Publications

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2024

122. Bowers, C. F., C. M. Jackman, W. Sun, M. G. Holmberg, X. Jia, and L. Griton, Statistical analysis of Mercury’s magnetotail lobe field using MESSENGER observations, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, 129, e2023JA032162, doi:10.1029/2023JA032162, 2024.

121. Daubar, I. J., A. G. Hayes, G. C. Collins, K. L. Craft, J. A. Rathbun, J. R. Spencer, D. Y. Wyrick, M. T. Bland, A. G. Davies, C. M. Ernst, S. M. Howell, E. J. Leonard, A. S. McEwen, J. M. Moore, C. B. Phillips, L. M. Prockter, L. C. Quick, J. M. Soderblom, J. E. C. Scully, S. Brooks, M. Cable, M. E. Cameron, K. Chan, C. J. Chivers, M. Choukroun, C. Cochrane, S. Diniega, A. J. Dombard, C. M. Elder, C. Glein, T. K. Greathouse, C. Grima, M. S. Gudipati, Hand, C. Hansen, Hayne, M. Hedman, K. Hughson, X. Jia, Lawrence, H. M. Meyer, K. Miller, G. W. Patterson, D. M. Persaud, S. Piqueux, K. M. Scanlan, Schmidt, D. Schroeder, G. Steinbrügge, Stern, G. Tobie, Withers, D. A. Young, B. Buratti, H. Korth, D. Senske, and R. Pappalardo, Planned geological investigations of the Europa Clipper mission, Space Science Reviews, 220, 18, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-023-01036-z, 2024.

2023

120. Vance, S., K. Craft, E. Shock, B. E. Schmidt, J. Lunine, K. P. Hand, W. B. McKinnon, E. M. Spiers, C. Chivers, J. D. Lawrence, N. Wolfenbarger, E. J. Leonard, K. J. Robinson, M. J. Styczinski, D. M. Persaud, G. Steinbrügge, M. Zolotov, L. C. Quick, J. E. C. Scully, T. M. Becker, S. M. Howell, R. N. Clark, A. J. Dombard, C. R. Glein, O. Mousis, M. A. Sephton, J. Castillo-Rogez, F. Nimmo, A. S. McEwen, M. S. Gudipati, I. Jun, X. Jia, F. Postberg, K. M. Soderlund, and C. M. Elder, Investigating Europa’s habitability with Europa Clipper, Space Science Reviews, 219, 81, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-023-01025-2, 2023.

119. Westlake, J., R. L. McNutt Jr., M. Grey, D. Coren, A.M. Rymer, C. J. Cochrane, A. Luspay-Kuti, T. Diaz, A. Crew, H. T. Smith, E. Hohlfeld, N. Seese, C. Paty, X. Jia, S. Rogacki, M. L. Stevens, J. C. Kasper, A. W. Case, J. A. Slavin, K. K. Khurana, M. G. Kivelson, J. Saur, N. Krupp, E. Roussos, S. Liang, K. E. Mandt, K. Asmar, K. Cooper, C. Battista, C. Kim, S. Katz, M. Kusterer, L. Brown, D. Linko, C. Schlemm, S. Jaskulek, J. Dalton, R. Caranza, E. Reynolds, M. Richardson, and C. Shearer, The Plasma Instrument for Magnetic Sounding (PIMS) on the Europa Clipper Mission, Space Science Reviews, 219, 62, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-023-01002-9, 2023.

118. Meitzler, R., I. Jun, R. Blase, T. Cassidy, R. Clark, C. Cochrane, S. Fix, R. Gladstone, J. Goldsten, M. Gudipati, B. Henderson, X. Jia, J. Kammer, P. Kollmann, A. McEwen, H. Meyer, T. Nordheim, C. Paranicas, C. Paty, K. Retherford, E. Roussos, A. Rymer, T. Smith, J. Westlake, and Z. Yokley, Investigating Europa’s Radiation Environment with the Radiation Monitor, Space Science Reviews, 219, 61, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-023-01003-8, 2023.

117. Kivelson, M. G., X. Jia, K. Lee, C. Raymond, K. K. Khurana, M. Perley, J. Biersteker, J. Blacksberg, R. Caron, C. Cochrane, O. Dawson, C. Harris, J. Jones, S. Joy, H. Korth, J. Liu, E. Maghsoudi, N. Murphy, D. Parsley, D. Pierce, C. Racho, I. Richter, C. T. Russell, S. Sherman, R. Strangeway, M. Villarreal, B. Weiss and L. Wigglesworth, The Europa Clipper Magnetometer, Space Science Reviews, 219, 48, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-023-00989-5, 2023.

116. Roberts, J., W. B. McKinnon, C. M. Elder, G. Tobie, J. B. Biersteker, D. Young, R. S. Park, G. Steinbrügge, F. Nimmo, S. M. Howell, J. C. Castillo-Rogez, M. L. Cable, J. N. Abrahams, M. T. Bland, C. Chivers, C. J. Cochrane, A. J. Dombard, C. Ernst, A. Genova, C. Gerekos, C. Glein, C. D. Harris, H. C.F.C. Hay, P. O. Hayne, M. Hedman, H. Hussmann, X. Jia, K. Khurana, W. S. Kiefer, R. Kirk, M.t Kivelson, J. Lawrence, E. J. Leonard, J. I. Lunine, E. Mazarico, T. B. McCord, A. McEwen, C. Paty, L. C. Quick, C. A. Raymond, K. Retherford, L. Roth, A. Rymer, J. Saur, K. Scanlan, D. M. Schroeder, D. A. Senske, W. Shao, K. Soderlund, E. Spiers, M. J. Styczinski, P. Tortora, S. D. Vance, M. N. Villarreal, B. P. Weiss, J. H. Westlake, P. Withers, N. Wolfenbarger, B. Burrati, H. Korth, R. T. Pappalardo, and the Interior Thematic Working Group, Exploring the Interior of Europa with the Europa Clipper, Space Science Reviews, 219, 46, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-023-00990-y, 2023.

