Publications of G. Nicolaou ordered by citations

A list of publications authored or co-authored by G. Nicolaou, derived from the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) and ordered by the numbers of citations. Publications above the horizontal line count towards the h-index.

Orcid ID: 0000-0003-3623-4928

68	Long-Term Variability of the Polytropic Index of Solar Wind Protons at 1 AU Nicolaou, G., Livadiotis, G. & Moussas, X., 2014, Solar Physics, 289, 1371
44	Properties of plasma ions in the distant Jovian magnetosheath using Solar Wind Around Pluto data on New Horizons Nicolaou, G., McComas, D. J., Bagenal, F. & Elliott, H. A., 2014, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 119, 3463
44	The New Horizons Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP) Observations of the Solar Wind from 11-33 au Elliott, H. A., McComas, D. J., Valek, P., Nicolaou, G., Weidner, S. & Livadiotis, G., 2016, ApJS, 223, 19
40	Misestimation of temperature when applying Maxwellian distributions to space plasmas described by kappa distributions Nicolaou, Georgios & Livadiotis, George, 2016, Astrophysics and Space Science, 361, 359
37	Determining the Kappa Distributions of Space Plasmas from Observations in a Limited Energy Range Nicolaou, G., Livadiotis, G., Owen, C. J., Verscharen, D. & Wicks, R. T., 2018, ApJ, 864, 3
36	Long-term Correlations of Polytropic Indices with Kappa Distributions in Solar Wind Plasma near 1 au Nicolaou, G. & Livadiotis, G., 2019, ApJ, 884, 52
30	Charge state of ∼1 to 50 keV ions after passing through graphene and ultrathin carbon foils Allegrini, Frédéric, Ebert, Robert W., Fuselier, Stephen A., Nicolaou, Georgios, Bedworth, Peter, Sinton, Steve & Trattner, Karlheinz J., 2014, Optical Engineering, 53, 024101
26	Plasma properties in the deep jovian magnetotail Nicolaou, G., McComas, D. J., Bagenal, F., Elliott, H. A. & Wilson, R. J., 2015, Planetary and Space Science, 119, 222
23	Jupiter's deep magnetotail boundary layer Nicolaou, G., McComas, D. J., Bagenal, F., Elliott, H. A. & Ebert, R. W., 2015, Planetary and Space Science, 111, 116
22	Relationship between Polytropic Index and Temperature Anisotropy in Space Plasmas Livadiotis, G. & Nicolaou, G., 2021, ApJ, 909, 127
21	Three-dimensional magnetic reconnection in particle-in-cell simulations of anisotropic plasma turbulence Agudelo Rueda, Jeffersson A., Verscharen, Daniel, Wicks, Robert T., Owen, Christopher J., Nicolaou, Georgios, Walsh, Andrew P., Zouganelis, Ioannis, Germaschewski, Kai & Vargas Domínguez, Santiago, 2021, Journal of Plasma Physics, 87, 905870228
20	On the Calculation of the Effective Polytropic Index in Space Plasmas Nicolaou, Georgios, Livadiotis, George & Wicks, Robert T., 2019, Entropy, 21, 997
19	The Impact of Turbulent Solar Wind Fluctuations on Solar Orbiter Plasma Proton Measurements Nicolaou, G., Verscharen, D., Wicks, R. T. & Owen, C. J., 2019, ApJ, 886, 101
17	Properties of an Interplanetary Shock Observed at 0.07 and 0.7 au by Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter Trotta, Domenico, Larosa, Andrea, Nicolaou, Georgios, Horbury, Timothy S., Matteini, Lorenzo, Hietala, Heli, Blanco-Cano, Xochitl, Franci, Luca, Chen, C. H. K., Zhao, Lingling, Zank, Gary P., Cohen, Christina M. S., Bale, Stuart D., Laker, Ronan, Fargette, Nais, Valentini, Francesco, Khotyaintsev, Yuri, Kieokaew, Rungployphan, Raouafi, Nour, Davies, Emma, Vainio, Rami, Dresing, Nina, Kilpua, Emilia, Karlsson, Tomas, Owen, Christopher J. & Wimmer-Schweingruber, Robert F., 2024, ApJ, 962, 147
17	Angular scattering of 1-50 keV ions through graphene and thin carbon foils: Potential applications for space plasma instrumentation Ebert, Robert W., Allegrini, Frédéric, Fuselier, Stephen A., Nicolaou, Georgios, Bedworth, Peter, Sinton, Steve & Trattner, Karlheinz J., 2014, Review of Scientific Instruments, 85, 033302
