Space Research & Planetary Sciences (WP)

Scientific Staff

Publications

  • A future interstellar probe on the dynamic heliosphere and its interaction with the very local interstellar medium: In-situ particle and fields measurements and remotely sensed ENAs.; Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 10, 1061969, doi: 10.3389/fspas.2023.1061969, 2023; Dialynas, K., Sterken, V.J., Brandt, P.C., Burlaga, L., Berdichevsky, D.B., Decker, R.B., Della Torre, S., DeMajistre, R., Galli, A., Gkioulidou, M., Hill, M.E., Krimigis, S.M., Kornbleuth, M., Kurth, W., Lavraud, B., McNutt, R., Mitchell, D.G., Mostafavi, P.S., Nikoukar, R., Opher, M., Provornikova, E., Roelof, E.C., Rancoita, P.G., Richardson, J.D., Roussos, E., Sokół, J.M., La Vacca, G., Westlake, J., and Chen, T.Y.
  • Future Exploration of the Outer Heliosphere and Very Local Interstellar Medium by Interstellar Probe; Space Science Reviews, 219, 18, doi: 10.1007/s11214-022-00943-x, 2023; Brandt, P.C., Provornikova, E., Bale, S.D., Cocoros, A., DeMajistre, R., Dialynas, K., Elliott, H.A., Eriksson, S., Fields, B., Galli, A., et al.

 

  • Sputtering Behavior of Rough, Polycrystalline Mercury Analogs; The Planetary Science Journal 3, 271, doi: 10.3847/PSJ/aca402, 2022; Biber, H., Brötzner, J., Jäggi, N., Szabo, P. S., Pichler, J., Cupak, C., Voith, C., Cserveny, B., Nenning, A., Mutzke, A., Moro, M.V., Primetzhofer, D., Mezger, K., Galli, A., Wurz, P., and Aumayr, F.

  • Inner southern magnetosphere observation of Mercury via SERENA ion sensors in BepiColombo mission; Nature Communications 13, 7390, doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-34988-x, 2022; Orsini, S., Milillo, A., Lichtenegger, H. et al.

  • Deducing lunar regolith porosity from energetic neutral atom emission; Geophysical Research Letters 49, e2022GL101232, doi: 10.1029/2022GL101232, 2022; Szabo, P. S., Poppe, A. R., Biber, H., Mutzke, A., Pichler, J., Jäggi, N., Galli, A., Wurz, P., and Aumayr, F.

  • Callisto's atmosphere: First evidence for H2 and constraints on H2O; Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 127, e2022JE007294, doi: 10.1029/2022JE007294, 2022; Carberry Mogan, S. R., Tucker, O. J., Johnson, R. E., Roth, L., Alday, J., Vorburger, A., Wurz, P., Galli, A., Smith, H.T., Marchand, B., and Oza, A.V.

  • Absolute beam monitor: A novel laboratory device for neutral beam calibration; Review of Scientific Instruments 93, 093302, doi: 10.1063/5.0092065, 2022; Gasser, J., Galli, A., and Wurz, P.

  • Interstellar Probe: Humanity's exploration of the Galaxy Begins; Acta Astronautica 199, 364, doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.07.011, 2022; Brandt, P.C., Provornikova, E.A., Cocoros, A, Turner, D., DeMajistre, R., Runyon, K., Lisse, C.M., Bale, S., Kurth, W.S., Galli, A., Wurz, P., McNutt, R.L., Wimmer-Schweingruber, R., Linsky, J., Redfield, S., Kollmann, P., Mandt, K.E., Rymer, A.M., Roelof, E.C., Kinnison, J., Opher, M., Hill, M.E., and Paul, M.V.

  • One Solar Cycle of Heliosphere Observations with the Interstellar Boundary Explorer: Energetic Neutral Hydrogen Atoms Observed with IBEX-Lo from 10 eV to 2 keV; The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 261, 18, doi: 10.3847/1538-4365/ac69c9, 2022; Galli, A., Wurz, P., Schwadron, N.A., Fairchild, K., Heirtzler, D., Möbius, E., Kucharek, H., Winslow, R., Bzowski, M., Kubiak, M.A., Kowalska-Leszczyńska, I., Fuselier, S.A., Sokół, J.M., Swaczyna, P., and McComas, D.J.

  • The Heliosphere and Local Interstellar Medium from Neutral Atom Observations at Energies Below 10 keV, Space Sciences Review 218, 31, doi: 10.1007/s11214-022-00901-7, 2022; Galli, A., Baliukin, I.I., Bzowski, M., Izmodenov, V.V., Kornbleuth, M., Kucharek, H., Möbius, E., Opher, M., Reisenfeld, D., Schwadron, N.A., and Swaczyna, P.

  • The Structure of the Large-Scale Heliosphere as Seen by Current Models, Space Sciences Review 218, 36, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-022-00902-6, 2022; Kleimann, J., Dialynas, K., Fraternale, F., Galli, A., Heerikhuisen, J., Izmodenov, V.V., Kornbleuth, M., Opher, M., and Pogorelov, N.

  • Interactions between the Space Environment and Ganymede’s Surface,  in: "Ganymede", ed. Volwerk, M., et al., Cambridge University Press, in press, 2022; Galli, A., Vorburger, A., Wurz, P., Galand, M., Oza, A., Fatemi, S., Plainaki, C., and Mura, A.