115. Li, C., X. Jia, Y. Chen, G. Toth, H. Zhou, J. A. Slavin, W. Sun and G. Poh, 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, e2022JA031206, doi:10.1029/2022JA031206, 2023.

114. Cochrane, C. J., N. Murphy, C. Raymond, J. B. Biersteker, K. Dang, X. Jia, H. Korth, P. Narvaez, J. B. Ream, and B. P. Weiss, Magnetic field modeling and visualization of the Europa Clipper spacecraft, Space Science Reviews, 219, 34, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-023-00974-y, 2023.

113. Biersteker, J. B., B. P. Weiss, C. J. Cochrane, C. D. K. Harris, X. Jia, K. K. Khurana, J. Liu, N. Murphy and C. A. Raymond, Revealing the interior structure of icy moons with a Bayesian approach to magnetic induction measurements, The Planetary Science Journal, 4, 62, doi:10.3847/PSJ/acc331, 2023.

112. Zheng, R., Y. Wang, X. Li, C. Wang and X. Jia, Statistical study of the Jovian decametric radio emissions based on multiple-view observations from remote radio instruments, Astronomy and Astrophysics, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202244121, 2023.

111. Glass, A., P. J. Tracy, J. M. Raines, X. Jia, N. Romanelli, and G. DiBraccio, Characterization of foreshock plasma populations at Mercury, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi:10.1029/2022JA031111, 2023.

2022

110. Glass, A., J. M. Raines, X. Jia, W. Sun, S. Imber, R. M. Dewey and J. A. Slavin, First Observations of Mercury’s Plasma Sheet Horn: Characterization and Contribution to Proton Precipitation, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi:10.1029/2022JA030969, 2022.

109. Jia, X., Recent advances in research on Jupiter’s and Saturn’s magnetospheres, Advances in Space Physics, Vol. 8, 2022.

108. Plainaki, C., S. Massetti, X. Jia, A. Mura, A. Milillo, D. Grassi, E. Roussos, and G. Filacchione, The Jovian energetic ion environment of Ganymede: Planetary space weather considerations in view of the JUICE mission, The Astrophysical Journal, 940:186 (34pp), https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac9c54, 2022.

107. Harris, C., X. Jia, and J. A. Slavin, Multi-fluid MHD Simulations of Europa’s Plasma Interaction: Effects of Variation in Europa’s Atmosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi: 10.1029/2022JA030569, 2022.

106. Jasinski, J., N. Murphy, X. Jia and J. A. Slavin, Neptune’s pole-on magnetosphere: Dayside reconnection observations by Voyager 2, The Planetary Science Journal, 3:76, https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac5967, 2022.

105. Sun, W., J. A. Slavin, A. Millilo, R. Dewey, S. Orsini, X. Jia, J. Raines, S. Livi, J. Jasinski, S. Fu, J. Zhao, Q. Zong, Y. Saito, and C. Li, MESSENGER observations of planetary ion enhancements at Mercury’s northern magnetospheric cusp during Flux Transfer Event showers, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi:10.1029/ 2022JA030280, 2022.

104. Sarkango, Y., J. A. Slavin, X. Jia, G. A. DiBraccio, G. Clark, W. J. Sun, B. H. Mauk, W. S. Kurth, and G. Hospodarsky, Properties of Ion-Inertial Scale Plasmoids Observed by the Juno Spacecraft in the Jovian Magnetotail, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi:10.1029/2021JA030181, 2022.

103. Nordheim, T., L. Regoli, C. Harris, C. Paranicas, K. Hand and X. Jia, Magnetospheric ion bombardment of Europa’s surface, The Planetary Science Journal, 3:5, https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac382a, 2022.

102. Wang, Y., R. Zheng, X. Jia, C. Wang, S. Wang, and V. Krupar, Reply to Comment by Lamy et al. on “Locating the source field lines of Jovian decametric radio emissions”, Earth and Planetary Physics, 6(1), 13-17, http://doi.org/10.26464/epp2022019, 2022.

2021

101. Lai, H., Y.-D. Jia, C. T. Russell, X. Jia, A. Masters, M. K. Dougherty, and J. Cui, Magnetic flux circulation in the Saturnian magnetosphere as constrained by Cassini observations in the inner magnetosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi:10.1029/2021JA029304, 2021.

100. Glass, A., J. Raines, X. Jia, V. Tenishev, Y. Shou, S. Aizawa and J. A. Slavin, A 3D MHD-particle tracing model of Na+ energization on Mercury’s day side, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi:10.1029/2021JA029587, 2021.

99. Kaweeyanun, N., A. Masters, and X. Jia, Analytical assessment of Kelvin-Helmholtz instability growths at Ganymede’s upstream magnetopause, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi:10.1029/2021JA029338, 2021.

98. Keiling, A., B. Gallardo-Lacourt, X. Jia, and V. Nakariakov, Book publishing in the space sciences, EOS, 102, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EO159662, 2021.

