INDEX
Every paper Pith has read and judged, in one searchable index.
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physics.soc-ph arXiv submitted 2026-04-25Static mineral lists can't protect quantum tech
Min-Ha Lee +3 · “Towards Geostrategic Critical Minerals and Materials Resilience: Secure Supply-Chain and Criticality Analyses for Quantum Technologies in Arctic and Space Environments”
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physics.soc-ph arXiv submitted 2026-04-25Quantum tech in space needs dynamic minerals tracking
Min-Ha Lee +3 · “Towards Geostrategic Critical Minerals and Materials Resilience: Secure Supply-Chain and Criticality Analyses for Quantum Technologies in Arctic and Space Environments”
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physics.space-ph arXiv submitted 2026-04-24Bubbles supply 40% of storm ring current energy
Sina Sadeghzadeh +3 · “Revisiting the Role of Plasma Sheet Bubbles in Stormtime Energy Transport Using RCM-I”
2604.23043 -
astro-ph.SR arXiv submitted 2026-04-24Anisotropy boosts Alfvén wave decay near the Sun by 50%
Hayato Saguchi +3 · “Radial evolution of Alfv\'en wave Parametric Decay Instability in the near-Sun solar wind: Effects of Temperature Anisotropy”
2604.22489 -
astro-ph.SR arXiv submitted 2026-04-24Anisotropy boosts Alfvén PDI growth rate by 50 percent near the Sun
Hayato Saguchi +3 · “Radial evolution of Alfv\'en wave Parametric Decay Instability in the near-Sun solar wind: Effects of Temperature Anisotropy”
2604.22489 -
physics.plasm-ph arXiv submitted 2026-04-23Phase mixing alone makes radiation belts look diffusive
Adnane Osmane +5 · “Collisionless Phase Mixing Mimics Diffusive Transport in Radiation Belt Observations”
2604.21427 -
physics.plasm-ph arXiv submitted 2026-04-23Phase mixing turns collisionless particle paths into apparent diffusion
Adnane Osmane +5 · “Collisionless Phase Mixing Mimics Diffusive Transport in Radiation Belt Observations”
2604.21427 -
physics.space-ph arXiv submitted 2026-04-23Solar wind turbulence shifts with distance
Xinmin Li (1) +33 · “Properties and Radial Evolution of Solar Wind Turbulence Near Mercury's Orbit”
2604.21196 -
physics.space-ph arXiv submitted 2026-04-23Inertial-range solar wind turbulence stays at -3/2 slope near Mercury
Xinmin Li (1) +33 · “Properties and Radial Evolution of Solar Wind Turbulence Near Mercury's Orbit”
2604.21196 -
astro-ph.SR arXiv submitted 2026-04-22Localized heating fits into polytropic stellar wind models
L. Westrich (1 +25 · “Polytropic stellar wind models with strongly localized heating”
2604.20552 -
astro-ph.EP arXiv submitted 2026-04-22Hubble reanalysis finds no water aurora on Europa
L. Roth +15 · “Europa's Lyman-$\alpha$ emissions from HST/STIS observations”
2604.20324 -
astro-ph.EP arXiv submitted 2026-04-21NanoTug swarms de-orbit debris with fewer units via planned placement
F. Alnaqbi +2 · “Conceptual Design and Analysis of a NanoTug Swarm for Active Debris Removal”
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physics.plasm-ph arXiv submitted 2026-04-20Reconnection rate decreases with larger system size
Yi-Min Huang +4 · “System Size Dependence of Collisionless Reconnection Rate”
2604.18787 -
physics.space-ph arXiv submitted 2026-04-20Time-shifted tetrahedra distort FAC estimates at hundreds of km
R Gajewski +15 · “On the curlometer measurement of field-aligned and perpendicular currents in low Earth orbit: Swarm observations and whole geospace simulations”
2604.18553 -
physics.ao-ph arXiv submitted 2026-04-20SPHEREx maps exospheric helium and oxygen airglow globally
Howard Hui +22 · “Observations of Atmospheric Helium and Oxygen with SPHEREx”
2605.00851 -
cs.LG arXiv submitted 2026-04-20Dynamic graphs forecast ionospheric irregularities on new satellite links
Mert Can Turkmen +2 · “Forecasting Ionospheric Irregularities on GNSS Lines of Sight Using Dynamic Graphs with Ephemeris Conditioning”
