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The Lunar Environment Heliophysics X-ray Imager (LEXI) Mission Open

Brian M. Walsh, K. D. Küntz, Sam Busk, T. Cameron, D. Chornay , et al. · 2024

Estimating the subsolar magnetopause position from soft X-ray images using a low-pass image filter Open

Hyangpyo Kim, Hyunju Connor, Jaewoong Jung, Brian M. Walsh, D. G. Sibeck , et al. · 2023

The Lunar Environment heliospheric X-ray Imager (LEXI) and Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) missions will image the Earth’s dayside magnetopause and cusps in soft X-rays after their respective launches in the near …

554 Clinical outcomes of patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy for early-stage melanoma recurrence: a retrospective cohort study Open

Nga Nguyen, Guihong Wan, Hannah Rashdan, Bonnie W. Leung, Jordan Phillips , et al. · 2023

Background Melanoma mortality has steadily decreased since the introduction of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) to manage advanced-stage disease (stage III/IV).¹ Although ICIs have prolonged survival, this therapeutic class i…

Financial Insecurity Among US Adults With Psoriasis Open

Brandon Smith, Priya Engel, Shivali Devjani, M. R. Collier, Alexander Egeberg , et al. · 2023

Approximately 3% of the US population, or 6.9 million adults, is affected by psoriasis.1 Psoriasis has a substantial impact on quality of life and is associated with increased health care expenses and medication costs. In 2013, it was repo…

Association Between Psoriasis and Obesity Among US Adults in the 2009-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Open

Brandon Smith, Shivali Devjani, M. R. Collier, Julia‐Tatjana Maul, Jashin J. Wu · 2023

a Psoriasis status was assessed by the question "Have you ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that you had psoriasis?"b Statistically significant (2-sided P<.05).c Weighted percentages will not reflect raw numbers,…

First results from the Solar Orbiter Heavy Ion Sensor Open

S. Livi, S. T. Lepri, J. M. Raines, R. M. Dewey, A. B. Galvin , et al. · 2023

Aims. Solar Orbiter launched in February 2020 with the goal of revealing the connections between the Sun’s interior, atmosphere, and the heliosphere. The Solar Orbiter Heavy Ion Sensor (HIS) is a time-of-flight ion mass spectrometer dedica…

Association between atopic dermatitis/eczema and arthritis among US adults Open

Brandon Smith, Priya Engel, M. R. Collier, Shivali Devjani, Jacob P. Thyssen , et al. · 2023

The data that support the findings of this study are openly available at https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/2021nhis.htm

Statin prevents cancer development in chronic inflammation by blocking interleukin 33 expression Open

Jong Ho Park, Mahsa Mortaja, Heehwa G. Son, Marjan Azin, Jun Wang , et al. · 2023

The cusp plasma imaging detector (CuPID) cubesat observatory: Instrumentation Open

Emil Atz, Brian M. Walsh, Connor O’Brien, M. R. Collier, Ariel Berman , et al. · 2022

The Cusp Plasma Imaging Detector (CuPID) CubeSat observatory is a 6U CubeSat designed to observe solar wind charge exchange in magnetospheric cusps to test competing theories of magnetic reconnection at the Earth’s magnetopause. The CuPID …

Imaging Low-Energy Ion Outflow in the Auroral Zone Open

D. E. Rowland, M. R. Collier, J. W. Keller, R. F. Pfaff, J. Klenzing , et al. · 2022

The VISualizing Ion Outflow via Neutral atom imaging during a Substorm (VISIONS) sounding rocket mission investigated the factors leading to ion outflow following a geomagnetic substorm. In situ and remote sensing instrumentation provided …

Preferential Acceleration of Suprathermal Particles at Shocks Open

S. Livi, C. J. Owen, P. Louarn, A. Fedorov, B. L. Alterman , et al. · 2022

On October/November 2021 the Heavy Ion Sensor onboard Solar Orbiter observed data connected to three interplanetary shock events: Oct 30, Nov 3 and Nov 27. During all three events, the flux of suprathermal particles, defined as th…

Suppression of Ionospheric Irregularity Due to Auroral Particle Impact Open

Toru Takahashi, Andres Spicher, Francesca Di Mare, D. E. Rowland, R. F. Pfaff , et al. · 2021

The VISIONS‐2 35.039 sounding rocket was launched from Ny‐Ålesund, Svalbard, on 7 December 2018 at 11:06 UT, and traveled overhead of the cusp aurora. The payload reached an apogee of 806.6 km and provided measurements of the electric fiel…

Exploring solar-terrestrial interactions via multiple imaging observers Open

G. Branduardi‐Raymont, M. Berthomier, Y. V. Bogdanova, J. A. Carter, M. R. Collier , et al. · 2021

The Cusp Plasma Imaging Detector (CuPID) CubeSat Observatory: Mission Overview Open

Brian M. Walsh, M. R. Collier, Emil Atz, L. J. Billingsley, J. M. Broll , et al. · 2021

The Cusp Plasma Imaging detector (CuPID) Cube Satellite Observatory is a six‐unit Cube Satellite developed to study macroscale properties of dayside magnetopause reconnection. Reconnection will be studied through imaging spatial and tempor…

Terminator Double Layer Explorer (TerDLE): Examining the Near-Moon Lunar Wake Open

W. M. Farrell, P. E. Clark, M. R. Collier, Benjamin K. Malphrus, David Folta , et al. · 2021

As the solar wind flows by the Moon, an antisunward-directed low-density wake forms as the plasma expands to fill in the trailing void in the plasma flow. Analytical modeling and modern plasma simulations suggest that plasma quasi-neutrali…

