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Overview

Yuri V. Khotyaintsev is affiliated with the Swedish Institute of Space Physics in Sweden. Their research primarily resides within the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a specific concentration on the subfields of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology, Geophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's work focuses on several main topics, notably Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, Ionosphere and Magnetosphere Dynamics, Astro and Planetary Science, Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies, Earthquake Detection and Analysis, Magnetic Confinement Fusion Research, and Planetary Science and Exploration.

Yuri V. Khotyaintsev has coauthored numerous publications collaboratively with peers including D. B. Graham, A. Vaivads, C. T. Russell, J. L. Burch, and M. Maksimović.

The research output is documented extensively in a number of frequent publication venues such as Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, arXiv (Cornell University), Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysical Research Letters, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Selected recent papers demonstrate the scope and variety of their research interests:

  • The Solar Orbiter Radio and Plasma Waves (RPW) instrument, 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • The Solar Orbiter Science Activity Plan, 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Direct Evidence for Electron Acceleration Within Ion-Scale Flux Rope, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • The first widespread solar energetic particle event observed by Solar Orbiter on 2020 November 29, 2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Electron Heating by Debye-Scale Turbulence in Guide-Field Reconnection, 2020, Physical Review Letters

Best Publications

  • Electron-scale measurements of magnetic reconnection in space.

    J. L. Burch;R. B. Torbert;R. B. Torbert;T. D. Phan;L. J Chen

  • The Spin-Plane Double Probe Electric Field Instrument for MMS

    P. A Lindqvist;G. Olsson;R. B. Torbert;B. King

  • Evidence of a Cascade and Dissipation of Solar-Wind Turbulence at the Electron Gyroscale

    F. Sahraoui;M. L. Goldstein;P. Robert;Yu. V. Khotyaintsev

  • The FIELDS Instrument Suite on MMS: Scientific Objectives, Measurements, and Data Products

    R. B. Torbert;R. B. Torbert;C. T. Russell;W. Magnes;R. E. Ergun

  • Electron magnetic reconnection without ion coupling in Earth's turbulent magnetosheath

    T. D. Phan;J. P. Eastwood;M. A. Shay;J. F. Drake

  • First results of electric field and density observations by Cluster EFW based on initial months of operation

    Georg Gustafsson;M. Andre;T. Carozzi;A. I. Eriksson

  • Fermi and betatron acceleration of suprathermal electrons behind dipolarization fronts

    Huishan S. Fu;Yuri V. Khotyaintsev;Mats André;Andris Vaivads

  • Observation of energetic electrons within magnetic islands

    L.-J. Chen;A. Bhattacharjee;P. A. Puhl-Quinn;H. Yang

  • Energetic electron acceleration by unsteady magnetic reconnection

    H. S. Fu;H. S. Fu;Yuri V. Khotyaintsev;Andris Vaivads;A. Retino

  • Electron-acoustic solitons in an electron-beam plasma system

    Matthieu Berthomier;Raymond Pottelette;Michel Malingre;Yuri Khotyaintsev

  • 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

  • Global scale-invariant dissipation in collisionless plasma turbulence

    K. Kiyani;Sandra C. Chapman;Yu. V. Khotyaintsev;M. W. Dunlop

  • Structure of the magnetic reconnection diffusion region from four-spacecraft observations.

    A. Vaivads;Y. Khotyaintsev;M. André;A. Retinò

  • Plasma Jet Braking : Energy Dissipation and Nonadiabatic Electrons

    Yuri Khotyaintsev;Christopher Cully;Andris Vaivads;Mats André

  • Intermittent energy dissipation by turbulent reconnection

    H. S. Fu;Andris Vaivads;Yuri V. Khotyaintsev;Mats André

  • Dipolarization fronts as a consequence of transient reconnection: In situ evidence

    H. S. Fu;H. S. Fu;J. B. Cao;Yu. V. Khotyaintsev;M. I. Sitnov

  • Electric structure of dipolarization front at sub-proton scale

    Huishan S. Fu;Yuri V. Khotyaintsev;Andris Vaivads;Mats André

  • Occurrence rate of earthward-propagating dipolarization fronts

    Huishan Fu;Yuri V. Khotyaintsev;Andris Vaivads;Mats André

  • Enhanced magnetic compressibility and isotropic scale invariance at sub-ion larmor scales in solar wind turbulence

    K. Kiyani;K. Kiyani;Sandra C. Chapman;F. Sahraoui;B. Hnat

  • Electron-scale dynamics of the diffusion region during symmetric magnetic reconnection in space

    R. B. Torbert;R. B. Torbert;J. L. Burch;T. D. Phan;M. Hesse;M. Hesse

Frequent Co-Authors

James L. Burch
James L. Burch Southwest Research Institute
Mats André
Mats André Swedish Institute of Space Physics
Roy Torbert
Roy Torbert University of New Hampshire
Robert E. Ergun
Robert E. Ergun University of Colorado Boulder
Christopher T. Russell
Christopher T. Russell University of California, Los Angeles
Benoit Lavraud
Benoit Lavraud Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Rumi Nakamura
Rumi Nakamura Austrian Academy of Sciences
Wolfgang Baumjohann
Wolfgang Baumjohann Austrian Academy of Sciences
Drew L. Turner
Drew L. Turner Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Andrew Fazakerley
Andrew Fazakerley University College London

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