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Overview

Oleksiy Agapitov is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on fields related to physics and astronomy, with a significant emphasis on solar and space plasma dynamics as well as ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics.

The scope of their work extends across various subfields of study, including:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Geophysics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Aerospace Engineering

The main topics addressed in their publications include:

  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena

Oleksiy Agapitov has contributed to numerous scientific journals and publication venues, notably:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Their recent published papers include:

  • "Parker Solar Probe: Four Years of Discoveries at Solar Cycle Minimum", 2023, Space Science Reviews
  • "Switchbacks as signatures of magnetic flux ropes generated by interchange reconnection in the corona", 2021, Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)
  • "Switchbacks in the Solar Magnetic Field: Their Evolution, Their Content, and Their Effects on the Plasma", 2020, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
  • "Phase Decoherence Within Intense Chorus Wave Packets Constrains the Efficiency of Nonlinear Resonant Electron Acceleration", 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Switchbacks: statistical properties and deviations from Alfvénicity", 2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics

Throughout their career, Oleksiy Agapitov has frequently collaborated with several researchers. The most common coauthors include:

  • F. S. Mozer
  • S. D. Bale
  • V. Krasnoselskikh
  • J. W. Bonnell
  • Anton Artemyev

Best Publications

  • Statistics of whistler mode waves in the outer radiation belt: Cluster STAFF-SA measurements

    Oleksiy Agapitov;Oleksiy Agapitov;Anton Artemyev;Anton Artemyev;Vladimir Krasnoselskikh;Yuri V. Khotyaintsev

  • Oblique Whistler-Mode Waves in the Earth’s Inner Magnetosphere: Energy Distribution, Origins, and Role in Radiation Belt Dynamics

    Anton Artemyev;Anton Artemyev;Oleksiy Agapitov;Didier Mourenas;Vladimir Krasnoselskikh

  • Wave-induced loss of ultra-relativistic electrons in the Van Allen radiation belts

    Yuri Y. Shprits;Alexander Y. Drozdov;Maria Spasojevic;Adam C. Kellerman

  • Time domain structures: What and where they are, what they do, and how they are made

    F. S. Mozer;O. V. Agapitov;O. V. Agapitov;A. Artemyev;J. F. Drake

  • Observations Directly Linking Relativistic Electron Microbursts to Whistler Mode Chorus: Van Allen Probes and FIREBIRD II

    A. W. Breneman;Alex Crew;John Sample;David Klumpar

  • Synthetic Empirical Chorus Wave Model From Combined Van Allen Probes and Cluster Statistics

    O.V. Agapitov;O.V. Agapitov;D. Mourenas;A.V. Artemyev;F. S. Mozer

  • Switchbacks in the Solar Magnetic Field: Their Evolution, Their Content, and Their Effects on the Plasma

    F. S. Mozer;O. V. Agapitov;S. D. Bale;J. W. Bonnell

  • Switchbacks as signatures of magnetic flux ropes generated by interchange reconnection in the corona

    J. F. Drake;O. Agapitov;M. Swisdak;S. T. Badman

  • Very oblique whistler generation by low‐energy electron streams

    Didier Mourenas;A. V. Artemyev;O. V. Agapitov;O. V. Agapitov;V Krasnoselskikh

  • Consequences of geomagnetic activity on energization and loss of radiation belt electrons by oblique chorus waves

    D. Mourenas;A. V. Artemyev;A. V. Artemyev;O. V. Agapitov;O. V. Agapitov;V. Krasnoselskikh

  • Fast dropouts of multi-MeV electrons due to combined effects of EMIC and whistler mode waves

    D. Mourenas;A. V. Artemyev;Q. Ma;O. V. Agapitov

  • Nonlinear local parallel acceleration of electrons through Landau trapping by oblique whistler mode waves in the outer radiation belt

    O. V. Agapitov;O. V. Agapitov;A. V. Artemyev;D. Mourenas;F. S. Mozer

  • The quasi-electrostatic mode of chorus waves and electron nonlinear acceleration

    O. V. Agapitov;O. V. Agapitov;O. V. Agapitov;A. V. Artemyev;A. V. Artemyev;D. Mourenas;V. Krasnoselskikh

  • Timescales for electron quasi‐linear diffusion by parallel and oblique lower‐band chorus waves

    D. Mourenas;A. V. Artemyev;A. V. Artemyev;J.-F. Ripoll;O. V. Agapitov;O. V. Agapitov

  • Electron-acoustic solitons and double layers in the inner magnetosphere

    I. Y. Vasko;O. V. Agapitov;O. V. Agapitov;F. S. Mozer;J. W. Bonnell

  • Electron Scattering by High-frequency Whistler Waves at Earth’s Bow Shock

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  • Direct observation of radiation-belt electron acceleration from electron-volt energies to megavolts by nonlinear whistlers.

    F. S. Mozer;O. Agapitov;V. Krasnoselskikh;S. Lejosne

  • Evidence of stronger pitch angle scattering loss caused by oblique whistler‐mode waves as compared with quasi‐parallel waves

    W. Li;D. Mourenas;A. V. Artemyev;A. V. Artemyev;O. V. Agapitov;O. V. Agapitov

  • Non-diffusive resonant acceleration of electrons in the radiation belts

    A. V. Artemyev;V. V. Krasnoselskikh;O. V. Agapitov;D. Mourenas

  • Analytical estimates of electron quasi‐linear diffusion by fast magnetosonic waves

    D. Mourenas;A. V. Artemyev;A. V. Artemyev;O. V. Agapitov;O. V. Agapitov;V. Krasnoselskikh

  • Generation of nonlinear electric field bursts in the outer radiation belt through the parametric decay of whistler waves

    O. V. Agapitov;O. V. Agapitov;V. Krasnoselskikh;V. Krasnoselskikh;F. S. Mozer;A. V. Artemyev

  • Structure and long-term change in the zonal asymmetry in Antarctic total ozone during spring

    A. V. Grytsai;O. M. Evtushevsky;O. V. Agapitov;A. R. Klekociuk

  • Switchbacks in the solar magnetic field: their evolution, their content, and their effects on the plasma, V2

    F.S. Mozer;O.V. Agapitov;S.D. Bale;J.W. Bonnell

Frequent Co-Authors

F. S. Mozer
F. S. Mozer University of California, Berkeley
Stuart D. Bale
Stuart D. Bale University of California, Berkeley
James Drake
James Drake University of Maryland, College Park
Vassilis Angelopoulos
Vassilis Angelopoulos University of California, Los Angeles
Yuri V. Khotyaintsev
Yuri V. Khotyaintsev Swedish Institute of Space Physics
Justin C. Kasper
Justin C. Kasper University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Yuri Shprits
Yuri Shprits University of Potsdam
Harlan E. Spence
Harlan E. Spence University of New Hampshire
Marco Velli
Marco Velli University of California, Los Angeles
Geoffrey D. Reeves
Geoffrey D. Reeves Los Alamos National Laboratory

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