Publications of Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti

A list of publications authored or co-authored by Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, derived from the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS). The number in brackets after each title indicates the number of citations that the paper has received.

Orcid ID: 0000-0003-3721-2114

List of publications ordered by citations
Number of papers: 36 (refereed: 33)
No. of citations: 583
First author papers: 13 (refereed: 12)

2026

  1. Properties of Magnetic Switchbacks in the Near-Sun Solar Wind [2]
    Badman, Samuel T., Fargette, Naïs, Matteini, Lorenzo, Agapitov, Oleksiy V., Akhavan-Tafti, Mojtaba, Bale, Stuart D., Bharati Das, Srijan, Bizien, Nina, Bowen, Trevor A., Dudok de Wit, Thierry, Froment, Clara, Horbury, Timothy, Huang, Jia, Jagarlamudi, Vamsee Krishna, Larosa, Andrea, Madjarska, Maria S., Panasenco, Olga, Pariat, Etienne, Raouafi, Nour E., Rouillard, Alexis P., Ruffolo, David, Sioulas, Nikos, Soni, Shirsh Lata, Sorriso-Valvo, Luca, Suen, Gabriel Ho Hin, Velli, Marco & Verniero, Jaye, Space Science Reviews, 222, 14
  2. A Time-of-Arrival Technique to Estimate the Source of a Type III Solar Radio Burst [0]
    Kirkey, Julia, Hendrickson, Jamie, Roman-Ramirez, Saul, Akhavan-Tafti, Mojtaba, Kooi, Jason, Hicks, Brian, Clarke, Tracy & Monstein, Christian, 54930

2025

  1. SunRISE Ground Radio Lab: Monitoring Solar Radio Bursts With an Expansive Array of Antennae at High Schools Nationwide [0]
    Akhavan-Tafti, M., Soni, S. L., Higgins, C., Fung, S., Lepri, S., Lux, J., Lazio, J. & Romero-Wolf, A., Earth and Space Science, 12, e2024EA004114
  2. Career Planning: The NASA way [Career Advisor] [0]
    Akhavan-Tafti, Mojtaba, IEEE Women in Engineering Magazine, 19, 42
  3. Magnetic Reconnection in the Heliospheric Current Sheet Embedded in an Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejection Sheath [0]
    Ala-Lahti, Matti, Pulkkinen, Tuija I., Suni, Jonas, Hietala, Heli, Good, Simon W., Akhavan-Tafti, Mojtaba, Palmroth, Minna & Kilpua, Emilia K. J., ApJ, 994, L30
  4. MMS Analysis of a Dayside Compressed Magnetospheric Separatrix in the Presence of Cold Ions and a Moderate Guide Field [2]
    Baraka, M., Le Contel, O., Canu, P., Alqeeq, S. W., Dargent, J., Beck, A., Cozzani, G., Retinò, A., Chust, T., Mirioni, L., Toledo-Redondo, S., Akhavan-Tafti, M., Bandyopadhyay, R., Chasapis, A., Norgren, C., Khotyaintsev, Y., Ahmadi, N., Wei, H. Y., Fischer, D., Gershman, D. J., Burch, J. L., Torbert, R. B., Giles, B. L., Fuselier, S. A., Ergun, R. E., Lindqvist, P.-A., Russell, C. T., Strangeway, R. J. & Bromund, K. R., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 130, e2024JA033234
  5. Space Weather Investigation Frontier (SWIFT) mission concept: Continuous, distributed observations of heliospheric structures from the vantage points of Sun-Earth L1 and sub-L1 [3]
    Johnson, Les, Akhavan-Tafti, Mojtaba, Sood, Rohan, Szabo, Adam & Thomas, Herbert D., Acta Astronautica, 236, 684
  6. High-resolution Simulation of Coronal Mass Ejection─Corotating Interaction Region Interactions: Mesoscale Solar Wind Structure Formation Observable by the SWIFT Constellation [0]
    Manchester, W. B., IV, Sachdeva, Nishtha, Kilpua, Emilia, Ala-Lahti, Matti, Soni, Shirsh Lata, Huang, Zhenguang, Chen, Hongfan, Jivani, Aniket, van der Holst, Bart, Szabo, Adam & Akhavan-Tafti, Mojtaba, ApJ, 992, 51
  7. Application of Signed Distance Fields to Spacecraft Constellation Trajectory Design [0]
    Sikes, Jared D., Pezent, James B., Sood, Rohan & Akhavan-Tafti, Mojtaba, Journal of Guidance Control Dynamics, 48, 668

