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51
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3299
National Ranking
214

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Electron
  • Magnetic field

Zuyin Pu mostly deals with Magnetosphere, Geophysics, Magnetopause, Substorm and Solar wind. His Magnetosphere study incorporates themes from Double star, Astrophysics, Computational physics, Interplanetary magnetic field and Magnetic reconnection. Zuyin Pu has researched Geophysics in several fields, including Noon, Relativistic particle, Plasma sheet, Vortex and Earth's magnetic field.

His studies in Magnetopause integrate themes in fields like Spacecraft, Field line, Geomagnetic storm and Flux. He combines subjects such as Current and Current sheet with his study of Substorm. His Solar wind research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Magnetic flux and Geosynchronous orbit.

His most cited work include:

  • Kelvin:Helmholtz Instability at the magnetopause: Solution for compressible plasmas (185 citations)
  • Ultralow frequency modulation of energetic particles in the dayside magnetosphere (145 citations)
  • First results from the RAPID imaging energetic particle spectrometer on board Cluster (139 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Zuyin Pu focuses on Geophysics, Magnetosphere, Magnetopause, Magnetic reconnection and Solar wind. His work carried out in the field of Geophysics brings together such families of science as Computational physics, Plasma sheet, Interplanetary magnetic field, Magnetic field and Substorm. Zuyin Pu interconnects Field and Electron in the investigation of issues within Magnetic field.

His Magnetosphere study deals with Astrophysics intersecting with Cluster. His Magnetopause research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Spacecraft, Double star, Flux and Boundary layer. His work deals with themes such as Line, Magnetic flux and Vortex, Mechanics, which intersect with Magnetic reconnection.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Geophysics (55.05%)
  • Magnetosphere (39.74%)
  • Magnetopause (31.92%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Magnetosphere (39.74%)
  • Astrophysics (22.80%)
  • Magnetic reconnection (27.04%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Magnetosphere, Astrophysics, Magnetic reconnection, Electron and Solar wind. Plasma sheet and Substorm are among the areas of Magnetosphere where the researcher is concentrating his efforts. Zuyin Pu has researched Substorm in several fields, including Geophysics and Asymmetry.

His biological study deals with issues like Geomagnetic storm, which deal with fields such as Van Allen Probes. His Magnetic reconnection research includes elements of Ionosphere, Fermi acceleration, Flux and Current sheet. His works in Magnetopause and Interplanetary magnetic field are all subjects of inquiry into Solar wind.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Origins of the Earth’s Diffuse Auroral Precipitation (67 citations)
  • Formation of energetic electron butterfly distributions by magnetosonic waves via Landau resonance (62 citations)
  • Observations of kinetic-size magnetic holes in the magnetosheath (34 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Electron
  • Magnetic field

His main research concerns Magnetosphere, Astrophysics, Plasma, Plasma sheet and Computational physics. His Magnetosphere research focuses on Magnetopause in particular. Zuyin Pu works mostly in the field of Astrophysics, limiting it down to topics relating to Magnetic reconnection and, in certain cases, Outflow, Plane, Null and Rope.

His Plasma sheet research incorporates elements of Electron, Atmospheric sciences and Substorm. His Substorm study frequently involves adjacent topics like Geophysics. His work carried out in the field of Computational physics brings together such families of science as Van Allen radiation belt and Magnetosonic wave.