97. Gombosi, T. I., Y. Chen, A. Glocer, Z. Huang, X. Jia, M. W. Liemohn, W. B. Manchester, T. Pulkkinen, N. Sachdeva, Q. Al Shidi, I. V. Sokolov, J. Szente, V. Tenishev, G. Toth, B. van der Holst, D. T. Welling, L. Zhao and S. Zou, What sustained multi-disciplinary research can achieve: The Space Weather Modeling Framework, Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, doi:10.1051/swsc/2021020, 2021.

96. Harris, C., X. Jia, J. A. Slavin, G. Toth, Z. Huang, and M. Rubin, Multi-fluid MHD simulations of Europa’s plasma interaction under different magnetospheric conditions, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi:10.1029/2020JA028888, 2021.

95. Mukhopadhyay, A.X. Jia, D. Welling, and M. Liemohn, Global magnetohydrodynamic simulations: Performance quantification of magnetopause distances and convection potential predictions, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, doi:10.3389/fspas.2021.637197, 2021.

94. Jia, X., and M. G. Kivelson, The magnetosphere of Ganymede, in Space Physics and Aeronomy Collection Volume 2: Magnetospheres in the Solar System, Geophysical Monograph 259, First Edition (edt. R. Maggiolo, N. André, H. Hasegawa, and D. T. Welling), Wiley, doi:10.1002/9781119507512, 2021.

93. Jia, X., M. G. Kivelson, and C. Paranicas, Comment on “An Active Plume Eruption on Europa During Galileo Flyby E26 as Indicated by Energetic Proton Depletions” by Huybrighs et al., Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2020GL091550, 2021.

92. Sarkango, Y., J. A. Slavin, X. Jia, G. DiBraccio, D. Gershman, J. Connerney, W. Kurth and G. Hospodarsky, Juno observations of ion-inertial scale flux ropes in the Jovian magnetotail, Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2020GL089721, 2021.

2020

91. Sun, W., J. A. Slavin, A. W. Smith, R. M. Dewey, G. Poh, X. Jia, J. M. Raines, S. Livi, Y. Saito, D. J. Gershman, G. A. DiBraccio, S. M. Imber, J. P. Guo, S. Y. Fu, Q. G. Zong, and J. T. Zhao, Flux transfer event showers at Mercury: Dependencies on plasma β and magnetic shear and their contribution to Dungey Cycle, Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2020GL089784, 2020.

90. Plainaki, C., S. Massetti, X. Jia, A. Mura, A. Milillo, D. Grassi, G. Sindoni, E. D’Aversa, G. Filacchione, and G. Piccioni, Kinetic simulations of the Jovian energetic ion circulation around Ganymede, The Astrophysical Journal, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aba94c, 2020.

89. Carnielli, G., M. Galand, F. Leblanc, R. Modolo, A. Beth, and X. Jia, Simulations of ion sputtering at Ganymede, Icarus, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113918, 2020.

88. Zhou, H., G. Toth, X. Jia, and Y. Chen, Reconnection-driven dynamics at Ganymede’s upstream magnetosphere: 3D global Hall MHD and MHD-EPIC simulations, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi:10.1029/2020JA028162, 2020.

87. Poh, G., W. Sun, K. M. Clink, J. A. Slavin, R. M. Dewey, X. Jia, J. M. Raines, G. A. DiBraccio, and J. R. Espley, Large-amplitude oscillatory motion of Mercury’s cross-tail current sheet, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi:10.1029/2020JA027783, 2020.

86. Millilo, A., M. Fujimoto, G. Murakami, J. Benkhoff, J. Zender, S. Aizawa, M. Dosa, L. Griton, D. Heyner, G. Ho, S. Imber, X. Jia, T. Karlsson, R.M. Killen, M. Laurenza, S. Lindsay, S. McKenna-Lawlor, A. Mura, J. Raines, D. Rothery, N. André, W. Baumjohann, A. Berezhnoy, P. Bourdin, E. Bunce, F. Califano, J. Deca, S. de la Fuente, C. Dong, C. Grava, S. Fatemi, P. Henri, S. Ivanovski, B. V. Jackson, M. James, E. Kallio, Y. Kasaba, E. Kilpua, M. Kobayashi, B. Langlais, F. Leblanc, C. Lhotka, V. Mangano, A. Martindale, S. Massetti, A. Masters, M. Morooka, Y. Narita, J.S. Oliveira, D. Odstrcil, S. Orsini, C. Plainaki, F. Plaschke, F. Sahraoui, K. Seki, J. Slavin, R. Vainio, P. Wurz, S. Barabash, C. Carr, D. Delcourt, K.-H. Glassmeier, M. Grande, M. Hirahara, J. Huovelin, O. Korablev, H. Kojima, H. Lichtenegger, S. Livi, A. Matsuoka, R. Moissl, M. Moncuquet, K. Muinonen, E. Quemerais, Y. Saito, S.Yagitani, I. Yoshikawa, J.-E. Wahlund, Investigating Mercury’s environment with the two-spacecraft BepiColombo mission, Space Science Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-020-00712-8, 2020.

85. Azari, A., J. W. Lockhart, M. W. Liemohn, and X. Jia, Incorporating physical knowledge in machine learning for planetary space physics, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences: Machine Learning in Heliophysics, doi:10.3389/fspas.2020.00036, 2020.

84. Turnpenney, S., J. D. Nichols, G. A. Wynn, and X. Jia, Magnetohydrodynamic modelling of star-planet interaction and associated auroral radio emission, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa824, 2020.

83. Kaweeyanun, N., A. Masters, and X. Jia, Favorable conditions for magnetic reconnection at Ganymede’s upstream magnetopause, Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/ 2019GL086228, 2020.