  • Callisto's Atmosphere and its Space Environment: prospects for the Particle Environment Package on board JUICE, Earth and Space Sciences, Earth and Space Science, 9, e2021EA002172, doi: 10.1029/2021EA002172, 2022;  Galli, A., Vorburger, A., Carberry Mogan, S.R., Roussos, E., Stenberg Wieser, G., Wurz, P., Föhn, M., Krupp, N., Fränz, M., Barabash, S., Futaana, Y., Brandt, P.C., Kollmann, P., Haggerty, D.K., Jones, G.H., Johnson, R.E., Tucker, O.J., Simon, S., Tippens, T., and Liuzzo, L.

  • Particles and Photons as Drivers for Particle Release from the Surfaces of the Moon and Mercury, Space Science Reviews 218, 10, doi: 10.1007/s11214-022-00875-6, 2022; Wurz, P., Fatemi, S., Galli, A., Halekas, J., Harada, Y., Jäggi, N., Jasinski, J., Lammer, H., Lindsay, S., Nishino, M.N., Orlando, T.M., Raines, J.M., Scherf, M., Slavin, J., Vorburger, A., and Winslow, R.

  • Analytical model for the sputtering of rough surfaces, Surfaces and Interfaces, 101924, doi: 10.1016/j.surfin.2022.101924, 2022; Szabo, P.S., Cupak, C., Biber, H., Jäggi, N., Galli, A., Wurz, P., and Aumayr, F.

  • VIS spectroscopy of NaCl – water ice mixtures irradiated with 1 and 5 keV electrons under Europa's conditions: Formation of colour centres and Na colloids, Icarus 379, 114977, doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2022.114977, 2022; Cerubini, R., Pommerol, A:, Galli, A., Jost, B., Wurz, P., and Thomas, N.

  • Very Local Interstellar Medium Revealed by a Complete Solar Cycle of Interstellar Neutral Helium Observations with IBEX, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 259, 42, doi: 10.3847/1538-4365/ac4bde, 2022; Swaczyna, P., Kubiak, M.A., Bzowski, M., Bower, J., Fuselier, S.A., Galli, A., Heirtzler, D., McComas, D.J., Möbius, E., Rahmanifard, F., and Schwadron, N.A.

  • Neutralized solar energetic particles for SEP forecasting: Feasibility study of an innovative technique for space weather applications, Earth and Planetary Physics 6, epp2022003, doi: 10.26464/epp2022003, 2022; Wang, X.-D., Klecker, B., Nicolaou, G., Barabash, S., Wieser, M., Wurz, P., Galli, A., Cipriani, F., and Futaana, Y.

 

  • 3D Monte-Carlo simulation of Ganymede’s water exosphere, Icarus 375, 17, doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114810, 2021; Vorburger, A., Fatemi, S., Galli, A., Liuzzo, L., Poppe, A. R., and Wurz, P.

  • Evolution of Mercury's Earliest Atmosphere, The Planetary Science Journal, 2, 230, doi: 10.3847/psj/ac2dfb, 2021; Jäggi, N., Gamborino, D., Bower, D.J., Sossi, P.A., Wolf, A.S., Oza, A.V., Vorburger, A., Galli, A., and Wurz, P.

  • Signature of a Heliotail Organized by the Solar Magnetic Field and the Role of Nonideal Processes in Modeled IBEX ENA Maps: A Comparison of the BU and Moscow MHD Models, The Astrophysical Journal, 921, 164, doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac1e2a, 2021; Kornbleuth, M., Opher, M., Baliukin, I., Dayeh, M.A., Zirnstein, E.J., Gkioulidou, M., Dialynas, K., Galli, A., Richardson, J.D., Izmodenov, V., Zank, G.P., and Fuselier, S.

  • Regions of interest on Ganymede's and Callisto's surfaces as potential targets for ESA's JUICE mission, Planetary and Space Science, 208, 105324, doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2021.105324, 2021; Stephan, K., Roatsch, T., Tosi, F., et al.

  • Future Venus missions and flybys: A collection of possible measurements with mass spectrometers and plasma instruments, Advances in Space Research, 68, 8, doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2021.07.024, 2021; Gruchola, S., Galli, A., Vorburger, A., Wurz, P.

  • Energetic Neutral Atom Fluxes from the Heliosheath: Constraints from in situ Measurements and Models, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 915, L26, doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ac0d5c, 2021; Fuselier, S.A., Galli, A., Richardson, J.D., Reisenfeld, D.B., Zirnstein, E.J., Heerikhuisen, J., Dayeh, M.A., Schwadron, N.A., McComas, D.J., Elliott, H.A., Gomez, R.G., Starkey, M.J., Kornbleuth, M.Z., Opher, M., and Dialynas, K.

  • A tenuous, collisional atmosphere on Callisto, Icarus, 368, 114597, doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114597, 2021; Carberry Mogan, S.R., Tucker, O.J., Johnson, R.E., Vorburger, A., Galli, A., Marchand, B., Tafuni, A., Kumar, S., Sahin, I., and Sreenivasan, K.R.

  • Creation of Lunar and Hermean analogue mineral powder samples for solar wind irradiation experiments and mid-infrared spectra analysis, Icarus 365, 114492, doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114492, 2021; Jäggi, N., Galli, A., Wurz, P., Biber, H., Szabo, P.S., Brötzner, J., Aumayr, F., Tollan P.M.E., and Mezger, K.

  • Description of the Mass Spectrometer for the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer Mission, 2021 IEEE Aerospace Conference, doi:10.1109/AERO50100.2021.9438344, 2021; Föhn, M., Galli, A., Vorburger, A., Tulej, M., Lasi, D., Riedo, A., Fausch, R.G., Althaus, M., Brüngger, S., Fahrer, P., Gerber, M., Lüthi, M., Munz, H.P., Oeschger, S., Piazza, D., and Wurz, P.

