Selected Publications

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    1st Author

  1. "Nonlinear kinetic simulations of Jeans instability in a magnetized dusty plasma"
    2. M. Nakanotani, L. L. Torres, G. P. Zank, E. Thomas Jr.
    Physical Review E, Volume 112, 015208, July 2025

  2. "Pickup Ion-Madiated Magnetic Reconnection in the Outer Heliosphere"
    3. M. Nakanotani, L. L. Zhao, G. P. Zank
    The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 949, 1, May 2023

  3. "Phase Coherence of Solar Wind Turbulence from the Sun to Earth"
    4. M. Nakanotani, L. L. Zhao, G. P. Zank
    Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, Volume 10, Apr 2023

  4. "Particle Acceleration in an MHD-scale System of Multiple Current Sheets"
    5. M. Nakanotani, G. P. Zank, L. L. Zhao
    Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, Volume 9, Aug 2022

  5. "Collisional Magnetized Shock Waves: 1D Full Particle-In-Cell Simulations"
    6. M. Nakanotani, R. P. Camata, R. R. Arslanbekov, G. P. Zank
    Physical Review E, Volume 105, 045209, Apr 2022

  6. "Turbulence Dominated Shock Waves: 2D Hybrid Kinetic Simulations"
    7. M. Nakanotani, G. P. Zank, L. L. Zhao
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 926, 109, Feb 2022

  7. "Interaction between Multiple Current Sheets and a Shock Wave: 2D Hybrid Kinetic Simulations"
    8. M. Nakanotani, G. P. Zank, L. L. Zhao
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 922, 219, Dec 2021

  8. "The Downwind Solar Wind: Model Comparison with Pioneer 10 Observations"
    9. M. Nakanotani, G. P. Zank, L. Adhikari, L.-L. Zhao, J. Giacalone, M. Opher, and J. D. Richardson
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 901, Number 2, September 2020

  9. "Diffusive shock acceleration of cosmic rays from two stationary shocks"
    10. M. Nakanotani, T. Hada, and S. Matsukiyo
    Earth, Planets and Space, Volume 70, Number 1, February 2018

  10. "Electromagnetic Structure and Electron Acceleration in Shock-Shock Interaction"
    11. M. Nakanotani, S. Matsukiyo, T. Hada, C. Mazelle
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 846, Issue 2, article id. 113, 7 pp. (2017)

    Co-Author

  11. "Flux Ropes, Turbulence, and Collisionless Perpendicular Shock Waves: High Plasma Beta Case"
    12. G. P. Zank, M. Nakanotani, L. L. Zhao, S. Du, L. Adhikari, H. Che, and J. A. le Roux
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 913, Number 2, June 2021

  12. "Hybrid Simulations of Interstellar Pickup Protons Accelerated at the Solar-wind Termination Shock at Multiple Locations"
    13. J. Giacalone, M. Nakanotani, G. P. Zank, J. Kòta, M. Opher, and J. D. Richardson
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 911, Number 1, April 2021

  13. "The Origin of Switchbacks in the Solar Corona: Linear Theory"
    14. G. P. Zank, M. Nakanotani, L.-L. Zhao, L. Adhikari, and J. Kasper
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 903, Number 1, October 2020

  14. "Spectral Anisotropy in 2D plus Slab Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence in the Solar Wind and Upper Corona"
    15. G. P. Zank, M. Nakanotani, L.-L. Zhao, L. Adhikari, and D. Telloni
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 900, Number 2, September 2020

  15. "Compressible and Incompressible Magnetic Turbulence Observed in the Very Local Interstellar Medium by Voyager 1"
    16. G. P. Zank, M. Nakanotani, and G. M. Webb
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 887, Number 2, Decemnber 2019


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