Publications - First Author

2025

David M. Malaspina, Jamey R. Szalay, Avery Mazurkiewicz, Delaney Lee-Bellows, and Margaret E. Landis. A Search for Meteoroid Streams
and Their Sources in the Near-Sun Zodiacal Dust Cloud. The Astrophysical Journal, 992(1):76, October 2025. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ae0184.

D. M. Malaspina, P. Axelrad, J. Goldstein, R. Nikoukar, D. Rowland, S. Fantinato, and E. Miotti. Magnetospheric cold plasma diagnostics using high altitude GNSS signals. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 130(3):e2024JA033426, 2025. doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JA033426.

2024

David M. Malaspina, Robert E. Ergun, Iver H. Cairns, Benjamin Short, Jaye L. Verniero, Cynthia Cattell, and Roberto Livi. Frequency dispersed Ion Acoustic Waves in the Near-Sun Solar Wind: Signatures of Impulsive Ion Beams. The Astrophysical Journal, 969(1):60, July 2024. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad4b12.

2023

David M. Malaspina, Alexandru Toma, Jamey R. Szalay, Marc Pulupa, Petr Pokorn´y, Stuart D. Bale, and Keith Goetz. A Dust Detection Database for the Inner Heliosphere Using the Parker Solar Probe Space craft. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 266(2):21, June 2023. doi: 10.3847/1538-4365/acca75.

2022

David M. Malaspina, Sabrina F. Tigik, and Andris Vaivads. Evidence that Interaction with the Spacecraft Plasma Wake Generates Plasma Waves Close to the Electron Cyclotron Frequency in the Near-Sun Solar Wind. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 936(2):L20, September 2022. doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ac8c8f.

David M. Malaspina, Alexandros Chasapis, Peter Tatum, Chadi Salem, Stuart D. Bale, John W. Bonnell, Thierry Dudok de Wit, Keith Goetz, Marc Pulupa, Jasper Halekas, Phyllis Whittlesey, Roberto Livi, An thony W. Case, Michael L. Stevens, and Davin Larson. Inhomogeneous Kinetic Alfv´en Waves in the Near-Sun Solar Wind. The Astrophysical Journal, 936(2):128, September 2022. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac87a7.

David Malaspina, Robert Ergun, Jerry Goldstein, Constance Spittler, Laila Andersson, Joseph Borovsky, Xiangning Chu, Lauren De Moudt, Dennis Gallagher, Vania Jordanova, Sol`ene Lejosne, Jason Link, Naomi Maruyama, Jeffery Parker, Scott Thaller, Bryce Unruh, and Brian Walsh. Plasma Imaging, LOcal Measurement, and Tomographic Experiment (PILOT): A Mission Concept for Transformational Multi-Scale Observations of Mass and Energy Flow Dynamics in Earth’s Magnetosphere. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 9:910730, June 2022. doi: 10.3389/fspas.2022.910730.

David M. Malaspina, Guillermo Stenborg, Doug Mehoke, Adel Al Ghazwi, Mitchell M. Shen, Hsiang-Wen Hsu, Kaushik Iyer, Stuart D. Bale, and Thierry Dudok de Wit. Clouds of Spacecraft Debris Liberated by Hypervelocity Dust Impacts on Parker Solar Probe. The Astrophys ical Journal, 925(1):27, January 2022. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac3bbb.

2021

D.M. Malaspina, III Wilson, L. B., R. E. Ergun, S. D. Bale, J. W. Bon nell, K. Goodrich, K. Goetz, P. R. Harvey, R. J. MacDowall, M. Pulupa, J. Halekas, A. Case, J. C. Kasper, D. Larson, M. Stevens, and P. Whittlesey. Electron Bernstein waves and narrowband plasma waves near the electron cyclotron frequency in the near-Sun solar wind. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 650:A97, June 2021. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202140449.

David M. Malaspina, Allison N. Jaynes, Scot Elkington, Anthony Chan, George Hospodarsky, and John Wygant. Testing the Organization of Lower Band Whistler Mode Chorus Wave Properties by Plasmapause Location. Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 126(1): e28458, January 2021. doi: 10.1029/2020JA028458.

2020

D M. Malaspina, J Halekas, L Berˇciˇc, D Larson, P Whittlesey, S D. Bale, J W. Bonnell, T Dudok de Wit, R E. Ergun, G Howes, K Goetz, K Goodrich, P R. Harvey, R J. MacDowall, M Pulupa, A W. Case, J C. Kasper, K E. Korreck, R Livi, and M L. Stevens. Plasma Waves near the Electron Cyclotron Frequency in the Near-Sun Solar Wind. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 246(2):21, Feb 2020. doi: 10.3847/1538-4365/ab4c3b.