  • Cadmium telluride as a potential conversion surface, Journal of Applied Physics 129, 045303, doi: 10.1063/5.0033701, 2021; Gasser, J., Föhn, M., Galli, A., Artegiani, E., Romeo, A., and Wurz, P.

 

  • Combined ~10 eV to ~344 MeV particle spectra and pressures in the Heliosheath along the Voyager 2 trajectory, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 905, L24, doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/abcaaa, 2020; Dialynas, K., Galli, A., Dayeh, M.A., Cummings, A.C., Decker, R.B., Fuselier, S.A., Gkioulidou, M., Roussos, E., Krimigis, S.M., Mitchell, D.G., Richardson, J.D., and Opher, M.

  • Analysis of the IBEX-Lo Interstellar Hydrogen Fluxes collected in 2009-2018 as a Tool for Sensing of the Solar Radiation Pressure and the Hydrogen Ionization Rate, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, staa3780, doi: 10.1093/mnras/staa3780, 2020; Katushkina, O.A., Galli, A., Izmodenov, V.V., and Alexashov, D.B.

  • Experimental insights into space weathering of Phobos: laboratory investigation of sputtering by atomic and molecular planetary ions, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 125, e2020JE006583, doi: 10.1029/2020JE006583, 2020; Szabo, P.S. Biber, H., Jäggi, N., Wappl, M., Stadlmayr, R., Primetzhofer, D., Nenning, A., Mutzke, A., Fleig, J., Mezger, K., Lammer, H., Galli, A., Wurz, P., and Aumayr, F.

  • Neutral Atom Imaging of the Solar Wind-Magnetosphere-Exosphere Interaction Near the Subsolar Magnetopause, Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL089362, doi:10.1029/2020GL089362, 2020; Fuselier, S.A., Dayeh, M.A., Galli, A., Funsten, H.O., Schwadron, N.A., Petrinec, S.M., Trattner, K.J., McComas, D.J., Burch, J.L., Toledo‐Redondo, S., Szalay, J.R., and Strangeway, R.J.

  • Solar wind Helium ion interaction with Mg and Fe rich pyroxene as Mercury surface analogue, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 480, 10, doi: 10.1016/j.nimb.2020.07.021, 2020; Biber, H., Szabo, P.S., Jäggi, N., Wallner, M., Stadlmayr, R., Moro, M.V., Nenning, A., Mutzke, A., Mezger, K., Lammer, H., Primetzhofer, D., Fleig, J., Galli, A., Wurz, P., and Aumayr, F.

  • Dynamic Potential Sputtering of Lunar Analog Material by Solar Wind Ions, The Astrophysical Journal, 891, 100, doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab7008, 2020; Szabo, P.S., Biber, H., Jäggi, N., Brenner, M., Weichselbaum, D., Niggas, A., Stadlmayr, R., Primetzhofer, D., Nenning, A., Mutzke, A., Sauer, M., Fleig, J., Foelske-Schmitz, A., Mezger, K., Lammer, H., Galli, A., Wurz, P., and Aumayr, F.

 

  • Radiation Pressure from Interstellar Hydrogen Observed by IBEX through Solar Cycle 24, The Astrophysical Journal, 887, 217, doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab58ce, 2019; Rahmanifard, F., Möbius, E., Schwadron, N.A., Galli, A., Richards, N., Kucharek, H., Sokół, J.M., Heirtzler, D., Lee, M.A., Bzowski, M., Kowalska-Leszczynska, I., Kubiak, M.A., Wurz, P., Fuselier, S.A., and McComas, D.J.
  • An Empirical Model of Energetic Neutral Atom Imaging of the Heliosphere and Its Implications for Future Heliospheric Missions at Great Heliocentric Distances, The Astrophysical Journal, 886, 70, doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab4e94, 2019; Galli, A., Wurz, P., Fichtner, H., Futaana, Y., and Barabash, S.
  • Three-Dimensional Modeling of Callisto's Surface Sputtered Exosphere Environment, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 124, doi: 10.1029/2019JA026610, 2019; Vorburger, A., Pfleger, M., Lindkvist, J., Holmström, M., Lammer, H., Lichtenegger, H.I.M., Galli, A., Rubin, M., and Wurz, P.
  • Experimenting with Mixtures of Water Ice and Dust as Analogues for Icy Planetary Material, Space Science Reviews, 215, 37, doi: 10.1007/s11214-019-0603-0, 2019; Pommerol, A., Jost, B., Poch, O., Yoldi, Z., Brouet, Y., Gracia-Berná, A., Cerubini, R., Galli, A., Wurz, P., Gundlach, B., Blum, J., Carrasco, N., Szopa, C., and Thomas, N.
  • Interstellar Neutral Helium in the Heliosphere from IBEX Observations. VI. The He+ Density and the Ionization State in the Very Local Interstellar Matter, The Astrophysical Journal, 882, 60, doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab3462, 2019; Bzowski, M., Czechowski, A., Frisch, P.C., Fuselier, S.A., Galli, A., Grygorczuk, J., Heerikhuisen, J., Kubiak, M.A., Kucharek, H., McComas, D.J., Möbius, E., Schwadron, N.A., Slavin, J., Sokół, J.M., Swaczyna, P., Wurz, P., and Zirnstein, E.J.
  • Energy Spectral Properties of Hydrogen Energetic Neutral Atoms Emitted from the Dayside Atmosphere of Mars, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 124, doi:10.1029/2018JA026346, 2019; Wang, X.‐D., Barabash, S., Futaana, Y., Shematovich, V., Galli, A., and Wurz, P.
  • Two years with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: H2O, CO2,and CO as seen by the ROSINA/RTOF instrument of Rosetta, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 630, A33, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201834226, 2019; Hoang, M., Garnier, P., Gourlaouen, H., Lasue, J., Rème, H., Altwegg, K., Balsiger, H., Beth, A., Calmonte, U., Fiethe, B., Galli, A., Gasc, S., Jäckel, A., Korth, A., Le Roy, L., Mall, U., Rubin, M.,  Sémon, T., Tzou, C.-Y., Waite, J.H., and Wurz, P.
  • Model-free maps of interstellar neutral hydrogen measured with IBEX between 2009 and 2018, The Astrophysical Journal, 871, 52, doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/aaf737, 2019; Galli, A., Wurz, P., Rahmanifard, F., Möbius, E., Schwadron, N.A., Kucharek, H., Heirtzler, D., Fairchild, K., Bzowski, M., Kubiak, M.A., Kowalska-Leszczynska, I., Sokół, J.M., Fuselier, S.A., Swaczyna, P., and McComas, D.J.
  • Energetic Neutral Atoms from the Heliosheath as an Additional Population of Neutral Hydrogen in the Inner Heliosphere, The Astrophysical Journal, 870, 58, doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/aaf1b2, 2019; Bzowksi, M., and Galli, A.
  • The Upper Atmosphere of Venus: Model Predictions for Mass Spectrometry Measurements, Planetary and Space Science, 170, 29, 2019; Gruchoła, S., Wurz, P., Galli, A., and Vorburger, A.
  • Beyond Planetary Protection: What is planetary sustainability and what are its implications for space research?, Life Sciences in Space Research, 23, 3, doi:10.1016/j.lssr.2019.02.005, 2019; Galli, A. and Losch, A.