82. Carnielli, G., M. Galand, F. Leblanc, R. Modolo, A. Beth, and X. Jia, Constraining Ganymede’s neutral and plasma environments through simulations of its ionosphere and Galileo observations, Icarus, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113691, 2020.

81. Wang, Y., X. Jia, C. Wang, S. Wang, and V. Krupar, Locating the source field lines of Io-related decametric radio emissions, Earth and Planetary Physics, 4(2), 1–10, doi:10.26464/epp2020015, 2020.

80. Sun, W. J., J. A. Slavin, R. M. Dewey, Y. Chen, J. M. Raines, J. M. Jasinski, G. A. DiBraccio, X. Jia, and M. Akhavan-Tafti, MESSENGER observations of Mercury’s nightside magnetosphere under extreme solar wind conditions, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi:10.1029/2019JA027490, 2020.

2019

79. Chen, Y., G. Toth, X. Jia, J. A. Slavin, W. Sun, S. Markidis, T. I. Gombosi, and J. Raines, Studying dawn-dusk asymmetries of Mercury’s magnetotail using MHD-EPIC simulations, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi:10.1029/2019JA026840, 2019.

78. Sarkango, Y., X. Jia, and G. Toth, Global MHD simulations of the response of Jupiter’s magnetosphere and ionosphere to changes in the solar wind and IMF, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi:10.1029/2019JA026787, 2019.

77. Slavin, J., H. R. Middleton, J. M. Raines, X. Jia, J. Zhong, W. J. Sun, S. Livi, S. M. Imber, G. K. Poh, M. Akavan-Tafti, J. Jasinski, G. A. DiBraccio, R. M. Dewey, and M. L. Mays, MESSENGER observations of disappearing dayside magnetosphere events at Mercury, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi:10.1029/2019JA026892, 2019.

76. Zhou, H., G. Toth, X. Jia, Y. Chen, and S. Markidis, Embedded kinetic simulation of Ganymede’s magnetosphere: Improvements and inferences, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi: 10.1029/2019JA026643, 2019.

75. Carnielli, G., M. Galand, F. Leblanc, L. Leclercq, R. Modolo, A. Beth, H. L. F. Huybrighs, and X. Jia, First 3D test particle model of Ganymede’s ionosphere, Icarus, 330, 42-59, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2019.04.016, 2019.

74. Azari, A.X. Jia, M. Liemohn, G. B. Hospodarsky, G. Provan, S. -Y. Ye, S. W. H. Cowley, C. Paranicas, N. Sergis, A. Rymer, M. F. Thomsen, and D. G. Mitchell, Are Saturn’s interchange injections organized by rotational longitude?, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi:10.1029/2018JA026196, 2019.

73. Jia, X., J. A. Slavin, G. Poh, G. DiBraccio, G. Toth, Y. Chen, J. Raines, and T. Gombosi, MESSENGER observations and global simulations of highly compressed magnetosphere events at Mercury, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi:10.1029/2018JA026166, 2019.

2018

72. Poh, G., J. A. Slavin, X. Jia, W. Sun, J. M. Raines, S. Imber, G. DiBraccio, and D. Gershman, Transport of mass and energy in Mercury’s plasma sheet, Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1029/2018GL080601, 2018.

71. Krupp, N., P. Kollmann, M. F. Thomsen, D. Mitchell, X. Jia, A. Masters and P. Zarka, Global configuration and seasonal variations of Saturn’s magnetosphere, in Saturn in the 21st century (Eds., M. Flasar, N. Krupp, T. Stallard, and K. Baines), Cambridge University Press, doi:10.1017/9781316227220.006, 2018.

70. Carbary, J., M. Hedman, T. Hill, X. Jia, W. Kurth, L. Lamy, and G. Provan, The mysteries of Saturn’s periodicities: Clues to the rotation rate of the planet, in Saturn in the 21st century (Eds., M. Flasar, N. Krupp, T. Stallard, and K. Baines), Cambridge University Press, doi:10.1017/9781316227220.005, 2018.

69. Sun, W., J. A. Slavin, R. M. Dewey, J. M. Raines, S. Y. Fu, Y. Wei, T. Karlsson, G. K. Poh, X. Jia, D. J. Gershman, Q. G. Zong, W. X. Wan, Q. Q. Shi, Z. Y. Pu, and D. Zhao, A comparative study on the proton properties of magnetospheric substorms at Earth and Mercury in the near magnetotail, Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1029/2018GL079181, 2018.

68. Regoli, L., E. Roussos, K. Dialynas, J. Luhmann, N. Sergis, X. Jia, D. Roman, A. Azari, N. Krupp, G. Jones, A. Coates and I. Rae, Statistical study of the energetic particle environment at Titan’s orbit from the Cassini spacecraft, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi:10.1029/2018JA025442, 2018.

67. Jia, X., M. G. Kivelson, K. K. Khurana, and W. S. Kurth, Evidence of a plume at Europa from Galileo magnetic and plasma wave signatures, Nature Astronomy, doi:10.1038/s41550-018-0450-z, 2018. (NASA Press ReleaseNASA Live Science Chat and Nature Research Highlight)

66. Azari, A., M. Liemohn, X. Jia, M. Thomsen, D. G. Mitchell, N. Sergis, A. M. Rymer, G. Hospodarsky, C. Paranicas, and J. Vandegriff, Interchange injections at Saturn: Statistical survey of energetic H+ sudden flux intensifications, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi:10.1029/2018JA025391, 2018.

65. Kivelson, M. and X. Jia, Coupled SKR emissions in Saturn’s northern and southern ionospheres, Geophysical Research Letters, 45, doi: 10.1002/2017GL075425, 2018.