15	Electron Partial Density and Temperature Over Jupiter's Main Auroral Emission Using Juno Observations Allegrini, F., Kurth, W. S., Elliott, S. S., Saur, J., Livadiotis, G., Nicolaou, G., Bagenal, F., Bolton, S., Clark, G., Connerney, J. E. P., Ebert, R. W., Gladstone, G. R., Louarn, P., Mauk, B. H., McComas, D. J., Sulaiman, A. H., Szalay, J. R., Valek, P. W. & Wilson, R. J., 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 126, e29426
15	On the Determination of Kappa Distribution Functions from Space Plasma Observations Nicolaou, Georgios, Livadiotis, George & Wicks, Robert T., 2020, Entropy, 22, 212
14	Determining the Bulk Parameters of Plasma Electrons from Pitch-Angle Distribution Measurements Nicolaou, Georgios, Wicks, Robert, Livadiotis, George, Verscharen, Daniel, Owen, Christopher & Kataria, Dhiren, 2020, Entropy, 22, 103
13	Modeling the Plasma Flow in the Inner Heliosheath with a Spatially Varying Compression Ratio Nicolaou, G. & Livadiotis, G., 2017, ApJ, 838, 7
13	Jovian deep magnetotail composition and structure McComas, D. J., Allegrini, F., Bagenal, F., Ebert, R. W., Elliott, H. A., Nicolaou, G., Szalay, J. R., Valek, P. & Weidner, S., 2017, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 122, 1763
11	Semi-empirical relationships for the energy loss and straggling of 1-50 keV hydrogen ions passing through thin carbon foils Allegrini, Frédéric, Ebert, Robert W., Nicolaou, Georgios & Grubbs, Guy, 2015, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 359, 115
10	Deriving the bulk properties of solar wind electrons observed by Solar Orbiter. A preliminary study of electron plasma thermodynamics Nicolaou, G., Wicks, R. T., Owen, C. J., Kataria, D. O., Chandrasekhar, A., Lewis, G. R., Verscharen, D., Fortunato, V., Mele, G., DeMarco, R. & Bruno, R., 2021, A&A, 656, A10
9	Evaluating the Performance of a Plasma Analyzer for a Space Weather Monitor Mission Concept Nicolaou, G., Wicks, R. T., Rae, I. J. & Kataria, D. O., 2020, Space Weather, 18, e2020SW002559
9	The Polytropic Behavior of Solar Wind Protons as Observed by the Ulysses Spacecraft during Solar Minimum Nicolaou, Georgios, Livadiotis, George & McComas, David J., 2023, ApJ, 948, 22
9	Statistical Uncertainties of Space Plasma Properties Described by Kappa Distributions Nicolaou, Georgios & Livadiotis, George, 2020, Entropy, 22, 541
8	Thermal Energy Budget of Electrons in the Inner Heliosphere: Parker Solar Probe Observations Abraham, Joel B., Verscharen, Daniel, Wicks, Robert T., Agudelo Rueda, Jeffersson A., Owen, Christopher J., Nicolaou, Georgios & Jeong, Seong-Yeop, 2022, ApJ, 941, 145
8	Solar Electron Beam-Langmuir Wave Interactions and How They Modify Solar Electron Beam Spectra: Solar Orbiter Observations of a Match Made in the Heliosphere Lorfing, Camille Y., Reid, Hamish A. S., Gómez-Herrero, Raúl, Maksimovic, Milan, Nicolaou, Georgios, Owen, Christopher J., Rodriguez-Pacheco, Javier, Ryan, Daniel F., Trotta, Domenico & Verscharen, Daniel, 2023, ApJ, 959, 128
8	Breathing of the Heliosphere Sokół, Justyna M., Dayeh, Maher A., Fuselier, Stephen A., Nicolaou, Georgios, McComas, D. J. & Zirnstein, E. J., 2021, ApJ, 922, 250
7	Energy Transport during 3D Small-scale Reconnection Driven by Anisotropic Plasma Turbulence Agudelo Rueda, Jeffersson A., Verscharen, Daniel, Wicks, Robert T., Owen, Christopher J., Nicolaou, Georgios, Germaschewski, Kai, Walsh, Andrew P., Zouganelis, Ioannis & Domínguez, Santiago Vargas, 2022, ApJ, 938, 4
