Publications

References

Alho, M, M Battarbee, Y Pfau-Kempf, et al. 2022. “Electron Signatures of Reconnection in a Global eVlasiator Simulation.” Geophysical Research Letters 49 (14): e2022GL098329. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL098329.

An, Yifu, Yuxi Chen, Hongyang Zhou, A. Gaenko, and Gábor Tóth. 2025. “BATSRUS GPU: Faster-Than-Real-Time Magnetospheric Simulations with a Block-Adaptive Grid Code.” The Astrophysical Journal, ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/adaf15.

Chen, Yuxi, Gábor Tóth, Hongyang Zhou, and Xiantong Wang. 2023. “FLEKS: A Flexible Particle-in-Cell Code for Multi-Scale Plasma Simulations.” Computer Physics Communications 287: 108714. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2023.108714.

Chen, Yuxi, Hongyang Zhou, and Gabor Toth. 2025. Suppressing Spurious Oscillations and Particle Noise in Particle-in-Cell Simulations. June. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2506.11320.

Cheng, Zhihao, Chi Zhang, Chuanfei Dong, et al. 2025. “Revisiting Mars’ Induced Magnetic Field and Clock Angle Departures Under Real-Time Upstream Solar Wind Conditions.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 130 (December). https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JA034688.

Cozzani, Giulia, M Alho, Ivan Zaitsev, et al. 2025. “Interplay of Magnetic Reconnection and Current Sheet Kink Instability in the Earth’s Magnetotail.” Geophysical Research Letters 52 (2): e2024GL111848. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL111848.

Dubart, M, M Battarbee, U Ganse, et al. 2022. “Sub-Grid Modeling of Pitch-Angle Diffusion for Ion-Scale Waves in Hybrid-Vlasov Simulations with Cartesian Velocity Space.” Physics of Plasmas 29 (10). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0096361.

Ganse, Urs, Tuomas Koskela, Markus Battarbee, et al. 2023. “Enabling Technology for Global 3D+ 3V Hybrid-Vlasov Simulations of Near-Earth Space.” Physics of Plasmas 30 (4). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0134387.

Ganse, Urs, Yann Pfau-Kempf, Hongyang Zhou, et al. 2024. “The Vlasiator 5.2 Ionosphere–Coupling a Magnetospheric Hybrid-Vlasov Simulation with a Height-Integrated Ionosphere Model.” Geoscientific Model Development Discussions 2024: 1–28. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2024-101.

Gao, Jiawei, Chuanfei Dong, Chi Zhang, et al. 2026. “Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Modeling the Martian Induced Magnetosphere.” Geophysical Research Letters, ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL121532.

George, H, A Osmane, EKJ Kilpua, et al. 2022. “Estimating Inner Magnetospheric Radial Diffusion Using a Hybrid-Vlasov Simulation.” Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences 9: 866455. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2022.866455.

Grandin, Maxime, Thijs Luttikhuis, Markus Battarbee, et al. 2023. “First 3D Hybrid-Vlasov Global Simulation of Auroral Proton Precipitation and Comparison with Satellite Observations.” Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate 13: 20. https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2023017.

Horaites, Konstantinos, E Rintamäki, I Zaitsev, et al. 2023. “Magnetospheric Response to a Pressure Pulse in a Three-Dimensional Hybrid-Vlasov Simulation.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 128 (8): e2023JA031374. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JA031374.

Johlander, Andreas, Markus Battarbee, Lucile Turc, et al. 2022. “Quasi-Parallel Shock Reformation Seen by Magnetospheric Multiscale and Ion-Kinetic Simulations.” Geophysical Research Letters 49 (2): e2021GL096335. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL096335.

Li, Changkun, Xianzhe Jia, Yuxi Chen, et al. 2023. “Global Hall MHD Simulations of Mercury’s Magnetopause Dynamics and FTEs Under Different Solar Wind and IMF Conditions.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 128 (5): e2022JA031206. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JA031206.

Li, Changkun, Xianzhe Jia, Yuxi Chen, et al. 2024. “Kinetic Signatures, Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries, and Flux Transfer Events Associated with Mercury’s Dayside Magnetopause Reconnection from 3D MHD-AEPIC Simulations.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 129 (6): e2024JA032669. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JA032669.

Li, Xinmin, Chuanfei Dong, Hantao Ji, et al. 2025. “Observation of a Knotted Electron Diffusion Region in Earth’s Magnetotail Reconnection.” Geophysical Research Letters, ahead of print, October. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL117612.

Li, Xinmin, Chuanfei Dong, Liang Wang, et al. 2026. “Spectral Properties and Energy Injection in Mercury’s Magnetotail Current Sheet.” Geophysical Research Letters, ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL120144.

Palmroth, Minna, Tuija I Pulkkinen, Urs Ganse, et al. 2023. “Magnetotail Plasma Eruptions Driven by Magnetic Reconnection and Kinetic Instabilities.” Nature Geoscience 16 (7): 570–76. https://doi.org/s41561-023-01206-2.

Papadakis, Konstantinos, Yann Pfau-Kempf, Urs Ganse, et al. 2022. “Spatial Filtering in a 6D Hybrid-Vlasov Scheme for Alleviating AMR Artifacts: A Case Study with Vlasiator, Versions 5.0, 5.1, 5.2. 1.” EGUsphere 2022: 1–18. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2022-420.

