Boston University
Professor Merav Opher

Papers

A possible direct exposure of the Earth to the cold interstellar medium 2-3 Myr ago:

Effect of the Passage of the Sun through the Edge of the Local Bubble:

Earth’s mesosphere during possible encounters with massive interstellar clouds 2 and 7 million years ago:

First paper on exploring the Paleoclimate and Heliosphere 2-3Million years ago:

Opher, M., Loeb, A., Peek, J. “Evidence that Earth was exposed to Cold Dense Interstellar Medium 2 Myrs Ago”

First paper to show the new “Croissant” shape of the Heliosphere:

Opher, M., Drake, J. F., Zieger, B., Gombosi, T. I. “Magnetized Jets Driven by the Sun: The Structure of the Heliosphere Revisited”, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 800, L28 (2015).

First paper to explore the effects of Pick-up Ions on the “Croissant” shape of the Heliosphere:

Opher, M., Loeb, A. Drake, J., Gabor, T. “A Predicted Small and Round Heliosphere suggested by magnetohydrodynamic modelling of pick-up ions”, Nature Astronomy, Vol. 4, 675 (2020).

First paper to quantify the asymmetry induced by Interstellar Magnetic Field on Heliosphere:

Opher, M., Stone, E. C., and Liewer, P. C., “Effects of a Local Interstellar Magnetic Field on Voyager 1 and 2 Observations”, The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 640, L71 (2006).

Further papers that quantified the effect of the Interstellar Magnetic Field on Heliosphere:

Opher, M., Stone, E. C., and Gombosi, T. I., “The Orientation of the Local Interstellar Magnetic Field”, Science, Vol. 316, 875 (2007).

Opher, M., F. Alouani Bibi, G. Toth, J. D. Richardson, V. V. Izmodenov, and Gombosi, T. I., “A Strong highly-tilted Interstellar Magnetic Field near the Solar System”, Nature, Vol. 462, 1036 (2009).

First papers to explore the effects of reconnection in the Heliosheath:

Opher, M., Drake, J., Swisdak, M., Schoeffler, K. M., Richardson, J. D., Decker, R. B., and Toth, G., “Is the Magnetic Field in the Heliosheath Laminar or Turbulent Bath of Bubbles?”, The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 734, 71 (2011).

Further papers that quantified the effect of the Interstellar Magnetic Field on Heliosphere:

Opher, M., Stone, E. C., and Gombosi, T. I., “The Orientation of the Local Interstellar Magnetic Field”, Science, Vol. 316, 875 (2007).

Opher, M., F. Alouani Bibi, G. Toth, J. D. Richardson, V. V. Izmodenov, and Gombosi, T. I., “A Strong highly-tilted Interstellar Magnetic Field near the Solar System”, Nature, Vol. 462, 1036 (2009).

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