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Overview

Christopher J. Owen is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans primarily the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a significant focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics as a subfield.

Their contributions are distributed across a variety of specific topics including:

  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics
  • Planetary Science and Exploration

Christopher J. Owen has published extensively, with recent papers featured in notable journals. Selected recent publications include:

  • The Solar Orbiter mission, 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Emergence of genomic diversity and recurrent mutations in SARS-CoV-2, 2020, Infection Genetics and Evolution
  • The Solar Orbiter Solar Wind Analyser (SWA) suite, 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • The Solar Orbiter magnetometer, 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • The Solar Orbiter Radio and Plasma Waves (RPW) instrument, 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics

The venues in which they most frequently publish include:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)

Repeated collaboration characterizes much of their work, with frequent coauthors including:

  • T. S. Horbury
  • P. Louarn
  • Daniel Verscharen
  • Georgios Nicolaou
  • M. Maksimović

Best Publications

  • The Solar Orbiter mission. Science overview

    D. Müller;O. C. St. Cyr;I. Zouganelis;H. R. Gilbert

  • Emergence of genomic diversity and recurrent mutations in SARS-CoV-2.

    Lucy van Dorp;Mislav Acman;Damien Richard;Liam P. Shaw

  • In situ evidence of magnetic reconnection in turbulent plasma

    Alessandro Retinò;Alessandro Retinò;David Sundkvist;Andris Vaivads;F. Mozer

  • Geotail observations of magnetic flux ropes in the plasma sheet

    J. A. Slavin;R. P. Lepping;J. Gjerloev;D. H. Fairfield

  • The Solar Orbiter Solar Wind Analyser (SWA) suite

    C. J. Owen;R. Bruno;S. Livi;P. Louarn

  • Plasma Jet Braking : Energy Dissipation and Nonadiabatic Electrons

    Yuri Khotyaintsev;Christopher Cully;Andris Vaivads;Mats André

  • Comprehensive study of the magnetospheric response to a hot flow anomaly

    D. G. Sibeck;N. L. Borodkova;S. J. Schwartz;C. J. Owen

  • Observations of the lunar plasma wake from the WIND spacecraft on December 27, 1994

    K. W. Ogilvie;J. T. Steinberg;R. J. Fitzenreiter;C. J. Owen

  • The Solar Orbiter magnetometer

    T. S. Horbury;H. O’Brien;I. Carrasco Blazquez;M. Bendyk

  • A SIMPLE ILLUSTRATIVE MODEL OF OPEN FLUX TUBE MOTION OVER THE DAYSIDE MAGNETOPAUSE

    S.W.H. Cowley;C.J. Owen

  • Role of the magnetosheath flow in determining the motion of open flux tubes

    B. M. A. Cooling;C. J. Owen;S. J. Schwartz

  • Dynamics of thin current sheets associated with magnetotail reconnection

    R. Nakamura;W. Baumjohann;Y. Asano;Y. Asano;A. Runov

  • The Energetic Particle Detector - Energetic particle instrument suite for the Solar Orbiter mission

    J. Rodríguez-Pacheco;R. F. Wimmer-Schweingruber;G. M. Mason;G. C. Ho

  • Evolution of Kelvin‐Helmholtz activity on the dusk flank magnetopause

    Claire Foullon;Charles J. Farrugia;Andrew Fazakerley;Christopher J. Owen

  • Temporal evolution of the electric field accelerating electrons away from the auroral ionosphere

    Göran T. Marklund;Nickolay V. Ivchenko;Tomas Karlsson;A. Fazakerley

  • The structure of flux transfer events recovered from Cluster data

    H. Hasegawa;B. U. Ö. Sonnerup;C. J. Owen;B. Klecker

  • Three spacecraft observations of solar wind discontinuities

    Timothy S. Horbury;David Burgess;Markus Fränz;Christopher J. Owen

  • Transient and localized processes in the magnetotail: a review

    A. S. Sharma;R. Nakamura;A. Runov;A. Runov;E. E. Grigorenko

  • Meridian-scanning photometer, coherent HF radar, and magnetometer observations of the cusp: a case study

    S. E. Milan;M. Lester;S. W. H. Cowley;J. Moen

  • Dynamics of thin current sheets: Cluster observations

    W. Baumjohann;A. Roux;O. Le Contel;R. Nakamura

  • Observations of Slow Electron Holes at a Magnetic Reconnection Site

    Yuri V. Khotyaintsev;Andris Vaivads;Mats André;M. Fujimoto

  • Cluster observations of an ion-scale current sheet in the magnetotail under the presence of a guide field

    R. Nakamura;W. Baumjohann;M. Fujimoto;Y. Asano

  • The Solar Orbiter Radio and Plasma Waves (RPW) instrument

    M. Maksimovic;S. D. Bale;T. Chust;Y. Khotyaintsev

  • EL CVn-type binaries - Discovery of 17 helium white dwarf precursors in bright eclipsing binary star systems

    P. F. L. Maxted;S. Bloemen;U. Heber;S. Geier

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Fazakerley
Andrew Fazakerley University College London
H. Rème
H. Rème Paul Sabatier University
E. A. Lucek
E. A. Lucek Imperial College London
Rumi Nakamura
Rumi Nakamura Austrian Academy of Sciences
James A. Slavin
James A. Slavin University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Iannis Dandouras
Iannis Dandouras British Antarctic Survey
Malcolm Dunlop
Malcolm Dunlop Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
André Balogh
André Balogh Imperial College London
Wolfgang Baumjohann
Wolfgang Baumjohann Austrian Academy of Sciences
J. A. Sauvaud
J. A. Sauvaud Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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