 

  • Constraining the Evolution of the Proton Distribution Function in the Heliotail, The Astrophysical Journal, 865, 150, 2018; Zirnstein, E.J., Kumar, R., Heerikhuisen, J., McComas, D.J., and Galli, A.
  • First experimental data of sulphur ions sputtering water ice, Icarus, 312, 1, doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2018.04.029, 2018; Galli, A., Vorburger, A., Wurz, P., Pommerol, A., Cerubini, R., Jost, B., Poch, O., Tulej, M., and Thomas, N.
  • Solar Wind Sputtering of Wollastonite as a Lunar Analogue Material – Comparisons between Experiments and Simulation, Icarus, 314, 98, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2018.05.028, 2018; Szabo, P.S., Chiba, R., Biber, H., Stadlmayr, R., Berger, B.M., Mayer, D., Mutzke, A., Doppler, M., Sauer, M., Appenroth, J., Fleig, J., Foelske-Schmitz, A., Hutter, H., Mezger, K., Lammer, H., Galli, A., Wurz, P., and Aumayr, F.
  • Stochastic Acceleration of ~0.1-5 keV Pickup Ions in the Heliotail, The Astrophysical Journal, 860, 170, 2018; Zirnstein, E.J., Kumar, R., Heerikhuisen, J., McComas, D.J., and Galli, A.
  • Towards a Global Unified Model of Europa’s Tenuous Atmosphere, Space Science Reviews, 214, 1, doi: 10.1007/s11214-018-0469-6, 2018; Plainaki, C., Cassidy, T.A., Shematovich, V.I., Milillo, A., Wurz, P., Vorburger, A., Roth, L., Galli, A., Rubin, M., Blöcker, A., Brandt, P.C., Crary, F., Dandouras, I., Jia, X.-Z., Grassi, D., Hartogh, P., Lucchetti, A., McGrath, M., Mangano, V., Mura, A., Orsini, S., Paranicas, C., Radioti, A., Retherford, K.D., Saur, J., and Teolis, B.
  • Interstellar neutral helium in the heliosphere from IBEX observations. V. Observations in IBEX-Lo ESA steps 1, 2, & 3, The Astrophysical Journal, 854, 2, doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/aaabbf, 2018; Swaczyna, P., Bzowski, M., Kubiak, M.A., Sokół, J.M., Fuselier, S.A., Galli, A., Heirtzler, D., Kucharek, H., McComas, D.J., Möbius, E., Schwadron, N.A., and Wurz, P.
  • 0.2 to 10 keV electrons interacting with water ice: Radiolysis, sputtering, and sublimation, Planetary and Space Science, 155, 91, doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2017.11.016, 2018; Galli, A., Vorburger, A., Wurz, P., Pommerol, A., Cerubini, R., Jost, B., Poch, O., Tulej, M., and Thomas, N.
  • Time-Dependence of the IBEX Ribbon and the Globally Distributed Energetic Neutral Atom Flux Using the First 9 Years of Observations, The Astrophysical Journal, 239, 1, doi: 10.3847/1538-4365/aae48e, 2018; Schwadron, N.A., Allegrini, F., Bzowski, M., Christian, E.R., Dayeh, M.A., Desai, M.I., Fairchild, K., Frisch, P.C., Funsten, H.O., Fuselier, S.A., Galli, A., Janzen, P., Kubiak, M.A., McComas, D.J., Möbius, E., Reisenfeld, D.B., Sokół, J.M., Swaczyna, P., Szalay, J.R., Wurz, P., and Zirnstein, E.J.
  • Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP): A New NASA Missions, Space Science Reviews, 214, 116, doi: 10.1007/s11214-018-0550-1, 2018; McComas, D.J. Christian, E., Schwadron, N.A., Fox, N., Westlake, J., Allegrini, F., Baker, D., Biesecker, D., Bzowski, M., Clark, G., Cohen, C., Cohen, I., Dayeh, M.A., Decker, R., de Nolfo, G., Desai, M.I., Ebert, R., Elliott, H., Fahr, H., Fichtner, H., Frisch, P., Funsten, H.O., Fuselier, S.A. Galli, A., Galvin, T., Giacalone, J., Gkioulidou, M., Guo, F., Horanyi, M., Isenberg, P., Janzen, P., Kistler, L., Korreck, K., Kubiak, M.A., Kucharek, H., Larsen, B., Lee, M., Leske, R., Lugaz, N., Luhmann, J., Matthaeus, W., Mazur, J., Mitchell, D., Möbius, E., Ogasawara, K., Reisenfeld, D.B., Richardson, J., Russell, C.T., Scherer, K., Sokół, J.M., Spence, H., Skoug, R., Sternozsky, Z., Swaczyna, P., Szalay, J.R., Tokumaru, M., Wiedenbeck, M., Wurz, P., Zank, G., and Zirnstein, E.J.

