Publications of Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti ordered by citations

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

Orcid ID: 0000-0003-3721-2114

149	Parker Solar Probe: Four Years of Discoveries at Solar Cycle Minimum 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., 2023, Space Science Reviews, 219, 8
64	MESSENGER Observations of Disappearing Dayside Magnetosphere Events at Mercury 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., 2019, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 124, 6613
50	The Effect of a Guide Field on Local Energy Conversion During Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection: MMS Observations 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., 2017, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 122, 11,342
46	MMS Examination of FTEs at the Earth's Subsolar Magnetopause 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., 2018, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 123, 1224
38	MMS Study of the Structure of Ion-Scale Flux Ropes in the Earth's Cross-Tail Current Sheet 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., 2019, Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 6168
29	MMS Observations of Plasma Heating Associated With FTE Growth Akhavan-Tafti, M., Slavin, J. A., Sun, W. J., Le, G. & Gershman, D. J., 2019, Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 12,654
24	Magnetosheath jet evolution as a function of lifetime: global hybrid-Vlasov simulations compared to MMS observations 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, 2021, Annales Geophysicae, 39, 289
23	MESSENGER Observations of Mercury's Nightside Magnetosphere Under Extreme Solar Wind Conditions: Reconnection-Generated Structures and Steady Convection 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., 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 125, e27490
23	Discontinuity analysis of the leading switchback transition regions Akhavan-Tafti, M., Kasper, J., Huang, J. & Bale, S., 2021, A&A, 650, A4
22	MMS Multi-Point Analysis of FTE Evolution: Physical Characteristics and Dynamics Akhavan-Tafti, M., Slavin, J. A., Eastwood, J. P., Cassak, P. A. & Gershman, D. J., 2019, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 124, 5376
19	Comparative Analysis of the Vlasiator Simulations and MMS Observations of Multiple X-Line Reconnection and Flux Transfer Events 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., 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 125, e27410
13	Flux Transfer Events at a Reconnection Suppressed Magnetopause: Cassini Observations at Saturn Jasinski, Jamie M., Akhavan-Tafti, Mojtaba, Sun, Weijie, Slavin, James A., Coates, Andrew J., Fuselier, Stephen A., Sergis, Nick & Murphy, Neil, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 126, e28786
13	Magnetic Switchbacks Heat the Solar Corona Akhavan-Tafti, M., Kasper, J., Huang, J. & Thomas, L., 2022, ApJ, 937, L39
12	Space weather investigation Frontier (SWIFT) 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., 2023, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 10, 1185603
10	In Situ Mechanisms are Necessary for Switchback Formation Akhavan-Tafti, M. & Soni, S. L., 2024, ApJ, 970, L26
10	Cross-Scale Quantification of Storm-Time Dayside Magnetospheric Magnetic Flux Content Akhavan-Tafti, M., Fontaine, D., Slavin, J. A., Le Contel, O. & Turner, D., 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 125, e28027
9	Helium in the Earth's foreshock: a global Vlasiator survey 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, 2020, Annales Geophysicae, 38, 1081
5	Switchback Patches Evolve into Microstreams via Magnetic Relaxation Soni, Shirsh Lata, Akhavan-Tafti, Mojtaba, Suen, Gabriel Ho Hin, Kasper, Justin, Velli, Marco, De Marco, Rossana, Zhao, Liang & Owen, Christopher J., 2024, ApJ, 977, 264
5	Multipoint Observations of the Dynamics at an ICME Sheath-Ejecta Boundary Ala-Lahti, Matti, Pulkkinen, Tuija I., Ruohotie, Julia, Akhavan-Tafti, Mojtaba, Good, Simon W. & Kilpua, Emilia K. J., 2023, ApJ, 956, 131