5	Matching Temporal Signatures of Solar Features to Their Corresponding Solar-Wind Outflows de Pablos, D., Long, D. M., Owen, C. J., Valori, G., Nicolaou, G. & Harra, L. K., 2021, Solar Physics, 296, 68
5	Design and Optimization of a High-Time-Resolution Magnetic Plasma Analyzer (MPA) Criton, Benjamin, Nicolaou, Georgios & Verscharen, Daniel, 2020, Applied Sciences, 10, 8483
5	Solar Orbiter SWA Observations of Electron Strahl Properties Inside 1 AU Owen, Christopher J., Abraham, Joel Baby, Nicolaou, Georgios, Verscharen, Daniel, Louarn, Philippe & Horbury, Timothy S., 2022, Universe, 8, 509
4	Observation of a Fully-formed Forward–Reverse Shock Pair due to the Interaction between Two Coronal Mass Ejections at 0.5 au Trotta, Domenico, Dimmock, Andrew P., Blanco-Cano, Xochitl, Forsyth, Robert J., Hietala, Heli, Fargette, Naïs, Larosa, Andrea, Lugaz, Noé, Palmerio, Erika, Good, Simon W., Soljento, Juska E., Kilpua, Emilia K. J., Yordanova, Emiliya, Pezzi, Oreste, Nicolaou, Georgios, Horbury, Timothy S., Vainio, Rami, Dresing, Nina, Owen, Christopher J. & Wimmer-Schweingruber, Robert F., 2024, ApJ, 971, L35
4	Ion Energization and Thermalization in Magnetic Reconnection Exhaust Region in the Solar Wind Wu, Ziqi, He, Jiansen, Duan, Die, Zhu, Xingyu, Hou, Chuanpeng, Verscharen, Daniel, Nicolaou, Georgios, Owen, Christopher J., Fedorov, Andrey & Louarn, Philippe, 2023, ApJ, 951, 98
4	Observation of Alfvén Ion Cyclotron Waves in ICME Magnetic Clouds at 1 au Dhamane, Omkar, Pawaskar, Vinit, Raghav, Anil, Shaikh, Zubair, D'Amicis, Raffaella, Ghag, Kalpesh, Kumbhar, Kishor, Telloni, Daniele, Nicolaou, Georgios, Tari, Prathmesh, Wicks, Robert, Panchal, Utsav, Sathe, Bhagyashri & Pathare, Prachi, 2023, ApJ, 957, 38
4	Solar Orbiter observations of the structure of reconnection outflow layers in the solar wind Owen, C. J., Foster, A. C., Bruno, R., Livi, S., Louarn, P., Berthomier, M., Fedorov, A., Anekallu, C., Kataria, D., Kelly, C. W., Lewis, G. R., Watson, G., Berčič, L., Stansby, D., Suen, G., Verscharen, D., Fortunato, V., Nicolaou, G., Wicks, R. T., Rae, I. J., Lavraud, B., Horbury, T. S., O'Brien, H., Evans, V. & Angelini, V., 2021, A&A, 656, L8
4	Energy loss and straggling of 1-50 keV H, He, C, N, and O ions passing through few layer graphene Allegrini, Frédéric, Bedworth, Peter, Ebert, Robert W., Fuselier, Stephen A., Nicolaou, Georgios & Sinton, Steve, 2015, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 358, 223
4	Investigation of the influence of surface composition on the charge state distribution of ∼keV hydrogen exiting thin carbon foils for space plasma instrumentation Allegrini, Frédéric, Coulter, Kent, Ebert, Robert W., Nicolaou, Georgios & Poenitzsch, Vasiliki Zorbas, 2016, Advances in Space Research, 57, 2420
3	High-cadence measurements of electron pitch-angle distributions from Solar Orbiter SWA-EAS burst mode operations Owen, C. J., Kataria, D. O., Berčič, L., Horbury, T. S., Berthomier, M., Verscharen, D., Bruno, R., Livi, S., Louarn, P., Anekallu, C., Kelly, C. W., Lewis, G. R., Watson, G., Fortunato, V., Mele, G., Nicolaou, G., Wicks, R. T., O'Brien, H., Evans, V. & Angelini, V., 2021, A&A, 656, L9
3	Estimating the Polytropic Indices of Plasmas with Partial Temperature Tensor Measurements: Application to Solar Wind Protons at ~1 au Nicolaou, Georgios, Livadiotis, George & Desai, Mihir I., 2021, Applied Sciences, 11, 4019
3	The Impact of Non-Equilibrium Plasma Distributions on Solar Wind Measurements by Vigil's Plasma Analyser Zhang, H., Verscharen, D. & Nicolaou, G., 2024, Space Weather, 22, e2023SW003671
3	Kinetic Features of Alpha Particles in a Pestchek-like Magnetic Reconnection Event in the Solar Wind Observed by Solar Orbiter Duan, Die, He, Jiansen, Zhu, Xingyu, Zhuo, Rui, Wu, Ziqi, Nicolaou, Georgios, Huang, Jia, Verscharen, Daniel, Yang, Liu, Owen, Christopher J., Fedorov, Andrey, Louarn, Philippe & Horbury, Timothy S., 2023, ApJ, 952, L11