2024

  1. In Situ Mechanisms are Necessary for Switchback Formation [10]
    Akhavan-Tafti, M. & Soni, S. L., ApJ, 970, L26
  2. Training future space explorers [1]
    Akhavan-Tafti, Mojtaba, Science, 383, 1188
  3. Global Compression of the Plasma Sheet and Magnetotail During Intense Storms From THEMIS Observations [0]
    Alqeeq, S. W., Fontaine, D., Le Contel, O., Akhavan Tafti, M., Cazzola, E., Atilaw, T., Angelopoulos, V. & Auster, H. U., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 129, e2024JA032888
  4. Magnetospheric Time-History in Storm-Time Magnetic Flux Dynamics: A Global Simulation Campaign [1]
    Atilaw, T. Y., Akhavan-Tafti, M., Al Shidi, Q., Pulkkinen, T. I., Fontaine, D., Le Contel, O., Slavin, J. A., Le, G., Chen, L.-J., Reiff, P. H. & Alqeeq, S. W., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 129, e2023JA031997
  5. Global compression of the plasma sheet and magnetotail during intense storms from THEMIS observations [0]
    Qeeq, Soboh Wajih Al, Fontaine, Dominique, Contel, Olivier Le, Akhavan-Tafti, Mojtaba, Cazzola, Emanuele, Atilaw, Tsige Yared, Angelopoulos, Vassilis & Auster, Hans-Ulrich, essoar.172477775
  6. Switchback Patches Evolve into Microstreams via Magnetic Relaxation [5]
    Soni, Shirsh Lata, Akhavan-Tafti, Mojtaba, Suen, Gabriel Ho Hin, Kasper, Justin, Velli, Marco, De Marco, Rossana, Zhao, Liang & Owen, Christopher J., ApJ, 977, 264
  7. CMEs evolve in the interplanetary medium to double their predicted geo-effectiveness [4]
    Soni, Shirsh Lata, Maharana, Anwesha, Guerrero, Antonio, Mishra, Wageesh, Poedts, Stefaan, Thampi, Smitha & Akhavan-Tafti, Mojtaba, A&A, 686, A23

2023

  1. Magnetospheric Time History in Storm-Time Magnetic Flux Dynamics [3]
    Akhavan-Tafti, M., Atilaw, T. Y., Fontaine, D., Le Contel, O., Slavin, J. A. & Pulkkinen, T., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 128, e2023JA031832
  2. Space weather investigation Frontier (SWIFT) [12]
    Akhavan-Tafti, M., Johnson, L., Sood, R., Slavin, J. A., Pulkkinen, T., Lepri, S., Kilpua, E., Fontaine, D., Szabo, A., Wilson, L., Le, G., Atilaw, T. Y., Ala-Lahti, M., Soni, S. L., Biesecker, D., Jian, L. K. & Lario, D., Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 10, 1185603
  3. Multipoint Observations of the Dynamics at an ICME Sheath-Ejecta Boundary [5]
    Ala-Lahti, Matti, Pulkkinen, Tuija I., Ruohotie, Julia, Akhavan-Tafti, Mojtaba, Good, Simon W. & Kilpua, Emilia K. J., ApJ, 956, 131
  4. Parker Solar Probe: Four Years of Discoveries at Solar Cycle Minimum [149]
    Raouafi, N. E., Matteini, L., Squire, J., Badman, S. T., Velli, M., Klein, K. G., Chen, C. H. K., Matthaeus, W. H., Szabo, A., Linton, M., Allen, R. C., Szalay, J. R., Bruno, R., Decker, R. B., Akhavan-Tafti, M., Agapitov, O. V., Bale, S. D., Bandyopadhyay, R., Battams, K., Berčič, L., Bourouaine, S., Bowen, T. A., Cattell, C., Chandran, B. D. G., Chhiber, R., Cohen, C. M. S., D'Amicis, R., Giacalone, J., Hess, P., Howard, R. A., Horbury, T. S., Jagarlamudi, V. K., Joyce, C. J., Kasper, J. C., Kinnison, J., Laker, R., Liewer, P., Malaspina, D. M., Mann, I., McComas, D. J., Niembro-Hernandez, T., Nieves-Chinchilla, T., Panasenco, O., Pokorný, P., Pusack, A., Pulupa, M., Perez, J. C., Riley, P., Rouillard, A. P., Shi, C., Stenborg, G., Tenerani, A., Verniero, J. L., Viall, N., Vourlidas, A., Wood, B. E., Woodham, L. D. & Woolley, T., Space Science Reviews, 219, 8

2022

  1. Magnetic Switchbacks Heat the Solar Corona [13]
    Akhavan-Tafti, M., Kasper, J., Huang, J. & Thomas, L., ApJ, 937, L39
  2. Next Generation Magnetic Field Measurements from Low-Earth Orbit Satellites Enable Enhanced Space Weather Operations [0]
    Le, Guan, Knipp, Delores J., Rastätter, Lutz, Lu, Gang, Ozturk, Dogacan Su, Slavin, James A., Maute, Astrid, Klenzing, Jeffrey, Zou, Shasha, Espley, Jared R., Purucker, Michael, Akhavan-Tafti, Mojtaba, Poh, Gang Kai & Wang, Zihan, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 9, 366
  3. Sun Sailing Polar Orbiting Telescope (SunSPOT): A solar polar imaging mission design [3]
    Probst, A., Anderson, T., Farrish, A. O., Kjellstrand, C. B., Newheart, A. M., Thaller, S. A., Young, S. A. Q., Rankin, K., Akhavan-Tafti, M., Chartier, A., Chintzoglou, G., Duncan, J., Fritz, B., Maruca, B. A., McGranaghan, R. M., Meng, X., Perea, R., Robertson, E., Lowes, L., Nash, A., Romero-Wolf, A. & Team-X, Advances in Space Research, 70, 510