64. Sergis, N., E. J. Bunce, J. F. Carbary, S. W. H. Cowley, X. Jia, D. C. Hamilton, S. M. Krimigis, D. G. Mitchell, and M. K. Dougherty, The ring current of Saturn, AGU Geophysical Monograph Series: Electric Currents in Geospace and Beyond (Eds. A. Keiling, O. Marghitu, and M. Wheatland), https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119324522.ch9, 2018.

63. Thomsen, M., A. Coates, C. Jackman, N. Sergis, X. Jia and K. Hansen, Survey of magnetosheath plasma properties at Saturn and inference of upstream flow conditions, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi: 10.1002/2018JA025214, 2018.

62. Huang, Z., G. Toth, T. Gombosi, X. Jia, M. Combi, K. Hansen, N. Fougere, Y. Shou, V. Tenishev, K. Altwegg, and M. Rubin, Hall effect in the coma of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx3350, 2018.

61. Plainaki, C., T. Cassidy, V. Shematovich, A. Milillo, P. Wurz, A. Vorburger, L. Roth, A. Galli, M. Rubin, A. Blöcker, P. Brandt, F. Crary, I. Dandouras, D. Grassi, P. Hartogh, X. Jia, A. Lucchetti, M. McGrath, V. Mangano, A. Mura, S. Orsini, C. Paranicas, A. Radioti, K. Retherford, J. Saur, and B. Teolis, Towards a global unified model of Europa’s tenuous atmosphere, Space Science Reviews, doi:10.1007/s11214-018-0469-6, 2018.

2017

60. Shou, Y., M. Combi, G. Toth, V. Tenishev, N. Fougere, X. Jia, M. Rubin, Z. Huang, K. Hansen, T. Gombosi, and A. Bieler, A new 3D multi-fluid dust model: A study of the effects of activity and nucleus rotation on dust grain behavior in comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Astrophysical Journal, 850:72, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa91ca, 2017.

59. Chen, Y., G. Toth, P. Cassak, X. Jia, T. I. Gombosi, J. A. Slavin, S. Markidis, I. Peng, V. Jordanova, and M. Henderson, Global three-dimensional two-way coupled MHD with embedded PIC simulation of Earth’s magnetosphere: Initial results for dayside magnetic reconnection and flux transfer events, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi: 10.1002/2017JA024186, 2017.

58. Sulaiman, A., X. Jia, N. Achilleos, N. Sergis, D. Gurnett, and W. Kurth, Large-scale magnetosheath flow around Saturn’s non-axisymmetric magnetospheres, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi:10.1002/2017JA024595, 2017.

57. Poh, G., J. A. Slavin, X. Jia, J. M. Raines, S. Imber, W. Sun, D. J. Gershman, G. DiBraccio, K. Genestreti, and A. Smith, Coupling between Mercury and its night-side magnetosphere: Cross-tail current sheet asymmetry and substorm current wedge formation, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi: 10.1002/2017JA024266, 2017.

56. Thomsen, M. F., S. Badman, C. Jackman, X. Jia, M. G. Kivelson, and W. S. Kurth, Energy-banded ions in Saturn’s magnetosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi: 10.1002/2017JA024147, 2017.

55. Zou, S., A. Ridley, X. Jia, E. Boyd, M. Nicolls, A. Coster, E. Thomas, and J. M. Ruohoniemi, PFISR observation of intense ion upflow fluxes associated with an SED during the June 1, 2013 geomagnetic storm, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi:10.1002/2016JA023697, 2017.

54. Poh, G., J. A. Slavin, X. Jia, J. M. Raines, S. Imber, W. Sun, D. J. Gershman, G. DiBraccio, K. Genestreti, and A. Smith, Mercury’s Cross-tail Current Sheet: Structure, X-line Location and Stress Balance, Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1002/2016GL071612, 2017.

53. Thomsen, M., C. M. Jackman, S. W. H. Cowley, X. Jia, M. G. Kivelson, and G. Provan, Evidence for periodic variations in the thickness of Saturn’s nightside plasma sheet, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi:10.1002/2016JA023368, 2017.

52. Huang, Z., G. Toth, T. Gombosi, A. Bieler, M. Combi, K. Hansen, X. Jia, N. Fougere, Y. Shou, T. E. Cravens, V. Tenishev, K. Altwegg, and M. Rubin, A possible mechanism for the formation of magnetic field dropouts in the coma of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, doi:10.1093/mnras/stw3118, 2017.

51. Ramer, K. M., M. G. Kivelson, N. Sergis, K. K. Khurana, and X. Jia, Spinning, Breathing, and Flapping: Periodicities in Saturn’s Middle Magnetosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi:10.1002/2016JA023126, 2017.

2016

50. Shou, Y., M. Combi, G. Toth, V. Tenishev, N. Fougere, X. Jia, M. Rubin, Z. Huang, K. Hansen, T. Gombosi, and A. Bieler, A new 3D multi-fluid model: A study of kinetic effects and variations of physical conditions in the cometary coma, Astrophysical Journal, doi:10.3847/1538-4357/833/2/160, 2016.

49. Poh, G., J. A. Slavin, X. Jia, G. A. DiBraccio, J. Raines, S. M. Imber, B. Anderson, H. Korth, D. J. Gershman, T. Zurbuchen, R. McNutt, and S. Solomon, MESSENGER observations of cusp plasma filaments at Mercury, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, 121, 8260–8285, doi:10.1002/2016JA022552, 2016.

