Zieger, Bertalan, Kóta, Jozsef, Opher, Merav, Izmodenov, Vladislav, Alexashov, Dmitry, Giacalone, Joe & Richardson, John, 2024, ApJ, 961, 244
4	Numerical Modeling of Energetic Charged-particle Transport with SPECTRUM Software: General Approach and Artificial Effects due to Field Discretization Guzmán, J. G. Alonso, Florinski, V., Tóth, G., Sharma, S., van der Holst, B. & Opher, M., 2024, ApJS, 272, 46
4	Termination Shock Particle Streaming Upstream at New Horizons Powell, Erick, Opher, Merav, Bair, Ethan, Hill, Matthew, Nikoukar, Romina, Giacalone, Joe, Dialynas, Konstantinos, Richardson, John D., Brandt, Pontus C., Singer, Kelsi N., Stern, S. Alan, Provornikova, Elena, Verbiscer, Anne J., Poppe, Andrew R., Parker, Joel Wm. & New Horizons Heliospheric Team, 2025, ApJ, 978, L11
4	On the Anisotropic Velocity Distribution of Newborn Pickup Ions in the Heliosheath Du, Senbei, Opher, Merav & Kornbleuth, Marc, 2025, ApJ, 982, L59
4	Turbulence and Diffusive Transport of Cosmic Rays in the Very Local Interstellar Medium Florinski, V., Alonso Guzman, J. G., Giacalone, J., le Roux, J. A. & Opher, M., 2023, ApJ, 948, 66
3	Anisotropies of 40─139 keV Ions Measured beyond the Termination Shock and in the Very Local Interstellar Medium Dialynas, Konstantinos, Krimigis, Stamatios M., Decker, Robert B., Hill, Matthew E., Nikoukar, Romina & Opher, Merav, 2024, ApJ, 974, 174
3	Corrugated Features in Coronal-mass-ejection-driven Shocks: A Discussion on the Predisposition to Particle Acceleration Páez, A., Jatenco-Pereira, V., Falceta-Gonçalves, D. & Opher, M., 2019, ApJ, 879, 122
3	Evolution of Large-scale Structures in the Energetic Neutral Atom Sky Maps in Energy and Solar Activity Sokół, Justyna M., Gasser, Jonathan, Opher, Merav, Kornbleuth, Marc, Dialynas, Kostas, Galli, André, Dayeh, Maher A., Fuselier, Stephen A., Reisenfeld, Daniel B. & Funsten, Herbert O., 2025, ApJ, 992, 168
3	On the Energy Dependence of Galactic Cosmic Ray Anisotropies in the Very Local Interstellar Medium Nikoukar, Romina, Hill, Matthew E., Brown, Lawrence, Kota, Jozsef, Decker, Robert B., Dialynas, Konstantinos, Hamilton, Douglas C., Krimigis, Stamatios M., Lasley, Scott, Roelof, Edmond C., Mitchell, J. Grant, Florinski, Vladimir., Giacalone, Joe., Richardson, John & Opher, Merav, 2022, ApJ, 934, 41
3	Evidence of a Thick Heliopause Boundary Layer Resulting from Active Magnetic Reconnection with the Interstellar Medium Turner, Drew L., Michael, Adam, Provornikova, Elena, Kornbleuth, Marc, Opher, Merav, Eriksson, Stefan, Lavraud, Benoit, Mostafavi, Parisa, Hill, Matthew E., Brandt, Pontus, Cohen, Ian J., Westlake, Joseph, Richardson, John D., Schwadron, Nathan A. & McComas, David J., 2024, ApJ, 960, 130
2	Exploring the Complex Heliotail Boundary by an Extended Level Set Approach Onubogu, C., Opher, M., Kornbleuth, M., Tóth, G. & Florinski, V., 2025, ApJ, 980, L19
2	Energetic Neutral Atom Fluxes from the Voyager 1 and 2 Directions Fuselier, Stephen A., Zirnstein, Eric J., Heerikhuisen, Jacob, Galli, André, Richardson, John D., Reisenfeld, Daniel B., Schwadron, Nathan A., Dayeh, Maher A., McComas, David J., Funsten, Herbert O., Sokół, Justyna M., Opher, Merav, Kornbleuth, Marc Z. & Gasser, Jonathan, 2025, ApJ, 987, 15
2	The Impact of Physical Processes on the Radial Evolution of the Distant Pickup Ion Mediated Solar Wind Adhikari, Laxman, Zank, Gary P., Shrestha, Bishwas L., Tasnim, Samira, Zhao, Lingling, Elliott, Heather, Opher, Merav, Wang, Bingbing, Le Roux, Jakobus, Pitňa, Alexander, McComas, David J., Mostafavi, Parisa, Richardson, John, Zhu, Xingyu, Wu, Yihong, Sokół, Justyna M. & Nikoukar, Romina, 2025, ApJ, 987, 182
2	Consequences of Hot Electrons for the Structure of the Outer Heliosphere Bair, Ethan Schuyler, Opher, Merav, Kornbleuth, Marc Zachary, Zieger, Bertalan, Toth, Gabor & van der Holst, Bart, 2025, ApJ, 988, 223