Best Publications

  • Kelvin:Helmholtz Instability at the magnetopause: Solution for compressible plasmas

    Zu-Yin Pu;Margaret G. Kivelson

  • Ultralow frequency modulation of energetic particles in the dayside magnetosphere

    Q.-G. Zong;Q.-G. Zong;X.-Z. Zhou;X.-Z. Zhou;X. Li;P. Song

  • Origins of the Earth’s Diffuse Auroral Precipitation

    Binbin Ni;Richard M. Thorne;Xiaojia Zhang;Jacob Bortnik

  • Cluster observations of earthward flowing plasmoid in the tail

    Q.-G. Zong;T. A. Fritz;Z. Y. Pu;S. Y. Fu

  • First results from the RAPID imaging energetic particle spectrometer on board Cluster

    B. Wilken;P. W. Daly;U. Mall;K. Aarsnes

  • The Double Star mission

    Z. X. Liu;C. P. Escoubet;Z. Pu;H. Laakso

  • RAPID: The imaging energetic particle spectrometer on CLUSTER

    B. Wilken;W. I. Axford;I. Daglis;P. Daly

  • Evidence for a flux transfer event generated by multiple X-line reconnection at the magnetopause

    H. Hasegawa;J. Wang;M. W. Dunlop;Z. Y. Pu

  • Kelvin‐Helmholtz Instability at the magnetopause: Energy flux into the magnetosphere

    Zu-Yin Pu;Margaret G. Kivelson

  • ULF waves excited by negative/positive solar wind dynamic pressure impulses at geosynchronous orbit

    X. Y. Zhang;X. Y. Zhang;Q.-G. Zong;Q.-G. Zong;Y. F. Wang;H. Zhang;H. Zhang

  • The HIA instrument on board the Tan Ce 1 Double Star near-equatorial spacecraft and its first results

    Henri Rème;I. Dandouras;C. Aoustin;J. M. Bosqued

  • Oxygen escape from the Earth during geomagnetic reversals: Implications to mass extinction

    Yong Wei;Yong Wei;Yong Wei;Zuyin Pu;Qiugang Zong;Weixing Wan

  • Periodic magnetospheric substorms and their relationship with solar wind variations

    Chao‐Song Huang;G. D. Reeves;J. E. Borovsky;R. M. Skoug

  • Formation of energetic electron butterfly distributions by magnetosonic waves via Landau resonance

    Jinxing Li;Jinxing Li;Binbin Ni;Qianli Ma;Lun Xie

  • Inferring of flux rope orientation with the minimum variance analysis technique

    C. J. Xiao;C. J. Xiao;Z. Y. Pu;Z. W. Ma;S. Y. Fu

  • Geomagnetic activity triggered by interplanetary shocks

    C. Yue;Q. G. Zong;Q. G. Zong;H. Zhang;Y. F. Wang

  • Mechanism of substorm current wedge formation: THEMIS observations

    Z. H. Yao;Z. Y. Pu;S. Y. Fu;V. Angelopoulos

  • MHD drift ballooning instability near the inner edge of the near-Earth plasma sheet and its application to substorm onset

    Z. Y. Pu;A. Korth;Z. X. Chen;R. H. W. Friedel

  • Observations of kinetic-size magnetic holes in the magnetosheath

    S. T. Yao;S. T. Yao;X. G. Wang;Q. Q. Shi;T. Pitkänen

  • Geotail observations of energetic ion species and magnetic field in plasmoid‐like structures in the course of an isolated substorm event

    Q.-G. Zong;B. Wilken;G. D. Reeves;I. A. Daglis

  • Ion composition variations in the inner magnetosphere: Individual and collective storm effects in 1991

    S. Y. Fu;B. Wilken;Q. G. Zong;Z. Y. Pu

Frequent Co-Authors

Qiugang Zong
Qiugang Zong Peking University
Xuzhi Zhou
Xuzhi Zhou Peking University
Andrew Fazakerley
Andrew Fazakerley University College London
H. Rème
H. Rème Paul Sabatier University
Vassilis Angelopoulos
Vassilis Angelopoulos University of California, Los Angeles
Weixing Wan
Weixing Wan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Harald U. Frey
Harald U. Frey University of California, Berkeley
Martin Volwerk
Martin Volwerk Austrian Academy of Sciences
Jiang Liu
Jiang Liu University of California, Los Angeles
Malcolm Dunlop
Malcolm Dunlop Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

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