D M. Malaspina, H Zhu, and A Y. Drozdov. A Wave Model and Diffusion Coefficients for Plasmaspheric Hiss Parameterized by Plasmapause Lo cation. Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 125(2):e27415, February 2020. doi: 10.1029/2019JA027415.

D. M. Malaspina, J R. Szalay, P Pokorn´y, B Page, S D. Bale, J W. Bonnell, T Dudok de Wit, K Goetz, K Goodrich, P R. Harvey, R J. MacDowall, and M Pulupa. In Situ Observations of Interplanetary Dust Variability in the Inner Heliosphere. The Astrophysical Journal, 892(2): 115, April 2020. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab799b.

D. M. Malaspina, K. Goodrich, R. Livi, J. Halekas, M. McManus, S. Curry, S. D. Bale, J. W. Bonnell, T. Dudok de Wit, K. Goetz, P. R. Harvey, R. J. MacDowall, M. Pulupa, A. W. Case, J. C. Kasper, K. E. Korreck, D. Larson, M. L. Stevens, and P. Whittlesey. Plasma Double Layers at the Boundary Between Venus and the Solar Wind. Geophysical Review Letters, 47(20):e90115, October 2020. doi: 10.1029/2020GL090115.

2019

D.M. Malaspina and I.H. Hutchinson. Properties of electron phase space holes in the lunar plasma environment. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 124(7):4994–5008. doi: 10.1029/2019JA026857.

2018

D. M. Malaspina, J-F. Ripoll, X. Chu, G. Hospodarsky, and J. Wygant. Variation in Plasmaspheric Hiss Wave Power with Plasma Density. Geo physical Research Letters, September 2018. doi: 10.1029/2018GL078564.

D. M. Malaspina, A. Ukhorskiy, X. Chu, and J. Wygant. A Census of Plasma Waves and Structures Associated With an Injection Front in the Inner Magnetosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 123:2566–2587, April 2018. doi: 10.1002/2017JA025005.

2017

D. M. Malaspina, A. N. Jaynes, G. Hospodarsky, J. Bortnik, R. E. Ergun, and J. Wygant. Statistical properties of low-frequency plasmaspheric hiss. Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 122: 8340–8352, August 2017. doi: 10.1002/2017JA024328.

2016

D.M. Malaspina, A. N. Jaynes, C. Boule, J. Bortnik, S. A. Thaller, R. E. Ergun, C. A. Kletzing, and J. R. Wygant. The distribution of plasmaspheric hiss wave power with respect to plasmapause location. Geophysical Research Letters, 43:7878–7886, 2016. doi: 10.1002/2016GL069982.

D. M. Malaspina and L. B. Wilson. A database of interplanetary and interstellar dust detected by the Wind spacecraft. Journal of Geo physical Research: Space Physics, 121:9369–9377, 2016. doi: 10.1002/ 2016JA023209.

D. M. Malaspina, R. E. Ergun, M. Bolton, M. Kien, D. Summers, K. Stevens, A. Yehle, M. Karlsson, V. C. Hoxie, S. D. Bale, and K. Goetz. The Digital Fields Board for the FIELDS instrument suite on the Solar Probe Plus mission: Analog and digital signal processing. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 121:5088–5096, 2016. doi: 10.1002/2016JA022344.

2015

D. M. Malaspina, S. G. Claudepierre, K. Takahashi, A. N. Jaynes, S. R. Elkington, R. E. Ergun, J. R. Wygant, G. D. Reeves, and C. A. Kletzing. Kinetic Alfv´en waves and particle response associated with a shock-induced, global ULF perturbation of the terrestrial magnetosphere. Geophysical Research Letters, 42:9203–9212, November 2015. doi: 10.1002/2015GL065935.

D. M. Malaspina, L. E. O’Brien, F. Thayer, Z. Sternovsky, and A. Collette. Revisiting STEREO interplanetary and interstellar dust flux and mass estimates. Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 120: 6085–6100, August 2015. doi: 10.1002/2015JA021352.

D. M. Malaspina, J. R. Wygant, R. E. Ergun, G. D. Reeves, R. M. Skoug, and B. A. Larsen. Electric field structures and waves at plasma boundaries in the inner magnetosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 120:4246–4263, June 2015. doi: 10.1002/ 2015JA021137.