2	Effects of background noise on fit parameters of plasma scattering angle distributions Nicolaou, Georgios, Allegrini, Frederic, Livadiotis, George & Ebert, Robert W., 2022, Review of Scientific Instruments, 93, 103305
2	Solar energetic particles injected inside and outside a magnetic cloud: The widespread solar energetic particle event on 2022 January 20 Rodríguez-García, L., Gómez-Herrero, R., Dresing, N., Balmaceda, L. A., Palmerio, E., Kouloumvakos, A., Jebaraj, I. C., Espinosa Lara, F., Roco, M., Palmroos, C., Warmuth, A., Nicolaou, G., Mason, G. M., Guo, J., Laitinen, T., Cernuda, I., Nieves-Chinchilla, T., Fedeli, A., Lee, C. O., Cohen, C. M. S., Owen, C. J., Ho, G. C., Malandraki, O., Vainio, R. & Rodríguez-Pacheco, J., 2025, A&A, 694, A64
2	The Regulation of the Solar Wind Electron Heat Flux by Wave–Particle Interactions Coburn, Jesse T., Verscharen, Daniel, Owen, Christopher J., Maksimovic, Milan, Horbury, Timothy S., Chen, Christopher H. K., Guo, Fan, Fu, Xiangrong, Liu, Jingting, Abraham, Joel B., Nicolaou, Georgios, Innocenti, Maria Elena, Micera, Alfredo & Jagarlamudi, Vamsee Krishna, 2024, ApJ, 964, 100
2	Probing Turbulent Scattering Effects on Suprathermal Electrons in the Solar Wind: Modeling, Observations, and Implications Zaslavsky, Arnaud, Kasper, Justin C., Kontar, Eduard P., Larson, Davin E., Maksimovic, Milan, Marques, José M. D. C., Nicolaou, Georgios, Owen, Christopher J., Romeo, Orlando & Whittlesey, Phyllis L., 2024, ApJ, 966, 60
2	Very Large and Long-lasting Anisotropies Caused by Sunward Streaming Energetic Ions: Solar Orbiter and STEREO A Observations Wei, Wenwen, Lee, Christina O., Dresing, N., Khoo, L. Y., Jian, L. K., Luhmann, J. G., Cohen, C. M. S., Fraschetti, F., Zhuang, B., Huang, J., Owen, C. J., Nicolaou, G., Rodríguez-García, L., Palmerio, E., Jebaraj, I. C., Lynch, B. J. & Carcaboso, F., 2024, ApJ, 973, L52
2	Significance of Bernoulli Integral Terms for the Solar Wind Protons at 1 au Nicolaou, Georgios, Livadiotis, George & Desai, Mihir I., 2021, Applied Sciences, 11, 4643
1	Ion-Acoustic Waves Associated With Interplanetary Shocks Boldú, J. J., Graham, D. B., Morooka, M., André, M., Khotyaintsev, Yu. V., Dimmock, A., Píša, D., Souček, J., Maksimovic, M., Louarn, P., Fedorov, A., Nicolaou, G. & Owen, C., 2024, Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL109956
0	Solar Orbiter Observations of Proton and Alpha Particle Kinetic Signatures Related to the Presence of Switchbacks in the Inner Heliosphere: A Case Study Perrone, Denise, Settino, Adriana, Perri, Silvia, D'Amicis, Raffaella, De Marco, Rossana, Nicolaou, Georgios, Telloni, Daniele, Bruno, Roberto & Owen, Christopher J., 2024, ApJ, 973, 171
0	Effects of cold electron emissions on thermal plasma measurements on board Solar Orbiter spacecraft Štverák, Š., Herčík, D., Nicolaou, G., Hellinger, P., Popďakunik, M., Khotyaintsev, Yu. V., Kataria, D. O., Owen, C. J. & Maksimovic, M., 2025, A&A, 693, A185
0	Revealing super-adiabatic features of interplanetary coronal mass ejections at 1 au Shaikh, Zubair I., Nicolaou, Georgios, Raghav, Anil N., Ghag, Kalpesh & Dhamane, Omkar, 2025, A&A, 693, L12
0	Radial Evolution of a Density Structure within a Solar Wind Magnetic Sector Boundary Berriot, Etienne, Démoulin, Pascal, Alexandrova, Olga, Zaslavsky, Arnaud, Maksimovic, Milan & Nicolaou, Georgios, 2025, ApJ, 981, 140
0	Artificial Polytropic Behavior of Plasmas Determined from the Application of Chi-squared Minimization Analysis to Data with Significant Statistical Uncertainty Nicolaou, Georgios, Livadiotis, George & Ioannou, Charalambos, 2024, ApJ, 977, 168