2604.18379 -
cs.LG arXiv submitted 2026-04-20Dynamic graph model beats persistence on 2-hour ionosphere forecasts
Mert Can Turkmen +2 · “Forecasting Ionospheric Irregularities on GNSS Lines of Sight Using Dynamic Graphs with Ephemeris Conditioning”
2604.18379 -
physics.space-ph arXiv submitted 2026-04-20Control variates cut drag moment error several-fold at fixed cost
Jovan Boskovic +2 · “Multi-Fidelity Monte-Carlo Estimation of Satellite Drag in Very-Low-Earth Orbit”
2604.21943 -
physics.space-ph arXiv submitted 2026-04-20Hamiltonian method recovers lunar wake potentials from electrons
Xin An +6 · “Inferring lunar wake potentials from electron phase space densities”
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physics.space-ph arXiv submitted 2026-04-18CNN classifies Mars plasma regions from ion spectra alone
Yilan Qin +8 · “Automated Classification of Plasma Regions at Mars Using Machine Learning”
2604.17131 -
astro-ph.SR arXiv submitted 2026-04-17Solar cycle predictions before previous peak are meaningless
Bidya Binay Karak · “Solar Cycle Prediction: Challenges, Progress, and Future Perspectives”
2604.16183 -
astro-ph.SR arXiv submitted 2026-04-17Polar-field seeding limits solar-cycle forecasts to one cycle
Bidya Binay Karak · “Solar Cycle Prediction: Challenges, Progress, and Future Perspectives”
2604.16183 -
astro-ph.SR arXiv submitted 2026-04-17Coronal seeds are evolved into solar wind switchbacks by local processes
Peter F. Wyper +21 · “Magnetic switchback formation: a review of proposed mechanisms”
2604.16166 -
astro-ph.SR arXiv submitted 2026-04-15Solar wind proton structures reduce ion-acoustic wave damping
Hao Ran +8 · “The Damping and Instability of Ion-acoustic Waves in the Solar Wind: Solar Orbiter Observations”
2604.14311 -
physics.space-ph arXiv submitted 2026-04-15Tailward reconnection yields similar cusp ions in two IMF geometries
M. {\O}ieroset +22 · “Simultaneous TRACERS and THEMIS Observations of Reversed Cusp Ion Dispersions and Dual-Lobe Reconnection”
2604.14104 -
physics.space-ph arXiv submitted 2026-04-15Same reversed cusp signatures under two IMF geometries
M. {\O}ieroset +22 · “Simultaneous TRACERS and THEMIS Observations of Reversed Cusp Ion Dispersions and Dual-Lobe Reconnection”
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astro-ph.SR arXiv submitted 2026-04-15Spacecraft radio signal detects solar coronal activity
Yu-Chen Liu +8 · “Probing Coronal Activity Using Radio Signals Based on the 2021 superior conjunction of Mars: the Downlink Data from Tianwen-1”
2604.13670 -
astro-ph.SR arXiv submitted 2026-04-15Tool standardizes solar jet length and curvature measurements
Song Tan +6 · “SJET: An Interactive Solar Jet Extraction Tool”
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astro-ph.SR arXiv submitted 2026-04-14Turbulence and low acoustic flux flip solar FIP fractionation
Andy S.H. To +3 · “Chromospheric dynamics and turbulence regulate the solar FIP effect”
2604.13174 -
astro-ph.SR arXiv submitted 2026-04-14Turbulence suppresses FIP fractionation in solar corona
Andy S.H. To +3 · “Chromospheric dynamics and turbulence regulate the solar FIP effect”
2604.13174 -
astro-ph.EP arXiv submitted 2026-04-14Electron impacts ionize Ganymede ten times more than sunlight
Stefan Duling +5 · “Constraining Electron-Impact Ionization of O$_2$ Through UV Aurora Observations at Ganymede”
2604.12729 -
physics.space-ph arXiv submitted 2026-04-13CME creates sub-Alfvénic solar wind with weak MHD turbulence
Harsha Gurram +6 · “MMS Insights into CME Driven Sub-Alfv\'enic Solar Wind at 1 AU”
2604.12000 -
physics.plasm-ph arXiv submitted 2026-04-13One parameter sets wave attenuation or shock formation in pair plasmas
Navin Sridhar (1) +18 · “Interaction of Strong Electromagnetic Waves with Unmagnetized Pair Plasmas”
2604.11698 -
physics.plasm-ph arXiv submitted 2026-04-13One parameter decides how far pulses travel in pair plasmas
