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    2025Observational Constraints on the Radial Evolution of O<SUP>6+</SUP> Temperature and Differential Flow in the Inner HeliosphereRivera, Y. J., Klein, K. G., Wang, J. H., Matteini, L., Verscharen, D., Coburn, J. T., Badman, S. T., Lepri, S. T., Dewey, R. M., Raines, J. M., Alterman, B. L., Stubbs, T. J., Delano, K. C., Livi, R., Livi, S. A., Galvin, A. B., Owen, C. J., Stevens, M. L.The Astrophysical Journal Letters0
    2025Heavy ion abundances evolve with solar activityAlterman, B. L., Rivera, Y. J., Lepri, S. T., Raines, J. M., D'Amicis, R.Astronomy and Astrophysics1
    2025The Temperature Anisotropy and Helium Abundance Features of Alfvénic Slow Solar Wind Observed by Parker Solar Probe, Helios, and Wind MissionsHuang, J., Larson, D. E., Ervin, T., Liu, M., Ortiz, O., Martinović, M. M., Huang, Z., Chasapis, A., Chu, X., Alterman, B. L., Huang, Z., Wei, W., Verniero, J. L., Jian, L. K., Szabo, A., Romeo, O., Rahmati, A., Livi, R., Whittlesey, P., Alnussirat, S. T., Kasper, J. C., Stevens, M., Bale, S. D.The Astrophysical Journal Letters13
    2025Evaluating the Parker Model With the Trans-Heliospheric SurveyBrown, C. P., Maruca, B. A., Prabakaran, V., Qudsi, R. A., Walsh, B. M., Alterman, B. L., Isenberg, P. A.Geophysical Research Letters0
    2025Characterizing the Impact of Alfvén Wave Forcing in Interplanetary Space on the Distribution of Near-Earth Solar Wind SpeedsAlterman, B. L.The Astrophysical Journal Letters4
    2025Cross Helicity and the Helium Abundance as an In Situ Metric of Solar Wind AccelerationAlterman, B. L., D'Amicis, R.The Astrophysical Journal Letters6
    2025Differentiating the Acceleration Mechanisms in the Slow and Alfvénic Slow Solar WindRivera, Y. J., Badman, S. T., Verniero, J. L., Varesano, T., Stevens, M. L., Stawarz, J. E., Reeves, K. K., Raines, J. M., Raymond, J. C., Owen, C. J., Livi, S. A., Lepri, S. T., Landi, E., Halekas, J. S., Ervin, T., Dewey, R. M., De, M. R., D'Amicis, R., Dakeyo, J., Bale, S. D., Alterman, B. L.The Astrophysical Journal11
    2025The transition from slow to fast wind as observed in composition observationsAlterman, B. L., Rivera, Y. J., Lepri, S. T., Raines, J. M.Astronomy and Astrophysics7
    2025On Alfvénic turbulence of solar wind streams observed by Solar Orbiter during March 2022 perihelion and their source regionsD'Amicis, R., Velli, M., Panasenco, O., Sorriso-Valvo, L., Perrone, D., Benella, S., De, M. R., Bruno, R., Wang, Y., Réville, V., Baker, D., Matteini, L., Yardley, S., Settino, A., Sioulas, N., Alterman, B., Tenerani, A., Raines, J., Holmes, J., Buchlin, E., Verdini, A., Demoulin, P., van, D. L., Telloni, D., Consolini, G., Marcucci, M. F., Stangalini, M., Marino, R., Fortunato, V., Mele, G., Monti, F., Owen, C. J., Louarn, P., Livi, S.Astronomy and Astrophysics3
    2024Mixed Source Region Signatures inside Magnetic Switchback Patches Inferred by Heavy Ion DiagnosticsRivera, Y. J., Badman, S. T., Stevens, M. L., Raines, J. M., Owen, C. J., Paulson, K., Niembro, T., Livi, S. A., Lepri, S. T., Landi, E., Halekas, J. S., Ervin, T., Dewey, R. M., Coburn, J. T., Bale, S. D., Alterman, B. L.The Astrophysical Journal6
    2024Quiet-time Spectra of Suprathermal Heavy Ions near 1 au in Solar Cycles 23 and 24Alterman, B. L., Desai, M. I., Dayeh, M. A., Mason, G. M., Ho, G. C.The Astrophysical Journal Letters0
    2024Skewness and kurtosis of solar wind proton distribution functions: The normal inverse-Gaussian model and its implicationsLouarn, P., Fedorov, A., Prech, L., Owen, C. J., D'Amicis, R., Bruno, R., Livi, S., Lavraud, B., Rouillard, A. P., Génot, V., André, N., Fruit, G., Réville, V., Kieokaew, R., Plotnikov, I., Penou, E., Barthe, A., Lewis, G., Berthomier, M., Allegrini, F., Alterman, B. L., Lepri, S. T., Raines, J. M., Verscharen, D., Mele, G., Fargette, N., Horbury, T. S., Maksimovic, M., Kasper, J. C., Bale, S. D.Astronomy and Astrophysics2