2	The Coupling and Evolution of Kelvin─Helmholtz and Rayleigh─Taylor Instabilities in the Heliosheath Ma, Xiaohan, Opher, Merav & Kornbleuth, Marc, 2025, ApJ, 988, 248
2	Magnetic Turbulence Intermittency and Compressibility in the Inner Heliosheath and Very Local Interstellar Medium Zhao, L.-L., Florinski, V., Zank, G. P., Opher, M., Richardson, J., Kurth, W. S., Silwal, A., Zhu, X., Subashchandar, N. S. M., Alonso Guzman, J. G. & Jin, Z., 2025, ApJ, 992, L4
2	The Effects of Turbulence on Heliosheath Ions and Implications for Energetic Neutral Atoms Du, Senbei, Opher, Merav, Giacalone, Joe, Guo, Fan, Richardson, John D. & Zieger, Bertalan, 2024, ApJ, 974, 210
2	Earth's Mesosphere During Possible Encounters With Massive Interstellar Clouds 2 and 7 Million Years Ago Miller, Jesse A., Opher, Merav, Hatzaki, Maria, Papachristopoulou, Kyriakoula & Thomas, Brian C., 2024, Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL110174
1	Publisher Correction: A small and round heliosphere suggested by magnetohydrodynamic modelling of pick-up ions Opher, Merav, Loeb, Abraham, Drake, James & Toth, Gabor, 2020, Nature Astronomy, 4, 719
1	Large-scale Field-aligned Flows in the Heliosheath Opher, Merav, Kornbleuth, Marc, Decker, Rob, Richardson, John, Bair, Ethan, Dialynas, Kostas, Nikoukar, Romina, Hill, Matthew E., Du, Senbei & Florinski, Vladimir, 2025, ApJ, 985, 85
1	A "Valley" in Heliospheric Energetic Particle Intensities and Implications for a New Horizons Encounter with the Solar Wind Termination Shock Nikoukar, Romina, Hill, Matthew E., Dialynas, Konstantinos, Krimigis, Stamatios M., Brown, Lawrence E., Kollmann, Peter, Decker, Robert D., Manweiler, Jerry W., Reeve, W. Spencer, Florinski, Vladimir, Zhang, Ming, Richardson, John, Opher, Merav, Giacalone, Joe, Adhikari, Laxman, Brandt, Pontus C., Carcaboso, Fernando, Cooper, John F., Elliott, Heather A., Gold, Robert, Haggerty, Dennis, Hamilton, Douglas C., Kota, Jozsef, Lario, David, Lasley, Scott, McNutt, Ralph, Jr., Mitchell, Donald G., Mostafavi, Parisa, Parker, Joel, Poppe, Andrew R., Powell, Erick, Provornikova, Elena, Singer, Kelsi N., Sokół, Justyna M., Stern, S. Alan, Verbiscer, Anne J., Wang, Bingbing & Zhao, Lingling, 2026, ApJ, 996, 135
1	Modeling Cosmic-Ray Acceleration at Nonplanar Astrophysical Shocks Using the SPECTRUM Code Sharma, S., Huang, Y., Alonso Guzmán, J. G., Florinski, V., Schoenbaum, L. T. & Opher, M., 2025, ApJS, 281, 30
0	The Gradual Slowing of the Solar Wind in the Outer Heliosphere Elliott, Heather A., Kim, Tae K., Richardson, John D., Sokół, Justyna M., Shrestha, Bishwas L., Zirnstein, Eric J., McComas, David J., Swaczyna, Paweł, Opher, Merav, Dayeh, Maher A., Hill, Matthew E., Poppe, Andrew, Stern, S. Alan, Brandt, Pontus C., Singer, Kelsi, Parker, Joel, Verbiscer, Anne J. & New Horizons Heliophysics Team, 2026, ApJ, 1001, 55
0	PUI Acceleration at an Oblique Heliospheric Termination Shock: 2D Hybrid Kinetic Simulation Nakanotani, Masaru, Zank, Gary P., Kornbleuth, Marc & Opher, Merav, 2026, ApJ, 1001, L16
0	Toward Explaining Galactic Cosmic-Ray Modulation in a Dynamic Heliosheath: Transient Structures Seem Dominant and Magnetic Drifts Appear Reduced Alonso Guzmán, J. G., Florinski, V., Zhao, L.-L., Cummings, A. C., Heikkila, B. C., Hill, M. E., Nikoukar, R. & Opher, M., 2026, ApJ, 1002, 92
0	Solar Wind Forecasting for Long-term Variations of the Global Heliosphere Gasser, Jonathan, Sokół, Justyna M., Dayeh, Maher A., Elliott, Heather A., Singer, Kelsi N. & Opher, Merav, 2026, ApJ, 999, 11
0	2D Kelvin─Helmholtz Instability with Anisotropic Pressure Biswas, Shishir, Nakanotani, Masaru, Balsara, Dinshaw S., Florinski, Vladimir & Opher, Merav, 2026, ApJ, 999, 144
0	Reply to: No indication of a strong increase in galactic cosmic ray intensity 2-3 Myr ago from cosmogenic nuclides Opher, Merav, Loeb, Abraham, Peek, J. E., Miller, Jesse, Middleton, Jennifer & Nica, Anna, 2026, Nature Astronomy, ,