Updates and Early Results from the Heavy Ion Sensor on Solar Orbiter Open

S. T. Lepri, S. Livi, J. M. Raines, A. B. Galvin, L. M. Kistler , et al. · 2021

The Solar Orbiter mission was launched in 2020 into an orbit that will explore the inner heliosphere. During its orbit, periods of quasi-corotation with the Sun will enable determination of the source …

Soft X‐ray and ENA Imaging of the Earth's Dayside Magnetosphere Open

Hyunju Connor, D. G. Sibeck, M. R. Collier, Igor Baliukin, G. Branduardi‐Raymont , et al. · 2021

The LEXI and SMILE missions will provide soft X‐ray images of the Earth's magnetosheath and cusps after their anticipated launch in 2023 and 2024, respectively. The IBEX mission showed the potential of an Energetic Neutral Atom (ENA) instr…

Acetalated dextran encapsulated AR-12 as a host-directed therapy to control Salmonella infection Open

Ky V. Hoang, Hassan Borteh, Murugesan V. S. Rajaram, Kevin J. Peine, Heather Curry , et al. · 2021

AR-12 has been evaluated in clinical trials as an anti-cancer agent but also has demonstrated host-directed, broad-spectrum clearance of bacteria. We have previously shown that AR-12 has activity in vitro against Salmonella enterica serova…

The Tractrix Magnetopause: A Novel Physics-Based Functional Form for the Magnetopause Shape Open

Connor O'Brien, M. R. Collier, Brian M. Walsh, D. G. Sibeck, E. Taylor · 2020

Earth and Space Science Open Archive This preprint has been submitted to and is under consideration at Journal of Geophysical Research - Space Physics. ESSOAr is a venue for early communication or feedback before peer review. Data may be p…

The Solar Orbiter Solar Wind Analyser (SWA) suite Open

C. J. Owen, R. Bruno, S. Livi, P. Louarn, K. Al Janabi , et al. · 2020

The Solar Orbiter mission seeks to make connections between the physical processes occurring at the Sun or in the solar corona and the nature of the solar wind created by those processes which is subsequently observed at the spacecraft. Th…

A K‐Means Clustering Analysis of the Jovian and Terrestrial Magnetopauses: A Technique to Classify Global Magnetospheric Behavior Open

M. R. Collier, J. Gruesbeck, J. E. P. Connerney, S. P. Joy, G. B. Hospodarsky , et al. · 2020

Previous studies suggested that the Jovian magnetopause position is best characterized as a bimodal distribution indicative of a two‐state system. We applied a modified k ‐means clustering analysis to observations of the Jovian and terrest…

A K-means Clustering Analysis of the Jovian and Terrestrial Magnetopauses Open

M. R. Collier, J. Gruesbeck, J. E. P. Connerney, S. P. Joy, G. B. Hospodarsky , et al. · 2020

Jovian magnetopause crossings used in the referenced paper

A K-means Clustering Analysis of the Jovian and Terrestrial Magnetopauses Open

M. R. Collier, J. Gruesbeck, J. E. P. Connerney, S. P. Joy, G. B. Hospodarsky , et al. · 2020

Jovian magnetopause crossings used in the referenced paper and a README file

A K-means Clustering Analysis of the Jovian and Terrestrial Magnetopauses Open

M. R. Collier, J. Gruesbeck, J. E. P. Connerney, S. P. Joy, G. B. Hospodarsky , et al. · 2020

Jovian magnetopause crossings used in the referenced paper and a README file

Exploring Solar-Terrestrial Interactions via Multiple Observers Open

G. Branduardi‐Raymont, M. Berthomier, Y. V. Bogdanova, J. Carter, M. R. Collier , et al. · 2019

This paper addresses the fundamental science question: How does solar wind energy flow through the Earth's magnetosphere, how is it converted and distributed?. We need to understand how the Sun creates the heliosphere, and how the planets …

Exploring Solar-Terrestrial Interactions via Multiple Observers (A White Paper for the Voyage 2050 long-term plan in the ESA Science Programme) Open

G. Branduardi‐Raymont, M. Berthomier, Y. V. Bogdanova, J. C. Carter, M. R. Collier , et al. · 2019

This paper addresses the fundamental science question: "How does solar wind energy flow through the Earth's magnetosphere, how is it converted and distributed?". We need to understand how the Sun creates the heliosphere, and how the planet…

Magnetopause Surface Reconstruction From Tangent Vector Observations Open

M. R. Collier, Hyunju Connor · 2018

Entire fields of science, most notably in astrophysics, rely on line‐of‐sight observations. In planetary science and heliophysics, the techniques of soft X‐ray and energetic neutral atom imaging also produce line‐of‐sight measurements. An …

Overview of Phobos/Deimos Regolith Ion Sample Mission (PRISM) concept Open

A. S. Rivkin, S. L. Murchie, D. M. Hurley, J. S. Halekas, R. R. Vondrak , et al. · 2018

Far more definitive information on composition is required to resolve the question of origin for the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos. Current infrared spectra of the objects are inconclusive due to the lack of strong diagnostic features.De…

Imaging Plasma Density Structures in the Soft X-Rays Generated by Solar Wind Charge Exchange with Neutrals Open

D. G. Sibeck, Robert C. Allen, Homayon Aryan, Dennis Bodewits, P. C. Brandt , et al. · 2018

The Martian dust devil electron avalanche: Laboratory measurements of the E-field fortifying effects of dust-electron absorption Open

W. M. Farrell, J. L. McLain, M. R. Collier, J. W. Keller · 2017

Analogous to terrestrial dust devils, charged dust in Mars dust devils should become vertically stratified in the convective features, creating large scale E-fields. This E-field in a Martian-like atmosphere has been shown to stimulate the…

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