    2023First results from the Solar Orbiter Heavy Ion SensorLivi, S., Lepri, S. T., Raines, J. M., Dewey, R. M., Galvin, A. B., Louarn, P., Collier, M. R., Allegrini, F., Alterman, B. L., Bert, C. M., Bruno, R., Chornay, D. J., D'Amicis, R., Eddy, T. J., Ellis, L., Fauchon-Jones, E., Fedorov, A., Gershkovich, I., Holmes, J., Horbury, T. S., Kistler, L. M., Kucharek, H., Lugaz, N., Nieves-Chinchilla, T., O'Brien, H., Ogasawara, K., Owen, C. J., Phillips, M., Ploof, K., Rivera, Y. J., Spitzer, S. A., Stubbs, T. J., Wurz, P.Astronomy and Astrophysics22
    2023The Trans-Heliospheric Survey. Radial trends in plasma parameters across the heliosphereMaruca, B. A., Qudsi, R. A., Alterman, B. L., Walsh, B. M., Korreck, K. E., Verscharen, D., Bandyopadhyay, R., Chhiber, R., Chasapis, A., Parashar, T. N., Matthaeus, W. H., Goldstein, M. L.Astronomy and Astrophysics17
    2023Solar Cycle Variation of 0.3-1.29 MeV Nucleon<SUP>-1</SUP> Heavy Ion Composition During Quiet Times Near 1 au in Solar Cycles 23 and 24Alterman, B. L., Desai, M. I., Dayeh, M. A., Mason, G. M., Ho, G.The Astrophysical Journal5
    2023Defining the Middle CoronaWest, M. J., Seaton, D. B., Wexler, D. B., Raymond, J. C., Del, Z. G., Rivera, Y. J., Kobelski, A. R., Chen, B., DeForest, C., Golub, L., Caspi, A., Gilly, C. R., Kooi, J. E., Meyer, K. A., Alterman, B. L., Alzate, N., Andretta, V., Auchère, F., Banerjee, D., Berghmans, D., Chamberlin, P., Chitta, L. P., Downs, C., Giordano, S., Harra, L., Higginson, A., Howard, R. A., Kumar, P., Mason, E., Mason, J. P., Morton, R. J., Nykyri, K., Patel, R., Rachmeler, L., Reardon, K. P., Reeves, K. K., Savage, S., Thompson, B. J., Van, K. S., Viall, N. M., Vourlidas, A., Zhukov, A. N.Solar Physics51
    2023Anterograde Collisional Analysis of Solar Wind IonsJohnson, E., Maruca, B. A., McManus, M., Klein, K. G., Lichko, E. R., Verniero, J., Paulson, K. W., DeWeese, H., Dieguez, I., Qudsi, R. A., Kasper, J., Stevens, M., Alterman, B. L., Wilson, L. B., Livi, R., Rahmati, A., Larson, D.The Astrophysical Journal4
    2022Deciphering the Birth Region, Formation, and Evolution of Ambient and Transient Solar Wind Using Heavy Ion ObservationsRivera, Y. J., Higginson, A., Lepri, S. T., Viall, N. M., Alterman, B. L., Landi, E., Spitzer, S. A., Raines, J. M., Cranmer, S. R., Laming, J. M., Mason, E. I., Wallace, S., Raymond, J. C., Lynch, B. J., Gilly, C. R., Chen, T. Y., Dewey, R. M.Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences16
    2022Manifestation of Gravitational Settling in Coronal Mass Ejections Measured in the HeliosphereRivera, Y. J., Raymond, J. C., Landi, E., Lepri, S. T., Reeves, K. K., Stevens, M. L., Alterman, B. L.The Astrophysical Journal14
    2022Plasma Data Sources in the OMNI DatabaseAlterman, B. L.Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society1
    2022Revolutionizing Our Understanding of Particle Energization in Space Plasmas Using On-Board Wave-Particle Correlator InstrumentationHowes, G. G., Verniero, J. L., Larson, D. E., Bale, S. D., Kasper, J. C., Goetz, K., Klein, K. G., Whittlesey, P. L., Livi, R., Rahmati, A., Chen, C. H., Wilson, L. B., Alterman, B. L., Wicks, R. T.Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences2
    2022Strong Perpendicular Velocity-space Diffusion in Proton Beams Observed by Parker Solar ProbeVerniero, J. L., Chandran, B. D., Larson, D. E., Paulson, K., Alterman, B. L., Badman, S., Bale, S. D., Bonnell, J. W., Bowen, T. A., de, W. T., Kasper, J. C., Klein, K. G., Lichko, E., Livi, R., McManus, M. D., Rahmati, A., Verscharen, D., Walters, J., Whittlesey, P. L.The Astrophysical Journal49