2021

  1. Discontinuity analysis of the leading switchback transition regions [23]
    Akhavan-Tafti, M., Kasper, J., Huang, J. & Bale, S., A&A, 650, A4
  2. Flux Transfer Events at a Reconnection Suppressed Magnetopause: Cassini Observations at Saturn [13]
    Jasinski, Jamie M., Akhavan-Tafti, Mojtaba, Sun, Weijie, Slavin, James A., Coates, Andrew J., Fuselier, Stephen A., Sergis, Nick & Murphy, Neil, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 126, e28786
  3. Magnetosheath jet evolution as a function of lifetime: global hybrid-Vlasov simulations compared to MMS observations [24]
    Palmroth, Minna, Raptis, Savvas, Suni, Jonas, Karlsson, Tomas, Turc, Lucile, Johlander, Andreas, Ganse, Urs, Pfau-Kempf, Yann, Blanco-Cano, Xochitl, Akhavan-Tafti, Mojtaba, Battarbee, Markus, Dubart, Maxime, Grandin, Maxime, Tarvus, Vertti & Osmane, Adnane, Annales Geophysicae, 39, 289

2020

  1. Cross-Scale Quantification of Storm-Time Dayside Magnetospheric Magnetic Flux Content [10]
    Akhavan-Tafti, M., Fontaine, D., Slavin, J. A., Le Contel, O. & Turner, D., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 125, e28027
  2. Comparative Analysis of the Vlasiator Simulations and MMS Observations of Multiple X-Line Reconnection and Flux Transfer Events [19]
    Akhavan-Tafti, M., Palmroth, M., Slavin, J. A., Battarbee, M., Ganse, U., Grandin, M., Le, G., Gershman, D. J., Eastwood, J. P. & Stawarz, J. E., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 125, e27410
  3. Helium in the Earth's foreshock: a global Vlasiator survey [9]
    Battarbee, Markus, Blanco-Cano, Xóchitl, Turc, Lucile, Kajdič, Primož, Johlander, Andreas, Tarvus, Vertti, Fuselier, Stephen, Trattner, Karlheinz, Alho, Markku, Brito, Thiago, Ganse, Urs, Pfau-Kempf, Yann, Akhavan-Tafti, Mojtaba, Karlsson, Tomas, Raptis, Savvas, Dubart, Maxime, Grandin, Maxime, Suni, Jonas & Palmroth, Minna, Annales Geophysicae, 38, 1081
  4. MESSENGER Observations of Mercury's Nightside Magnetosphere Under Extreme Solar Wind Conditions: Reconnection-Generated Structures and Steady Convection [23]
    Sun, W. J., Slavin, J. A., Dewey, R. M., Chen, Y., DiBraccio, G. A., Raines, J. M., Jasinski, J. M., Jia, X. & Akhavan-Tafti, M., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 125, e27490

2019

  1. MMS Multi-Point Analysis of FTE Evolution: Physical Characteristics and Dynamics [22]
    Akhavan-Tafti, M., Slavin, J. A., Eastwood, J. P., Cassak, P. A. & Gershman, D. J., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 124, 5376
  2. MMS Observations of Plasma Heating Associated With FTE Growth [29]
    Akhavan-Tafti, M., Slavin, J. A., Sun, W. J., Le, G. & Gershman, D. J., Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 12,654
  3. MESSENGER Observations of Disappearing Dayside Magnetosphere Events at Mercury [64]
    Slavin, J. A., Middleton, H. R., Raines, J. M., Jia, Xianzhe, Zhong, J., Sun, W.-J., Livi, S., Imber, S. M., Poh, G.-K., Akhavan-Tafti, M., Jasinski, J. Â. M., DiBraccio, G. A., Dong, C., Dewey, R. M. & Mays, M. L., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 124, 6613
  4. MMS Study of the Structure of Ion-Scale Flux Ropes in the Earth's Cross-Tail Current Sheet [38]
    Sun, W. J., Slavin, J. A., Tian, A. M., Bai, S. C., Poh, G. K., Akhavan-Tafti, M., Lu, San, Yao, S. T., Le, G., Nakamura, R., Giles, B. L. & Burch, J. L., Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 6168

2018

  1. MMS Examination of FTEs at the Earth's Subsolar Magnetopause [46]
    Akhavan-Tafti, M., Slavin, J. A., Le, G., Eastwood, J. P., Strangeway, R. J., Russell, C. T., Nakamura, R., Baumjohann, W., Torbert, R. B., Giles, B. L., Gershman, D. J. & Burch, J. L., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 123, 1224

2017

  1. The Effect of a Guide Field on Local Energy Conversion During Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection: MMS Observations [50]
    Genestreti, K. J., Burch, J. L., Cassak, P. A., Torbert, R. B., Ergun, R. E., Varsani, A., Phan, T. D., Giles, B. L., Russell, C. T., Wang, S., Akhavan-Tafti, M. & Allen, R. C., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 122, 11,342

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