Publications

1. Sitnov, M. I.V. G. MerkinP. L. Pritchett, and M. Swisdak (2017), Distinctive features of internally driven magnetotail reconnectionGeophys. Res. Lett.4430283037, doi:10.1002/2017GL072784.
2. Runov, A., V. Angelopoulos, A. Artemyev, J. Birn, P. L. Pritchett, and X.-Z. Zhou (2017), Characteristics of ion distribution functions in dipolarizing flux bundles: Event studies, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 122, doi:10.1002/2017JA024010.
3. Pritchett, P. L., and A. Runov (2017), The interaction of finite-width reconnection exhaust jets with a dipolar magnetic field configuration, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 122, 3183–3200,  doi:10.1002/2016JA023784.
4. Gordeev, E., V. Sergeev, V. Merkin, and M. Kuznetsova (2017), On the origin of plasma sheet reconfiguration during the substorm growth phase, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 8696–8702, doi:10.1002/2017GL074539.
5. Birn, J., A. Runov, and X.-Z. Zhou (2017), Ion velocity distributions in dipolarization events: Distributions in the central plasma sheet, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 122, doi:10.1002/2017JA024230.
6. Li, J.-Z., X.-Z. Zhou, A. Runov, V. Angelopoulos, J. Liu, D.-X. Pan, and Q.-G. Zong (2017), Characteristics of high-latitude precursor flows ahead of dipolarization fronts, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 122, 5307–5320, doi:10.1002/2017JA023902.
7. Sergeev, V. A., Gordeev, E. I., Merkin, V. G., & Sitnov, M. I. (2018). Does a local B‐minimum appear in the tail current sheet during a substorm growth phase?. Geophysical Research Letters, 45. https://doi.org/10.1002/2018GL077183.
8. Pucci, F., M. Velli, A. Tenerani, and D. Del Sarto (2018), Onset of fast “ideal” tearing in thin current sheets: Dependence on the equilibrium current profile, Physics of Plasmas, 25, 032113, doi: 10.1063/1.5022988.
9. Zhou, X.‐Z., Runov, A., Angelopoulos, V., Artemyev, A. V., & Birn, J. (2018). On the acceleration and anisotropy of ions within magnetotail dipolarizing flux bundles. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123, 429–442. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JA024901.
10. Pritchett, P. L., and S. Lu (2018), Externally‐driven onset of localized magnetic reconnection and disruption in a magnetotail configuration, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 121,  doi:10.1002/2017JA025094.
11. Birn, J., Merkin, V. G., Sitnov, M. I., & Otto, A. (2018). MHD stability of magnetotail configurations with a Bz hump. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JA025290.
12. Sitnov, M.I. ,  V.G. Merkin, V. Roytershteyn, and M. Swisdak. (2018), Kinetic dissipation around a dipolarization front, Geophysical Research Letters, 45. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL077874.