    2021Ion-driven Instabilities in the Inner Heliosphere. I. Statistical TrendsMartinović, M. M., Klein, K. G., Ďurovcová, T., Alterman, B. L.The Astrophysical Journal18
    2021Spectra of Temperature Fluctuations in the Solar WindNěmeček, Z., Šafránková, J., Němec, F., Ďurovcová, T., Pitňa, A., Alterman, B. L., Voitenko, Y. M., Pavlů, J., Stevens, M. L.Atmosphere4
    2021Solar Wind Helium Abundance Heralds Solar Cycle OnsetAlterman, B. L., Kasper, J. C., Leamon, R. J., McIntosh, S. W.Solar Physics19
    2021Inferred Linear Stability of Parker Solar Probe Observations Using One- and Two-component Proton DistributionsKlein, K. G., Verniero, J. L., Alterman, B., Bale, S., Case, A., Kasper, J. C., Korreck, K., Larson, D., Lichko, E., Livi, R., McManus, M., Martinović, M., Rahmati, A., Stevens, M., Whittlesey, P.The Astrophysical Journal54
    2020Proton core behaviour inside magnetic field switchbacksWoolley, T., Matteini, L., Horbury, T. S., Bale, S. D., Woodham, L. D., Laker, R., Alterman, B. L., Bonnell, J. W., Case, A. W., Kasper, J. C., Klein, K. G., Martinović, M. M., Stevens, M.Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society37
    2020Parker Solar Probe Observations of Proton Beams Simultaneous with Ion-scale WavesVerniero, J. L., Larson, D. E., Livi, R., Rahmati, A., McManus, M. D., Pyakurel, P. S., Klein, K. G., Bowen, T. A., Bonnell, J. W., Alterman, B. L., Whittlesey, P. L., Malaspina, D. M., Bale, S. D., Kasper, J. C., Case, A. W., Goetz, K., Harvey, P. R., Korreck, K. E., MacDowall, R. J., Pulupa, M., Stevens, M. L., de, W. T.The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series107
    2020Proton Temperature Anisotropy Variations in Inner Heliosphere Estimated with the First Parker Solar Probe ObservationsHuang, J., Kasper, J. C., Vech, D., Klein, K. G., Stevens, M., Martinović, M. M., Alterman, B. L., Ďurovcová, T., Paulson, K., Maruca, B. A., Qudsi, R. A., Case, A. W., Korreck, K. E., Jian, L. K., Velli, M., Lavraud, B., Hegedus, A., Bert, C. M., Holmes, J., Bale, S. D., Larson, D. E., Livi, R., Whittlesey, P., Pulupa, M., MacDowall, R. J., Malaspina, D. M., Bonnell, J. W., Harvey, P., Goetz, K., Dudok, d. W.The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series84
    2020The Enhancement of Proton Stochastic Heating in the Near-Sun Solar WindMartinović, M. M., Klein, K. G., Kasper, J. C., Case, A. W., Korreck, K. E., Larson, D., Livi, R., Stevens, M., Whittlesey, P., Chandran, B. D., Alterman, B. L., Huang, J., Chen, C. H., Bale, S. D., Pulupa, M., Malaspina, D. M., Bonnell, J. W., Harvey, P. R., Goetz, K., Dudok, d. W., MacDowall, R. J.The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series42
    2019Parallel-propagating Fluctuations at Proton-kinetic Scales in the Solar Wind Are Dominated By Kinetic InstabilitiesWoodham, L. D., Wicks, R. T., Verscharen, D., Owen, C. J., Maruca, B. A., Alterman, B. L.The Astrophysical Journal Letters47
    2019Helium Variation across Two Solar Cycles Reveals a Speed-dependent Phase LagAlterman, B. L., Kasper, J. C.The Astrophysical Journal Letters46
    2018A Comparison of Alpha Particle and Proton Beam Differential Flows in Collisionally Young Solar WindAlterman, B. L., Kasper, J. C., Stevens, M. L., Koval, A.The Astrophysical Journal86
    2018Majority of Solar Wind Intervals Support Ion-Driven InstabilitiesKlein, K. G., Alterman, B. L., Stevens, M. L., Vech, D., Kasper, J. C.Physical Review Letters67
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