48. Jasinski, J. M., J. Slavin, C. Arridge, G. Poh, X. Jia, N. Sergis, A. Coates, G. Jones, M. Dougherty, and H. Waite, Flux transfer event observation at Saturn’s dayside magnetopause by the Cassini spacecraft, Geophysical Research Letters, 43, doi:10.1002/2016GL069260, 2016.

47. Huang, Z., G. Toth, T. Gombosi, X. Jia, M. Rubin, N. Fougere, V. Tenishev, M. Combi, A. Bieler, K. Hansen, Y. Shou, and K. Altwegg, Four-fluid MHD Simulations of the Plasma and Neutral Gas Environment of Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko Near Perihelion, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi:10.1002/2015JA022333, 2016.

46. Jia, X. and M. G. Kivelson, Dawn-dusk asymmetries in rotating magnetospheres: Lessons from modeling Saturn, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi: 10.1002/2015JA021950, 2016. (Highlighted in NASA Planetary Science Nugget: Saturn’s Lopsided Magnetosphere: Mystery Solved?)

45. Walker, R. J., and X. Jia, Simulation studies of plasma transport at Earth, Jupiter and Saturn, Magnetic Reconnection (eds, W. Gonzalez E. Parker), Springer, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-26432-5_9, 2016.

44. Toth, G., X. Jia, S. Markidis, I. B. Peng, Y. Chen, L. K. S. Daldorff, V. Tenishev, D. Borovikov, J. D. Haiducek,T. Gombosi,  A. Glocer, and J. Dorelli, Extended Magnetohydrodynamics with Embedded Particle-in-Cell Simulation of Ganymede’s Magnetosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, 121, doi:10.1002/2015JA021997, 2016.

43. Lucchetti, A., Plainaki, C., G. Cremonese, A. Milillo, T. Cassidy, X. Jia, and V. Shematovich, Loss rates of Europa’s exosphere, Planetary and Space Science, doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2016.01.009,2016.

42. Paranicas, C., M. Thomsen, N. Achilleos, M. Andriopoulou, S. Badman, G. Hospodarsky, C. Jackman, X. Jia, T. Kennelly, K. Khurana, P. Kollmann, P. Louarn, N. Krupp, E. Roussos, and N. Sergis, Effects of radial motion on interchange injections at Saturn, Icarus, 264, 342-351, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.10.002, 2016.

41. Jia, X., M. G. Kivelson, and T. I. Gombosi, Global MHD Modeling of the Coupled Magnetosphere-Ionosphere System at Saturn, AGU Geophysical Monograph Series: Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling in the Solar System (eds. R. Chappell, B. Schunk, R. Thorne, P. Banks and J. Burch), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., doi: 10.1002/9781119066880.ch25, 2016.

2015

40. Arridge, C. S., J. P. Eastwood, C. M. Jackman, G.-K. Poh, J. A. Slavin, M. F. Thomsen, N. André, X. Jia, A. Kidder, L. Lamy, A. Radioti, N. Sergis, M. Volwerk, A. P. Walsh, P. Zarka, A. J. Coates, and M. K. Dougherty, Cassini in situ observations of long duration magnetic reconnection in Saturn’s magnetotail, Nature Physics, doi:10.1038/nphys3565, 2015.

39. Raines, J. M., G. A. DiBraccio, T. A. Cassidy, D. Delcourt, M. Fujimoto, X. Jia, V. Mangano, A. Milillo, M. Sarantos, J. A. Slavin, and P. Wurz, Plasma sources in planetary magnetospheres: Mercury, Space Science Reviews, doi:10.1007/s11214-015-0193-4, 2015. (Also in the book “Plasma Source of Solar System Magnetospheres”)

38. Bolton, S. J., F. Bagenal, M. Blanc, T. Cassidy, E. Chané, C. Jackman, X. Jia, A. Kotova, N. Krupp, A. Milillo, C. Plainaki, H. T. Smith, and H. Waite, Jupiter’s Magnetosphere: Plasma Sources and Transport, Space Science Reviews, doi:10.1007/s11214-015-0184-5, 2015. (Also in the book “Plasma Source of Solar System Magnetospheres”).

37. Blanc, M., D. J. Andrews, A. J. Coates, D. C. Hamilton, C.M. Jackman, X. Jia, A. Kotova, M. Morooka, H. T. Smith, and J. H. Westlake, Saturn’s plasma sources and associated transport processes, Space Science Reviews, doi: 10.1007/s11214-015-0172-9, 2015. (Also in the book “Plasma Source of Solar System Magnetospheres”)

36. Nemeth, Z., K. Szego, L. Foldy, M. Kivelson, X. Jia, K. Ramer, S. W. H. Cowley, G. Provan and M. Thomsen, The latitudinal structure of the nightside outer magnetodisk of Saturn as revealed by velocity moments of thermal ions, Annales Geophysicae, 33, 1195-1202, doi:10.5194/angeo-33-1195-2015, 2015.

35. Sun, W., J. A. Slavin, S. Fu, J. A. Raines, T. Sunderberg, Q. Zong, X. Jia, Q. Shi, X. Shen, G, Pohm Z. Pu, and T. H. Zurbuchen, MESSENGER observations of Alfvén and compressional waves during Mercury’s substorm, Geophysical Research Letters, 42, doi:10.1002/2015GL065452, 2015.

34. Bieler, A., N. Fougere, G. Toth, V. Tenishev, M. Combi, T. I. Gombosi, K. C. Hansen, Z. Huang, X. Jia, K. Altwegg, P. Wurz, H. Balsiger, A. Jaeckel, L. Le Roy, S. Gasc, U. Calmonte, M. Rubin, C.-Y. Tzou, M. Hassig, S. Fuselier, K. De Keyser, J.-J. Berthelier, U. A. Mall, H. Reme, and B. Fiethe, 3D kinetic and hydrodynamic modeling of the neutral Coma of Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 583, A7, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201526178, 2015.