Suni, Jonas, Minna Palmroth, Lucile Turc, et al. 2021. “Connection Between Foreshock Structures and the Generation of Magnetosheath Jets: Vlasiator Results.” Geophysical Research Letters 48 (20): e2021GL095655. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL095655.

Tarvus, Vertti, Lucile Turc, Hongyang Zhou, et al. 2024. “Hybrid-Vlasov Modelling of Ion Velocity Distribution Functions Associated with the Kelvin–Helmholtz Instability with a Density and Temperature Asymmetry.” The Astrophysical Journal 974 (1): 62. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad697a.

Tesema, Facil, Minna Palmroth, Lucile Turc, et al. 2024. “Dayside Pc2 Waves Associated with Flux Transfer Events in a 3D Hybrid-Vlasov Simulation.” Geophysical Research Letters 51 (3): e2023GL106756. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL106756.

Turc, L., M. O. Archer, Hongyang Zhou, et al. 2025. “Interplay Between a Foreshock Bubble and a Hot Flow Anomaly Forming Along the Same Rotational Discontinuity.” Geophysical Research Letters, ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL116473.

Turc, Lucile, Hongyang Zhou, Vertti Tarvus, et al. 2022. “A Global View of Pc3 Wave Activity in Near-Earth Space: Results from Hybrid-Vlasov Simulations.” Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences 9: 989369. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2022.989369.

Zaitsev, I., G. Cozzani, M. Alho, et al. 2025. “Ion-Mediated Tearing and Kink Instabilities in the Earth’s Magnetosphere: Hybrid-Vlasov Simulations.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JA032615.

Zhang, Chi, Chuanfei Dong, Terry Z Liu, et al. 2025. “Role of ULF Waves in Reforming the Martian Bow Shock.” AGU Advances 6 (4): e2025AV001654. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025AV001654.

Zhang, Chi, Chuanfei Dong, Shaosui Xu, et al. 2026. “Global Mapping of Magnetic Field Topologies in the Martian Induced Magnetosphere.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, ahead of print, May. https://doi.org/10.1029/2026JA035238.

Zhang, Chi, Chuanfei Dong, Hongyang Zhou, Jasper Halekas, Masatoshi Yamauchi, et al. 2025. “Anomalous Transient Enhancement of Planetary Ion Escape at Mars.” Nature Communications 16: 3159. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58351-y.

Zhang, Chi, Chuanfei Dong, Hongyang Zhou, Jasper Halekas, Xinmin Li, et al. 2025. “Global Energy Transport and Conversion in the Solar Wind–Mars Interaction: MAVEN Observations.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, ahead of print, October. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JE009295.

Zhang, Chi, Chuanfei Dong, Hongyang Zhou, Jan Deca, et al. 2025. “Observational Characteristics of Electron Distributions in the Martian Induced Magnetotail.” Geophysical Research Letters 52 (7): e2024GL113030. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL113030.

Zhang, Chi, Hongyang Zhou, Chuanfei Dong, et al. 2024. “Source of Drift-Dispersed Electrons in Martian Crustal Magnetic Fields.” The Astrophysical Journal 972 (2): 153. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad64d5.

Zhang, Kun, Seth Dorfman, Lucile Turc, et al. 2025. “The Early-Phase Growth of ULF Waves in the Ion Foreshock Observed in a Hybrid‐vlasov Simulation.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 130 (June). https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JA033848.

Zhou, Hongyang. 2023. “Vlasiator. Jl: A Julia Package for Processing Vlasiator Data.” Journal of Open Source Software 8 (84): 4906. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.04906.

Zhou, Hongyang, Yuxi Chen, Chuanfei Dong, et al. 2026. “Planar Collisionless Shock Simulations with the Semi-Implicit Particle-in-Cell Model FLEKS.” The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 282 (1): 12. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ae1ef6.

Zhou, Hongyang, Chuanfei Dong, and Siyao Xu. 2026. “Pitch-Angle-Dependent Cosmic-Ray Transport in Anisotropic Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence.” The Astrophysical Journal.

Zhou, Hongyang, Gabor Toth, Xianzhe Jia, and Yuxi Chen. 2020. “Reconnection-Driven Dynamics at Ganymede’s Upstream Magnetosphere: 3-d Global Hall MHD and MHD-EPIC Simulations.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 125 (8): e2020JA028162. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JA028162.

Zhou, Hongyang, and Gábor Tóth. 2020. “Efficient OpenMP Parallelization to a Complex MPI Parallel Magnetohydrodynamics Code.” Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing 139: 65–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpdc.2020.02.004.

Zhou, Hongyang, Gábor Tóth, Xianzhe Jia, Yuxi Chen, and Stefano Markidis. 2019. “Embedded Kinetic Simulation of Ganymede’s Magnetosphere: Improvements and Inferences.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 124 (7): 5441–60. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JA026643.

Zhou, Hongyang, Lucile Turc, Yann Pfau-Kempf, et al. 2022. “Magnetospheric Responses to Solar Wind Pc5 Density Fluctuations: Results from 2D Hybrid Vlasov Simulation.” Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences 9: 984918. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2022.984918.

Zou, Ying, Brian M. Walsh, Yuxi Chen, Hongyang Zhou, and Savvas Raptis. 2025. “Control of Solar Wind on Magnetic Field Fluctuations in the Subsolar Magnetosheath.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, ahead of print, June. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JA033856.