 

  • The downwind hemisphere of the Heliosphere: Eight years of IBEX-Lo observations, The Astrophysical Journal, 851, 2, doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa988f, 2017; Galli, A., Wurz, P., Schwadron, N.A., Kucharek, H., Möbius, E., Bzowski, M., Sokół, J.M., Kubiak, M.A., Fuselier, S.A., Funsten, H.O., and McComas, D.J.
  • An Impacting Descent Probe for Europa and the Other Galilean Moons of Jupiter, Earth, Moon, and Planets, August 2017, doi: 10.1007/s11038-017-9508-72017, 2017; Wurz, P., Lasi, D., Thomas, N., Piazza, D., Galli, A., Jutzi, M., Barabash, S., Wieser, M., Magnes, W., Lammer, H., Auster, U., Gurvits, L.I., and Hajdas, W.
  • Sputtering of water ice films: A re-assessment with singly and doubly charged oxygen and argon ions, molecular oxygen, and electrons, Icarus, 291, 36-45, doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2017.03.018, 2017; Galli, A., Vorburger, A., Wurz, P., and Tulej, M.
  • The heterogeneous coma of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as seen by ROSINA: H2O, CO2, and CO from September 2014 to February 2016, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 600, A77, doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201629900, 2017; Hoang, M., Altwegg, K., Balsiger, H., Beth, A., Bieler, A., Calmonte, U., Combi, M.R., De Keyser, J., Fiethe, B., Fougère, N., Fuselier, S.A., Galli, A., Garnier, P., Gasc, S., Gombosi, T., Hansen, K.C., Jäckel, A., Korth, A., Lasue, J., Le Roy, L., Mall, U., Rème, H., Rubin, M., Sémon, T., Toublanc, D., Tzou, C.-Y., Waite, J.H., and Wurz, P.
  • Change of outgassing pattern of 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko during the March 2016 equinox as seen by ROSINA, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 469, S108, doi: 10.1093/mnras/stx1412, 2017; Sébastien, G., Altwegg, K., Balsiger, H., Berthelier, J.-J., Bieler, A., Calmonte, U., Fiethe, B., Fuselier, S., Galli, A., Gombosi, T., Hoang, M., De Keyser, J., Korth, A., Le Roy, L., Mall, U., Rème, H., Rubin, M., Sémon, T., Tzou, C.-Y., Waite, J. H., and Wurz, P.

 

  • Tracking the solar cycle through IBEX observations of energetic neutral atom flux variations at the heliospheric poles, The Astrophysical Journal, 833, 277, 2016; Reisenfeld, D.B., Bzowski, M., Funsten, H.O., Fuselier, S.A., Galli, A., Janzen, P.H., Karna, N., Kubiak, M.A., McComas, D.J., Schwadron, N.A., and Sokół, J.M.
  • IBEX observations of secondary interstellar helium and oxygen distributions, The Astrophysical Journal, 833, 130, 2016; Park, J., Kucharek, H., Möbius, E., Galli, A., Kubiak, M.A., Bzowski, M., and McComas, D.J.
  • Shielding an MCP Detector for a Space-Borne Mass Spectrometer Against the Harsh Radiation Environment in Jupiter’s Magnetosphere, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science PP 99, 1, 2016; Lasi, D., Tulej, M., Meyer, S., Lüthi, M., Galli, A., Piazza, D., Wurz, P., Reggiani, D., Xiao, H., Marcinkowski, R., Hajdas, W., Cervelli, A., Karlsson, S., Knight, T., Grande, M., and Barabash, S.
  • Surface charging of thick porous water ice layers relevant for ion sputtering experiments, Planetary and Space Science, 126, 63-71, 2016; Galli, A., Vorburger, A., Pommerol, A., Wurz, P., Jost, B., Poch, O., Brouet, Y., Tulej, M., and Thomas, N.
  • The roll-over of heliospheric neutral hydrogen below 100 eV:
    observations and implications, The Astrophysical Journal, 821, 107, 2016; Galli, A., Wurz, P., Schwadron, N.A., Kucharek, H., Möbius, E., Bzowski, M., Sokół, J.M., Kubiak, M.A., Funsten, H.O., Fuselier, S.A., and McComas, D.J.
  • Interstellar neutral helium in the heliosphere from IBEX observations. IV. Flow vector, Mach number, and abundance of the Warm Breeze, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 223, 25, 2016; Kubiak, M.A., Swaczyna, P., Bzowski, M., Sokół, J.M., Fuselier, S.A., Galli, A., Heirtzler, D., Kucharek, H., Leonard, T.W., McComas, D.J., Möbius, E., Park, J., Schwadron, N.A., and Wurz, P.
  • High-Time Resolution In-situ Investigation of Major Cometary Volatiles around 67P/C-G at 3.1 - 2.3 AU Measured with ROSINA-RTOF, The Astrophysical Journal, 819, 126, 2016; Mall, U., Altwegg, K., Balsiger, H., Bar-Nun, A., Berthelier, J.-J., Bieler, A., Bochsler, P., Briois, C., Calmonte, U., Combi, M.R., Dabrowski, B., De Keyser, J., Dhooghe, F., Fiethe, B., Fuselier, S.A., Galli, A., Garnier, P., Gasc, S., Gombosi, T.I., Hansen, K.C., Hässig, M., Hoang, M., Jäckel, A., Kopp, E., Korth, A., Le Roy, L., Magee, B., Marty, B., Mousis, O., Rème, H., Rubin, M., Sémon, T., Tzou, C.-Y., Waite, J.H., and Wurz, P.
  • The operational methane retrieval algorithm for TROPOMI, Atmospheric Measurements Techniques 9, 5423-5440, 2016; Hu, H., Hasekamp, O., Butz, A., Galli, A., Landgraf, J., Aan de Brugh, J., Borsdorff, T., Scheepmaker, R., and Aben, I.
  • Experimental investigation of the radiation shielding efficiency of a MCP detector in the radiation environment near Jupiter’s moon Europa, Nuclear Instruments and Methods: B, 383, 21-37, 2016; Tulej, M., Meyer, S., Lüthi, M., Lasi, D., Galli, A., Piazza, D., Wurz, P., Desorgher, L., Reggiani, D., Hajdas, W., Karlsson, S., and Kalla, L.