33. Seki, K, A. Nagy, C. Jackman, F. Crary, D. Fontaine, P. Zarka, P. Wurz, A. Milillo, J. A. Slavin, D. C. Delcourt, M. Wiltberger, R. Ilie, X. Jia, S. Ledvina, and B. Schunk, A review of General Processes related to Plasma Sources and Losses for Solar System Magnetospheres, Space Science Reviews, doi: 10.1007/s11214-015-0170-y, 2015. (Also in the book “Plasma Source of Solar System Magnetospheres”)

32. Jia, X., J. A. Slavin, T. I. Gombosi, L. Daldorff, G. Toth, and B. van de Holst, Global MHD simulations of Mercury’s magnetosphere with coupled planetary interior: Induction effect of the planetary conducting core on the global interaction, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, 120, doi: 10.1002/2015JA021143, 2015.

31. Rubin, M., X. Jia, K. Altwegg, M. Combi, L. K. S. Daldorff, T. Gombosi, K. K. Khurana, M. Kivelson, V. Tenishev, G. Toth, B. van der Holst, and P. Wurz, Self-consistent multi-fluid MHD simulations of Europa’s exospheric interaction with Jupiter’s magnetosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi: 10.1002/2015JA021149, 2015.

30. Jackman, C. M., M. F. Thomsen, D. G. Mitchell, N. Sergis, C. S. Arridge, M. Felici, S. V. Badman, C. Paranicas, X. Jia, G. B. Hospodarsky, M. Andriopoulou, K. K. Khurana, A. W. Smith, and M. K. Dougherty, Field dipolarization in Saturn’s magnetotail with planetward ion flows and energetic particle flow bursts: Evidence of quasi-steady reconnection, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi:10.1002/2015JA020995, 2015.

29. Thomsen, M. F., D. Mitchell, X. Jia, C. M. Jackman, G. Hospodarsky, and A. Coates, Plasmapause formation at Saturn, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi: 10.1002/2015JA021008, 2015.

28. Saur, J., S. Duling, L. Roth, X. Jia, D. F. Strobel, P. D. Feldman, U. R. Christensen, K. D. Retherford, M. A. McGrath, F. Musacchio, A. Wennmacher, F. M. Neubauer, and S. Simon, The search for a subsurface ocean in Ganymede with Hubble Space Telescope observations of its auroral ovals, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi: 10.1002/2014JA020778, 2015. (NASA press release)

27. Jia, X., Satellite magnetotails, AGU Geophysical Monograph Series: Magnetotails in the Solar System (eds A. Keiling, C. M. Jackman and P. A. Delamere), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ., doi:10.1002/9781118842324.ch8, 2015.

26. Radioti, A., D. Grodent, X. Jia, J.-C. Gérard, B. Bonfond, J. Gustin, W. Pryor, D. Mitchell, and C. M. Jackman, A multi-scale magnetotail reconnection event at Saturn and associated flows: Cassini/UVIS observations, Icarus, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.12.016, 2015.

2014

25. Thomsen, M. F., D. B. Reisenfeld, R. J. Wilson, M. Andriopoulou, F. J. Crary, C. M. Jackman, X. Jia, K. K. Khurana, C. Paranicas, E. Roussos, N. Sergis, and R. L. Tokar, Ion composition in interchange injection events in Saturn’s magnetosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, doi:10.1002/2014JA020489, 2014.

24.Plainaki, C., A. Milillo, S. Massetti, A. Mura, X. Jia, S. Orsini, V. Mangano, E. De Angelis, and R. Rispoli, The H2O and O­2 exospheres of Ganymede: The result of a complex interaction between the Jovian magnetospheric ions and the icy moon, Icarus, 245, 306-319, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.09.018, 2014.

23. Kivelson, M. and X. Jia, Control of periodic variations in Saturn’s magnetosphere by compressional waves, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, 119, doi: 10.1002/2014JA020258, 2014.

22. Slavin, J. A., G. A. DiBraccio, D. Gershman, S. Imber, G. K. Poh, J. Raines, T. H, Zurbuchen, X. Jia, D. N. Baker, K.-H. Glassmeier, S. A. Livi, S. A. Boardsen, T. A. Cassidy, M. Sarantos, T. Sundberg, A. Masters, C. L. Johnson, R. M. Winslow, B. J. Anderson, H. Korth, R. L. McNutt, Jr, and S. C. Solomon, MESSENGER observations of Mercury’s dayside magnetosphere under extreme solar wind conditions, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, 119, doi: 10.1002/2014JA020319, 2014.

21. Delamere, P., F. Bagenal, C. Paranicas, A. Masters, K. Radioti, B. Bonfond, L. Ray, X. Jia, J. Nichols, and C. Arridge, Solar wind and internally driven dynamics: Influences on magnetodiscs and auroral responses, Space Science Reviews, doi:
10.1007/s11214-014-0075-1, 2014. (Also to be collected as a chapter of the book “Giant Planet Magnetodiscs and Aurorae”)

20. Sulaiman, A. H., A. Masters, M. K. Dougherty, and X. Jia, The magnetic structure of Saturn’s magnetosheath, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, Vol. 119, 5651-5661, doi:10.1002/2014JA020019, 2014.

