Publications of M. Akhavan-Tafti

A list of publications authored or co-authored by M. 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: 25 (refereed: 25)
No. of citations: 449
First author papers: 10 (refereed: 10)

2025

  1. MMS Analysis of a Dayside Compressed Magnetospheric Separatrix in the Presence of Cold Ions and a Moderate Guide Field [0]
    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

2024

  1. In Situ Mechanisms are Necessary for Switchback Formation [2]
    Akhavan-Tafti, M. & Soni, S. L., ApJ, 970, L26
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Switchback Patches Evolve into Microstreams via Magnetic Relaxation [3]
    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

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) [8]
    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 [0]
    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 [94]
    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 [8]
    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 [2]
    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 [18]
    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 [11]
    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 [22]
    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 [16]
    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 [7]
    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 [18]
    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 [20]
    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 [26]
    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 [59]
    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 [34]
    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 [43]
    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 [44]
    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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