 

  • Detection efficiency of microchannel plates for the e-, μ-, and π- particles in the beam momenta range 17.5-345 MeV/c, Review of Scientific Instruments, 86, 083310, 2015; Tulej, M., Meyer, S., Lüthi, M., Lasi, D., Galli, A., Wurz, P., Desorgher, L., Wojczuk, K., Hajdas, W., and Karlsson, S.
  • Mapping spectroscopic uncertainties into prospective methane retrieval errors from Sentinel-5 and its precursor, Atmospheric Measurements Techniques, 8, 3617, 2015; Checa-Garcia, R., Landgraf, L., Hase, F., Tran, H., Boudon, V., Alkemade, F., Galli, A., and Butz, A.
  • Local Interstellar Medium: Six Years of Direct Sampling by the Interstellar Boundary Explorer, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 220, 22, 2015; McComas, D.J., Bzowski, M., Fuselier, S.A., Frisch, P., Galli, A., Katushkina, O.A., Kubiak, M.A., Kucharek, H., Lee, M.A., Leonard, T.W., Möbius, E., Park, J., Rodríguez M, D.F., Schwadron, N.A., Sokół, J.M., Swaczyna, P., Wood, B.E., and Wurz, P.
  • Impact of Planetary Gravitation on High Precision Neutral Atom Measurements, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 220, 35, 2015; Kucharek, H., Galli, A., Wurz, P., Möbius, E., Lee, M.A., Park, J., Fuselier, S.A., Bzowski, M., Schwadron, N.A., and McComas, D.J.
  • Interstellar neutral helium in the heliosphere from Interstellar Boundary Explorer observations. III. Mach number of the flow, velocity vector, and temperature from the first six years of measurements, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 220, 28, 2015; Bzowski, M., Swaczyna, P., Kubiak, M.A., Sokół, J.M., Fuselier, S.A., Galli, A., Heirtzler, D., Kucharek, H., Leonard, T.W., McComas, D.J., Möbius, E., Schwadron, N.A., and Wurz, P.
  • Statistical Analysis of the Heavy Neutral Atoms Measured by IBEX, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 220, 34, 2015; Park, J., Kucharek, H., Möbius, Galli, A., Livadiotis, G., P., Fuselier, S.A., and McComas, D.J.
  • Can IBEX detect interstellar neutral helium or oxygen from anti-ram directions?, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 220, 30, 2015; Galli, A., Wurz, P., Park, J., Kucharek, H., Möbius, E., Schwadron, N.A., Sokół, J.M., Bzowski, M., Kubiak, M.A., Swaczyna, P., Fuselier, S.A., and McComas, D.J.
  • The Interstellar Neutral He haze in the heliosphere: what can we learn?, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 220, 29, 2015; Sokół, J.M., Bzowski, M., Kubiak, M.A., Swaczyna, P., Galli, A., Wurz, P., Möbius, E., Kucharek, H., Fuselier, S.A., and McComas, D.J.
  • Solar Wind Sputtering of Dust on the Surface of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 583, A22, 2015; Wurz, P., Rubin, M., Altwegg, K., Balsiger, H., Gasc, S., Galli, A., Jäckel, A., Le Roy, L., Calmonte, U., Tzou, C.-Y., Mall, U.A., Fiethe, B., De Keyser, J., Berthelier, J.-J., Rème, H., Bieler, A., Tenishev, V., Gombosi, T.I., and Fuselier, S.A.