19. Jackman, C., C. Arridge, N. André, F. Bagenal, J. Birn, M. Freeman, X. Jia, A. Kidder, S. Milan, A. Radioti, J. Slavin, M. Vogt, M. Volwerk, and A. Walsh, Large-scale structure and dynamics of the magnetotails of Mercury, Earth, Jupiter and Saturn, Space Science Reviews, Vol.182, 85–154, doi: 10.1007/s11214-014-0060-8, 2014.

2013

18. Kivelson, M. G. and X. Jia, An MHD model of Ganymede’s mini-magnetosphere suggests that the heliosphere forms in a sub-Alfvénic flow, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, Vol. 118, 1-8, doi: 10.1002/2013JA019130, 2013.

17. McGrath, M. A., X. Jia, K. Retherford, P. D. Feldman, D. F. Strobel, and J. Saur, Aurora on Ganymede, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, Vol. 118, Issue 3, doi:10.1002/jgra.50122, 2013.

16. Volwerk, M., N. André, C. Arridge, C. Jackman, X. Jia, S. E. Milan, A. Radioti, M. F. Vogt, A. P. Walsh, R. Nakamura, A. Masters and C. Forsyth, Comparative magnetotail flapping: An overview of selected events at Earth, Jupiter and Saturn, Annales Geophysicae, 31, 817 – 833, doi:10.5194/angeo-31-817-2013,  2013.

15. Volwerk, M., X. Jia, C. Paranicas, W. S. Kurth, M. G. Kivelson, and K. K. Khurana, ULF waves in Ganymede’s upstream magnetosphere, Annales Geophysicae, 31, 45 – 59, doi:10.5194/angeo-31-45-2013, 2013.

2012

14. Jia, X. and M. G. Kivelson, Driving Saturn’s magnetospheric periodicities from the atmosphere/ionosphere: Magnetotail response to dual sources, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, Vol. 117, A11219, doi:10.1029/2012JA018183, 2012.

13. Jia, X., K. C. Hansen, T. I. Gombosi, M. G. Kivelson, G. Toth, D. L. DeZeeuw, and A. J. Ridley, Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics of Saturn’s magnetosphere: A global MHD simulation, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, Vol. 117, A05225, doi:10.1029/2012JA017575,2012. (Top 10 most-cited papers published in JGR-Space Phyiscs in 2012)

12. Jia, X., M. G. Kivelson and T. I. Gombosi, Driving Saturn’s magnetospheric periodicities from the atmosphere/ionosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, Vol. 117, A04215,doi:10.1029/2011JA017367, 2012. (Highlighted in the “Cassini Science League” by NASA/JPL and Nature Physics)

2011

11. Khurana, K. K., X. Jia, M. G. Kivelson, F. Nimmo, G. Schubert and C. T. Russell, Evidence of a global magma ocean in Io’s interior, Science, 332: 1186-1189, doi:10.1126/science.1201425, 2011. (Reported in NASA press release)

2010 And Earlier

10. JiaX., R. J. Walker, M. G. Kivelson, K. K. Khurana and J. A. Linker, Dynamics of Ganymede’s magnetopause: Intermittent reconnection under steady external conditions, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, Vol.115, A12202,doi:10.1029/2010JA015771, 2010.

9. Kivelson, M. G., X. Jia and K. K. Khurana, Medicean moons sailing through plasma seas: Challenges in establishing magnetic properties, Galileo’s Medicean Moons: Their Impact on 400 Years of Discovery, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Symposia and Colloquia, Vol. 269, 58 -70, doi: 10.1017/S1743921310007271, 2010.

8. Jia, X., M. G. Kivelson, K. K. Khurana and R. J. Walker, Magnetic fields of the satellites of Jupiter and Saturn, Space Science Reviews, Vol. 152, issue 1, doi:10.1007/s11214-009-9507-8, 2009. (Also in the book “Planetary Magnetism” edited by U. R. Christensen, A. Balogh, D. Breuer, and K.-H. Glassmeier.)

7. Olsen, N., K.-H. Glassmeier and X. Jia, Separation of the magnetic field into external and internal parts, Space Science Reviews, Vol. 152, issue 1, doi:10.1007/s11214-009-9563-0, 2009. (Also in the book “Planetary Magnetism” edited by U. R. Christensen, A. Balogh, D. Breuer, and K.-H. Glassmeier. ) 

6. JiaX., R. J. Walker, M. G. Kivelson, K. K. Khurana and J. A. Linker, Properties of Ganymede’s magnetosphere inferred from improved three-dimensional MHD simulations, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, Vol. 114, A09209,doi:10.1029/2009JA0143752009.

5. Grodent, D., B. Bonfond, A. Radioti, J.-C. Gérard, X. Jia, J. D. Nichols and J. T. Clarke, Auroral footprint of Ganymede, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, Vol. 114, issue A7, doi:10.1029/2009JA014289, 2009.

4. Jia, X., R. J. Walker, M. G. Kivelson, K. K. Khurana and J. A. Linker, Three dimensional MHD simulations of Ganymede’s magnetosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, Vol. 113, A06212, doi:10.1029/2007JA012748, 2008.

3. Jia, X. and Y. Q. Hu, Propagation properties of transient shocks in the inner heliospheric meridional plane, Chinese Journal of Geophysics, Vol. 47, issue 1, pages 1-5, 2004.

2. Hu, Y. Q. and X. Jia, Interplanetary shock interaction with heliospheric current sheet and its associated structures, Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, Vol. 106, A12, pages 29299 – 29304, 2001.

1. Jia, X., Y. L. Yang, S. L. Liu and Y. Q. Hu, Interplanetary current sheet and east-west asymmetry of shock properties, Chinese Journal of Geophysics, Vol. 44, issue 5, pages 581-588, 2001.