Navin Sridhar (1) +18 · “Interaction of Strong Electromagnetic Waves with Unmagnetized Pair Plasmas”
2604.11698 -
astro-ph.SR arXiv submitted 2026-04-12QBO amplitudes decouple from solar cycle strength with cycle-specific slopes
Amir Hasanzadeh +3 · “Spatio-temporal analysis of helioseismic quasi-biennial oscillations”
2604.10698 -
physics.space-ph arXiv submitted 2026-04-11Waves scatter pickup ions to isotropize them at moons
Xin An +4 · “Ion pickup and velocity space thermalization at outer planet moons”
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physics.space-ph arXiv submitted 2026-04-09ML identifies four solar wind regimes at Mars
Catherine E. Regan +7 · “Solar Wind Classifications at Mars using Machine Learning Techniques”
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astro-ph.SR arXiv submitted 2026-04-09Suppressing chromospheric turbulence boosts wind mass flux tenfold
Munehito Shoda +2 · “Chromospheric turbulence as a regulator of stellar wind mass flux”
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cs.DC arXiv submitted 2026-04-09Integrated panels give orbital AI 100 kW per ton
Stephen Gaalema +2 · “Reduced-Mass Orbital AI Inference via Integrated Solar, Compute, and Radiator Panels”
2604.07760 -
astro-ph.SR arXiv submitted 2026-04-07Spectral exponents predict Forbush decreases better than CME speeds
Mihailo Savi\'c +6 · “New insights from cross-correlation studies between solar activity indices and cosmic-ray flux during Forbush decrease events”
2604.06383 -
physics.plasm-ph arXiv submitted 2026-04-07Three-component electrons trigger dual heat-flux instabilities
Dustin L. Schr\"oder +4 · “Modeling complex plasma instabilities in space plasmas - Three-component electron formalism of heat-flux instabilities”
2604.05729 -
astro-ph.SR arXiv submitted 2026-04-07Active streamers produce twice as many blobs as quiet ones
Haiyi Li +6 · “Statistics of blob properties in two types of coronal streamers”
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astro-ph.IM arXiv submitted 2026-04-04Storms suppress, then triple, pre-satellite plate flashes at GEO
Kevin Cann · “Storm-Driven Suppression and Post-Storm Enhancement of Photographic Plate Transient Detections at Geosynchronous Altitude: Empirical Evidence and a Candidate Dusty Plasma Mechanism”
2604.06234 -
astro-ph.SR arXiv submitted 2026-04-03Researchers trained LSTM neural networks on time series of solar continuum intensity and…
Eren Dogan +7 · “Prediction of Magnetic Flux Evolution During Solar Active Region Emergence using Long Short-Term Memory Networks”
2604.03507 -
physics.space-ph arXiv submitted 2026-04-02Shocks heat solar wind protons differently by geometry
Zeping Jin +8 · “Proton Temperature Anisotropy Across Interplanetary Shocks: A Statistical Analysis with WIND observations”
2604.02452 -
astro-ph.SR arXiv submitted 2026-04-01Curved source surface nearly triples open solar flux
Ziqi Wu +9 · “A Non-Spherical Model for the Solar Coronal Magnetic Field”
2604.01028 -
astro-ph.SR arXiv submitted 2026-04-01Lyα emission can map a star’s astrosphere within HST reach
Ziqi Wu +7 · “Imaging magnetically driven astrospheres: a forward modelling approach”
2604.00925 -
astro-ph.SR arXiv submitted 2026-03-30SKA radio imaging can reveal where solar particles accelerate
Diana E. Morosan +8 · “Solar energetic particles and their association with radio emissions”
2603.28408 -
physics.space-ph arXiv submitted 2026-03-27Suprathermal tails weaken equatorial density pile-up
Joaqu\'in Espinoza-Troni +2 · “Non-thermal plasma density redistribution in planetary magnetospheres due to ion-cyclotron waves”
2603.26419 -
physics.space-ph arXiv submitted 2026-03-18Foreshock structures form alike but stay immature at interplanetary shocks
Savvas Raptis +13 · “Compressive Structures in the Foreshock of Collisionless Shocks”
2603.17882