 

  • Separation of the Ribbon from Globally Distributed Energetic Neutral Atom Flux Using the First 5 Years of IBEX Observations, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 215, 13, 2014;  Schwadron, N., Möbius, E., Fuselier, S.A., McComas, D.J., Funsten, H.O., Janzen, P., Reisenfeld, D., Kucharek, H., Lee, M. A., Fairchild, K., Allegrini, F., Dayeh, M.A., Livadiotis, G., Reno, M., Bzowski, M., Sokół, J.M., Kubiak, Christian, E.R., DeMajistre, R., Roelof, E.C., Frisch, P., Galli, A., and Wurz, P.
    Download: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/215/1/13
  • Imaging the heliosphere using neutral atoms from solar wind energy down to 15 eV, The Astrophysical Journal, 796, 9, 2014; Galli, A., Wurz, P., Fuselier, S.A., McComas, D.J., Bzowski, M., Sokół, J.M., Kubiak, M.A., and Möbius, E.
    Download: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/796/1/9
  • Low energy neutral atoms from the heliosheath, The Astrophysical Journal, 784, 89, 2014; Fuselier, S.A., Allegrini, F., Bzowski, M., Dayeh, M.A., Desai, M., Funsten, H.O., Galli, A., Heirtzler, D., Janzen, P., Kubiak, M.A., Kucharek, H., Lewis, W., Livadiotis, G., McComas, D.J., Möbius, E., Petrinec, S.M., Quinn, M., Schwadron, N., Sokół, J.M., Trattner, K.J., Wood, B.E., and Wurz, P.
  • The impact of spectral resolution on satellite retrieval accuracy of CO2 and CH4, Atmospheric Measurements Techniques, 7, 1105-1119, 2014; Galli, A., Guerlet, S., Butz, A., Aben, I., Suto, H., Kuze, A., Deutscher, N. M., Notholt, J., Wunch, D., Wennberg, P. O., Griffith, D. W. T., Hasekamp, O., and Landgraf, J.

 

  • Heliospheric Energetic Neutral Hydrogen measured with ASPERA-3 and ASPERA-4, The Astrophysical Journal, 775, 24, 2013; Galli, A., Wurz, P., Kollmann, P., Brandt, P.C., Bzowski, M., Sokół, J.M., Kubiak, M.A., Grigoriev, A., and Barabash, S.
  • Impact of aerosol and thin cirrus on retrieving and validating XCO2 from GOSAT shortwave infrared measurements, Journal of Geophysical Research, Atmospheres, 118, 10, 4887-4905, 2013; Guerlet, S., Butz, A., Schepers, D., Basu, S., Hasekamp, O.P., Kuze, A., Yokota, T., Blavier, J.-F., Deutscher, N.M., Griffith, D.W.T., Hase, F., Kyro, E., Morino, I., Sherlock, V., Sussmann, R., Galli, A., and Aben, I.
  • Improved water vapour spectroscopy in the 4174-4300 cm-1 region and its impact on SCIAMACHY HDO/H2O measurements, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 6, 4, 879, 2013; Scheepmaker, R.A., Frankenberg, C., Galli, A., Butz, A., Schrijver, H., Deutscher, N.M., Wunch, D., Warneke, T., Fally, S., and Aben, I.

 

  • Carbon monoxide from shortwave infrared reflectance measurements: A new retrieval approach for clear sky and partially cloudy atmospheres, Remote Sensing of Environment, 120, 255, 2012; Vidot, J., Landgraf, J., Hasekamp, O.P., Butz, A., Galli, A., Tol, P., and Aben, I.
  • CH4, CO, and H2O spectroscopy for the Sentinel-5 Precursor mission: an assessment with the Total Carbon Column Observing Network measurements, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 5, 1387, 2012; Galli, A., Butz, A., Scheepmaker, R.A., Hasekamp, O., Landgraf, J., Tol P., Wunch, D., Deutscher, N.M., Toon, G.C., Wennberg, P.O., Griffith, D.W.T., and Aben, I.
  • TROPOMI aboard Sentinel-5 Precursor: Prospective performance of  CH4 retrievals for aerosol and cirrus loaded atmospheres, Remote Sensing of Environment, 120, 267, 2012; Butz, A., Galli, A., Hasekamp, O., Landgraf, J., Tol, P., and Aben, I.

 