2014

D. M. Malaspina, L. Andersson, R.E. Ergun, J.R. Wygant, J.W. Bon nell, C Kletzing, G.D. Reeves, R.M. Skoug, and B.A. Larsen. Nonlinear electric field structures in the inner magnetosphere. Geophysical Research Letters, 41:5693–5701, August 2014. doi: 10.1002/2014GL061109.

D. M. Malaspina, M. Hor´anyi, A. Zaslavsky, K. Goetz, L. B. Wilson, and K. Kersten. Interplanetary and interstellar dust observed by the Wind/WAVES electric field instrument. Geophysical Research Letters, 41:266–272, January 2014. doi: 10.1002/2013GL058786.

D. M. Malaspina, R. E. Ergun, A. Sturner, J. R. Wygant, J. W. Bon nell, A. Breneman, and K. Kersten. Chorus waves and spacecraft potential fluctuations: Evidence for wave-enhanced photoelectron es cape. Geophysical Research Letters, 41:236–243, January 2014. doi: 10.1002/2013GL058769.

2013

D. M. Malaspina, D. B. Graham, R. E. Ergun, and I. H. Cairns. Langmuir wave harmonics due to driven nonlinear currents. Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 118:6880–6888, November 2013. doi: 10.1002/2013JA019309.

D. M. Malaspina, I. H. Cairns, and R. E. Ergun. Variation of Langmuir wave polarization with electron beam speed in type III radio bursts. In G. P. Zank, J. Borovsky, R. Bruno, J. Cirtain, S. Cranmer, H. Elliott, J. Giacalone, W. Gonzalez, G. Li, E. Marsch, E. Moebius, N. Pogorelov, J. Spann, and O. Verkhoglyadova, editors, American Institute of Physics Conference Series, volume 1539 of American Institute of Physics Conference Series, pages 231–234, June 2013. doi: 10.1063/1.4811030.

D. M. Malaspina, D. L. Newman, L. B. Wilson, III, K. Goetz, P. J. Kellogg, and K. Kersten. Electrostatic Solitary Waves in the Solar Wind: Evidence for Instability at Solar Wind Current Sheets. Journal of Geo physical Research (Space Physics), 118:591–599, February 2013.

2012

D. M. Malaspina, I. H. Cairns, and R. E. Ergun. Antenna Radiation near the Local Plasma Frequency by Langmuir Wave Eigenmodes. The Astrophysical Journal, 755:45, August 2012. doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/ 755/1/45.

D. M. Malaspina and J. T. Gosling. Two spacecraft observations of magnetic discontinuities in the solar wind with STEREO. Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 117:A04109, April 2012. doi: 10.1029/2011JA017375.

2011

D. M. Malaspina, I. H. Cairns, and R. E. Ergun. Dependence of Langmuir wave polarization on electron beam speed in type III solar radio bursts. Geophysical Research Letters, 38:L13101, July 2011. doi: 10.1029/2011GL047642.

2010

D. M. Malaspina. Microphysics of the solar wind. PhD thesis, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2010.

D. M. Malaspina, P. J. Kellogg, S. D. Bale, and R. E. Ergun. Measurements of Rapid Density Fluctuations in the Solar Wind. The Astrophysical Journal, 711:322–327, March 2010. doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/711/ 1/322.

D. M. Malaspina, I. H. Cairns, and R. E. Ergun. The 2f_p radiation from localized Langmuir waves. Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 115:A01101, January 2010. doi: 10.1029/2009JA014609.

2009

D. M. Malaspina, B. Li, I. H. Cairns, P. A. Robinson, Z. Kuncic, and R. E. Ergun. Terrestrial foreshock Langmuir waves: STEREO observations, theoretical modeling, and quasi-linear simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 114:A12101, December 2009. doi: 10.1029/2009JA014493.

D. M. Malaspina, R. E. Ergun, and I. H. Cairns. Plasma Emission at Shocks by the Eigenmode-Antenna Mechanism. In X. Ao and G. Z. R. Burrows, editors, American Institute of Physics Conference Series, volume 1183 of American Institute of Physics Conference Series, pages 131–138, November 2009. doi: 10.1063/1.3266768.

2008

D. M. Malaspina and R. E. Ergun. Observations of three-dimensional Langmuir wave structure. Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 113:A12108, December 2008. doi: 10.1029/2008JA013656.