4	CMEs evolve in the interplanetary medium to double their predicted geo-effectiveness Soni, Shirsh Lata, Maharana, Anwesha, Guerrero, Antonio, Mishra, Wageesh, Poedts, Stefaan, Thampi, Smitha & Akhavan-Tafti, Mojtaba, 2024, A&A, 686, A23
3	Magnetospheric Time History in Storm-Time Magnetic Flux Dynamics Akhavan-Tafti, M., Atilaw, T. Y., Fontaine, D., Le Contel, O., Slavin, J. A. & Pulkkinen, T., 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 128, e2023JA031832
3	Space Weather Investigation Frontier (SWIFT) mission concept: Continuous, distributed observations of heliospheric structures from the vantage points of Sun-Earth L1 and sub-L1 Johnson, Les, Akhavan-Tafti, Mojtaba, Sood, Rohan, Szabo, Adam & Thomas, Herbert D., 2025, Acta Astronautica, 236, 684
3	Sun Sailing Polar Orbiting Telescope (SunSPOT): A solar polar imaging mission design 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, 2022, Advances in Space Research, 70, 510
2	Properties of Magnetic Switchbacks in the Near-Sun Solar Wind 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, 2026, Space Science Reviews, 222, 14
2	MMS Analysis of a Dayside Compressed Magnetospheric Separatrix in the Presence of Cold Ions and a Moderate Guide Field 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., 2025, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 130, e2024JA033234
1	Training future space explorers Akhavan-Tafti, Mojtaba, 2024, Science, 383, 1188
1	Magnetospheric Time-History in Storm-Time Magnetic Flux Dynamics: A Global Simulation Campaign 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., 2024, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 129, e2023JA031997
0	SunRISE Ground Radio Lab: Monitoring Solar Radio Bursts With an Expansive Array of Antennae at High Schools Nationwide Akhavan-Tafti, M., Soni, S. L., Higgins, C., Fung, S., Lepri, S., Lux, J., Lazio, J. & Romero-Wolf, A., 2025, Earth and Space Science, 12, e2024EA004114
0	Career Planning: The NASA way [Career Advisor] Akhavan-Tafti, Mojtaba, 2025, IEEE Women in Engineering Magazine, 19, 42
0	Application of Signed Distance Fields to Spacecraft Constellation Trajectory Design Sikes, Jared D., Pezent, James B., Sood, Rohan & Akhavan-Tafti, Mojtaba, 2025, Journal of Guidance Control Dynamics, 48, 668
0	Global Compression of the Plasma Sheet and Magnetotail During Intense Storms From THEMIS Observations Alqeeq, S. W., Fontaine, D., Le Contel, O., Akhavan Tafti, M., Cazzola, E., Atilaw, T., Angelopoulos, V. & Auster, H. U., 2024, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 129, e2024JA032888
0	Global compression of the plasma sheet and magnetotail during intense storms from THEMIS observations Qeeq, Soboh Wajih Al, Fontaine, Dominique, Contel, Olivier Le, Akhavan-Tafti, Mojtaba, Cazzola, Emanuele, Atilaw, Tsige Yared, Angelopoulos, Vassilis & Auster, Hans-Ulrich, 2024, essoar.172477775
0	High-resolution Simulation of Coronal Mass Ejection─Corotating Interaction Region Interactions: Mesoscale Solar Wind Structure Formation Observable by the SWIFT Constellation 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, 2025, ApJ, 992, 51
0	Magnetic Reconnection in the Heliospheric Current Sheet Embedded in an Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejection Sheath Ala-Lahti, Matti, Pulkkinen, Tuija I., Suni, Jonas, Hietala, Heli, Good, Simon W., Akhavan-Tafti, Mojtaba, Palmroth, Minna & Kilpua, Emilia K. J., 2025, ApJ, 994, L30
0	A Time-of-Arrival Technique to Estimate the Source of a Type III Solar Radio Burst Kirkey, Julia, Hendrickson, Jamie, Roman-Ramirez, Saul, Akhavan-Tafti, Mojtaba, Kooi, Jason, Hicks, Brian, Clarke, Tracy & Monstein, Christian, 2026, 54930
0	Next Generation Magnetic Field Measurements from Low-Earth Orbit Satellites Enable Enhanced Space Weather Operations 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, 2022, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 9, 366