  • Toward accurate CO2 and  CH4 observations from GOSAT, Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L14812, 2011; Butz, A., Guerlet, S., Hasekamp, O., Schepers, D., Galli, A., Aben, I., Frankenberg, C., Hartmann, J.-M., Tran, H., Kuze, A., Keppel-Aleks, G., Toon, G.C., Wunch, D., Wennberg, P.O., Deutscher, N.M., Griffith, D.W.T., Macatangay, R., Messerschmidt, J., Notholt, J., and Warneke, T.
  • Statistical analysis of the observations of the MEX/ASPERA-3 NPI in the shadow, Planetary and Space Science, 57, 1000, 2009; Milillo, A., Mura, A., Orsini, S., Massetti, S., Brandt, P.C., Sotirelis, T., D'Amicis, R., Barabash, S., Frahm, R.A., Kallio, E., Galli, A., Wurz, P., Holmström, M., Roelof, E.C., Winningham, J.D., Cerulli-Irelli, P., Livi, S., Lundin, R., Maggi, M., and Morbidini, A.
  • Tailward Flow of Energetic Neutral Atoms Observed at Mars, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, E12012, 2008; Galli, A., Wurz, P., Kallio, E., Ekenbäck, A., Holmström, M., Barabash, S., Grigoriev, A., Futaana, Y., Fok, M.C., and Gunell, H.
  • Tailward Flow of Energetic Neutral Atoms Observed at Venus, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, E00B15, 2008; Galli, A., Fok, M.C., Wurz, P., Barabash, S., Grigoriev, S., Futaana, Y., Holmström, M., Ekenbäck, A., and Gunell, H.
  • First observation of energetic neutral atoms in the Venus environment, Planetary&Space Physics, 56, 807, 2008; Galli, A. et al.
  • Energetic Neutral Atoms from the Heliosheath, The Astrophysical Journal, 683, 248, 2008; Wurz, P., Galli, A., Barabash, S., and Grigoriev, A.
  • ENA detection in the dayside of Mars: ASPERA-3 NPD statistical study, Planetary and Space Science, 56, 840, 2008; Mura, A., Orsini, S., Milillo, A., Kallio, E., Galli, A., Barabash, S., Wurz, P., Grigoriev, A., Futaana, Y., Andersson, H., Lundin, R., Yamauchi, M., Fränz, M., Krupp, N., Woch, J., Asamura, K., Coates, A.J., Curtis, C.C., Hsieh, K.C., Sandel, B.R., Fedorov, A., Grande, M., Koskinen, H., Kozyra, J.U., Luhmann, J.G., McKenna-Lawlor, S., Cerulli-Irelli, R., D'Amicis, R., Maggi, M., Massetti, S., Roelof, E.C., Brandt, P.C., Winningham, D.J., Frahm, R.A., and Sharber, J.R.
  • Ionospheric photoelectrons at Venus: Initial observations by ASPERA-4 ELS, Planetary and Space Science, 56, 802, 2008; Coates, A.J., Frahm, R.A., Linder, D.R., Kataria, D.O., Soobiah, Y., Collinson, G., Sharber, J.R., Winningham, J.D., Jeffers, S.J., Barabash, S., Sauvaud, J.-A., Lundin, R., Holmström, M., Futaana, Y., Yamauchi, M., Grigoriev, A., Andersson, H., Gunell, H., Fedorov, A., Thocaven, J.-J., Zhang, T.L., Baumjohann, W., Kallio, E., Koskinen, H., Kozyra, J.U., Liemohn, M.W., Ma, Y., Galli, A., Wurz, P., Bochsler, P., Brain, D., Roelof, E.C., Brandt, P.C., Krupp, N., Woch, J., Fränz, M., Dubinin, E., McKenna-Lawlor, S., Orsini, S., Cerulli-Irelli, R., Mura, A., Milillo, A., Maggi, M., Curtis, C.C., Sandel, B.R., Hsieh, K.C., Szego, K., Asamura, A., and Grande, M.
  • Location of the bow shock and ion composition boundaries at Venus – initial determinations from Venus Express ASPERA-4, Planetary and Space Science, 56, 780, 2008; Martinecz, C., Fränz, M., Woch, J., Krupp, N., Roussos, E., Dubinin, E., Motschmann, U., Barabash, S., Lundin, R., Holmström, M., Andersson, H., Yamauchi, M., Grigoriev, A., Futaana, Y., Brinkfeldt, K., Gunell, H., Frahm, R.A., Winningham, J.D., Sharber, J.R., Scherrer, J., Coates, A.J., Linder, D.R., Kataria, D.O., Kallio, E., Säles, T., Schmidt, W., Riihelä, P., Koskinen, H.E.J., Kozyra, J.U., Luhmann, J., Russell, C.T., Roelof, E.C., Brandt, P.C., Curtis, C.C., Hsieh, K.C., Sandel, B.R., Grande, M., Sauvaud, J.-A., Fedorov, A., Thocaven, J.-J., Mazelle, C., McKenna-Lawlor, S., Orsini, S., Cerulli-Irelli, R., Maggi, M., Mura, A., Milillo, A., Wurz, P., Galli, A., Bochsler, P., Asamura, K., Szego, K., Baumjohann, W., Zhang, T.L., and Lammer, H.
  • The hydrogen exospheric density profile measured with ASPERA-3/NPD, Space Science Reviews, 126, 447, 2006; Galli, A., Wurz, P., Lammer, H., Lichtenegger, H.I.M., Lundin, R., Barabash, S., Grigoriev, A., Holmström, M., and Gunell, H.
  • Energetic Hydrogen and Oxygen Atoms Observed on the Nightside of Mars, Space Science Reviews, 126, 267, 2006; Galli, A., Wurz, P., Barabash, S., Grigoriev, A., Gunell, H., Lundin, R., Holmström, M., and Fedorov, A.
  • First ENA observations at Mars: ENA emissions from the martian upper atmosphere, Icarus, 182, 424, 2006; Futaana, Y., Barabash, S., Grigoriev, A., Holmström, M., Kallio, E., Brandt, P.C., Gunell, H., Brinkfeldt, K., Lundin, R., Andersson, H., Yamauchi, M., McKenna-Lawlor, S., Winningham, J.D., Frahm, R.A., Sharber, J.R., Scherrer, J.R., Coates, A.J., Linder, D.R., Kataria, D.O., Säles, T., Riihelä, P., Schmidt, W., Koskinen, H., Kozyra, J., Luhmann, J., Roelof, E., Williams, D., Livi, S., Curtis, C. C., Hsieh, K. C., Sandel, B.R., Grande, M., Carter, M., Sauvaud, J.-A., Fedorov, A., Thocaven, J.-J., Orsini, S., Cerulli-Irelli, R., Maggi, M., Wurz, P., Bochsler, P., Galli, A., Krupp, N., Woch, J., Fränz, M., Asamura, K., and Dierker, C.
  • Direct measurements of energetic neutral hydrogen in the interplanetary medium, The Astrophysical Journal, 644, 1317, 2006; Galli, A. et al. 

Teaching

My teaching experiences at university-level include

  • Exercises for Basics in Physics and Introductory Lab Courses (Bachelor's degree for students with Physics Major)
  • Exercises for Basics in Physics (Bachelor's degree: students with Physics Minor, Biology students and Medical students)
  • Specialist course in Plasma Physics, incl. composing a comprehensive lecture manuscript on plasma physics (Master and PhD degree)
  • Supervising and tutoring Bachelor students, Master students, and PhD students