Publications

Book chapters:

  1. G. Zimbardo, A. Greco, L. Sorriso-Valvo, S. Perri, Z. Vörös, G. Aburjania, Kh. Chargazia, O. Alexandrova, Magnetic turbulence in the geospace environment, Space Science Reviews, Volume 156, Issue 1-4, pp. 89-134, 10/2010
  2. O. Alexandrova, C. Chen, L. Sorriso-Valvo, T. Horbury, S. Bale, Solar wind turbulence and the role of ion instabilities, Space Science Reviews, Springer, chapitre dans “Microphysics of plasmas” (édition Springer), Volume 178, Issue 2-4, pp. 101-139, 10/2013
  3. Dudok de Wit, O. Alexandrova, I. Furno, L. Sorriso-Valvo, G. Zimbardo, Methods for characterising microphysical processes in plasmas, Space Science Reviews, chapitre dans “Microphysics of plasmas” (édition Springer), Volume 178, Issue 2-4, pp. 665-693, 10/2013
  4. A. P. Rouillard, N. Viall, V. Pierrard, C. Vocks, L. Matteini, O. Alexandrova, A.K. Higginson, B. Lavraud, M. Lavarra, Y. Wu, R. Pinto, A. Bemporad, E. Sanchez-Diaz, “The Solar Wind”, AGU,
    https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119815600.ch1

In refereed journals:

  1. VS Semenov, O. Alexandrova, NV Erkaev, S Mühlbachler, HK Biernat, A simple model of magnetopause erosion as a consequence of pile-up process and bursty reconnection, International Journal of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, Volume 3, Issue 2, Pages 109-116, 2002/12
  2. L Rezeau, F Sahraoui, E d’Humières, G Belmont, T Chust, N Cornilleau-Wehrlin, L Mellul, O Alexandrova, E Lucek, P Robert, P Décréau, P Canu, I Dandouras, A case study of low-frequency waves at the magnetopause, Annales Geophysicae, Volume 19, Issue 10/12, Pages 1463-1470, 2001
  3. Alexandrova, A. Mangeney M. Maksimovic, C. Lacombe, N. Cornilleau-Wehrlin, E.A. Lucek, P.M.E. Décréau, J.-M. Bosqued, P. Travnicek, and A.N. Fazakerley, Cluster observations of finite amplitude Alvén waves and small scale magnetic filaments downstream of a quasi-perpendicular shock, Journal of Geophysical Research Vol. 109, No. A5, A05207, 10.1029/2003JA010056, 2004.
  4. Alexandrova, A. Mangeney, M. Maksimovic, N. Cornilleau-Wehrlin, J. M. Bosqued, M. Andre, Alfven vortex filaments observed by Cluster in the magnetosheath downstream of perpendicular shock, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 111, A12208, 2006
  5. M. Dubinin, M. Maksimovic, N. Cornilleau-Werhlin, D. Fontaine, P. Travnicek, A. Mangeney, O. Alexandrova, K. Sauer, M. Fraenz, I. Dandouras, E. Lucek, A. Fazakerley, A. Balogh, and M. Andre, Coherent Whistler Emissions in the Magnetosheath and Magnetosphere. Cluster Observations, Annales Geophysicae, 25, 303, 2007.
  6. Samsonov, O. Alexandrova, C. Lacombe, M. Maksimovic and S.P. Gary, Proton temperature anisotropy in the magnetosheath: comparison of MHD modeling with CLUSTER data, Annales Geophysicae, 25, 1157,  2007
  7. O. Alexandrova, V. Carbone, P. Veltri, L. Sorriso-Valvo, Solar wind turbulent spectra and role of Hall effect. Cluster observations, Planetary and Space Science, 55, 2224, 2007
  8. O. Alexandrova, C. Lacombe, A. Mangeney, Spectra and anisotropy of magnetic fluctuations in the Earth’s magnetosheath: Cluster observations, Ann. Geophys., Vol.26, pp. 3585-3596, 2008a.
  9. O. Alexandrova, V. Carbone, L. Sorriso-Valvo, P. Veltri, Small Scale Energy Cascade of the Solar Wind Turbulence, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 674, Issue 2, pp. 1153-1157, 2008b.
  10. O. Alexandrova and J. Saur, Alfvén vortices in Saturn’s magnetosheath: Cassini observations, Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 35, Issue 15, CiteID L15102, 2008.
  11. O. Alexandrova, Solar wind versus magnetosheath turbulence and Alfvén vortices, Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, Volume 15, Issue 1, pp.95-108, 2008.
  12. O. Alexandrova, J. Saur, C. Lacombe, A. Mangeney, J. Mitchell, S. J. Schwartz, P. Robert, Universality of Solar-Wind Turbulent Spectrum from MHD to Electron Scales, Physical Review Letters, vol. 103, Issue 16, id. 165003, 2009.
  13. H. K. Chen, T. S. Horbury, A. A. Schekochihin, R. T. Wicks, O. Alexandrova, J. Mitchell, Anisotropy of Solar Wind Turbulence between Ion and Electron Scales, Physical Review Letters, vol. 104, Issue 25, id. 255002, 2010.
  14. Bourouaine, O. Alexandrova, E. Marsch and M. Maksimovic, On spectral breaks in the power spectra of magnetic fluctuations in fast solar wind between 0.3 and 0.9 AU, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 749, Issue 2, article id. 102, 2012.
  15. Alexandrova, C. Lacombe, A. Mangeney, R. Grappin and M. Maksimovic, Solar wind turbulent spectrum at plasma kinetic scales, The Astrophysical Journal, 760, 121, 2012
  16. O. Alexandrova, S. D. Bale, C. Lacombe, Comment on “Evidence of a Cascade and Dissipation of Solar-Wind Turbulence at the Electron Gyroscale”, Physical Review Letters, vol. 111, Issue 14, id. 149001, 10/2013
  17. von Papen, J. Saur, O. Alexandrova, Turbulent magnetic field fluctuations in Saturn’s magnetosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Volume 119, Issue 4, pages 2797-2818, April 2014
  18. C. Lacombe, O. Alexandrova, L. Matteini, A. Mangeney, N. Cornilleau-Wehrlin, Y. de Conchy, M. Maksimovic, Whistler mode waves and the electron heat flux in the solar wind: Cluster observations, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 796, Issue 1, article id. 5, 11 pp., DOI:10.1088/0004-637X/796/1/5, 2014
  19. D. Jovanovic, O. Alexandrova, M. Maksimovic, Theory of coherent electron-scale magnetic structures in space plasma turbulence, Phys. Scr. 90 (2015) 088002
  20. W. Roberts, X. Li, O. Alexandrova, B. Li, Observation of an MHD Alfven vortex in the slow solar wind, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Volume 121, Issue 5, pp. 3870-3881 (05/2016), arXiv:1602.07410
  21. Lion, O. Alexandrova and A. Zaslavsky, Coherent events and spectral shape at ion kinetic scales in the fast solar wind turbulence, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 824, Issue 1, article id. 47, 13 pp. (06/2016)
  22. Perrone D., Alexandrova O., Mangeney A., Maksimovic M, Lacombe C, Rokoto V, Kasper J C, Jovanovic D (2016), Compressive coherent structures at ion scales in the slow solar wind. The Astrophysical Journal Volume 826, Issue 2, article id. 196, 19 pp. (08/2016), arXiv:1604.07577.
  23. Breuillard, E. Yordanova, A. Vaivads and O. Alexandrova, The effets of kinetic instabilities on small-scale turbulence in Earth’s magnetosheath, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 829, Issue 1, article id. 54, 7 pp. (09/2016).
  24. Kajdic, O. Alexandrova, M. Maksimovic, C. Lacombe and A. N. Fazakerley, Suprathermal electron strahl widths in the presence of narrow-band whistler waves in the solar wind, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 833, Issue 2, article id. 172, 11 pp. (2016).
  25. Matteini, O. Alexandrova, C. H. K. Chen and C. Lacombe, Electric and magnetic spectra from MHD to electron scales in the magnetosheath, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 466, Issue 1, p.945-951, 2017
  26. C. Lacombe, O. Alexandrova, L. Matteini, Anisotropies of the magnetic field fluctuations at kinetic scales in the solar wind: Cluster observations, The Astrophysical Journal 848 (1), 45, 1, 2017
  27. D Perrone, O. Alexandrova, OW Roberts, S Lion, C Lacombe, A Walsh, M Maksimovic, I Zouganelis, Coherent structures at ion scales in fast solar wind: Cluster observations, The Astrophysical Journal 849 (1), 49, 5, 2017
  28. Owen Wyn Roberts, O. Alexandrova, P Kajdič, Lucile Turc, Denise Perrone, CP Escoubet, Andrew Walsh, Variability of the magnetic field power spectrum in the solar wind at electron scales, The Astrophysical Journal 850 (2), 120, 2017
  29. A. Verdini, R. Grappin, O. Alexandrova, S. Lion, 3D Anisotropy of Solar Wind Turbulence, Tubes, or Ribbons ? The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 853, Issue 1, article id. 85, 11 pp. (2018).
  30. Verdini, Andrea ; Grappin, Roland ; Alexandrova, Olga ; Lion, Sonny Erratum : 3D Anisotropy of Solar Wind Turbulence, Tubes, or Ribbons?, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 867, Issue 2, article id. 168, 2 pp. (11/2018).
  31. Jovanovic, Dusan ; Alexandrova, Olga ; Maksimovic, Milan ; Belic, Milivoj, Reduced magneto-hydrodynamic theory of coherent magnetic chains in the solar wind, Journal of Plasma Physics, Volume 84, Issue 4, article id. 725840402, 13 pp., 08/2018.
  32. Wang, Tieyan ; Alexandrova, Olga ; Perrone, Denise ; Dunlop, Malcolm ; Dong, Xiangcheng ; Bingham, Robert ; Khotyaintsev, Yu. V. ; Russell, C. T. ; Giles, B. L. ; Torbert, R. B. ; Ergun, R. E. ; Burch, J. L., Magnetospheric Multiscale Observation of Kinetic Signatures in the Alfvén Vortex, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 871, Issue 2, article id. L22, 12 pp. (02/2019).
  33. Kuzzay, Denis ; Alexandrova, Olga ; Matteini, Lorenzo, Local approach to the study of energy transfers in incompressible magnetohydrodynamic turbulence, Physical Review E, Volume 99, Issue 5, id.053202, May 2019
  34. Verdini, Andrea ; Grappin, R. ; Alexandrova, O. ; Franci, L. ; Landi, S. ; Matteini, L. ; Papini, E., Three-dimensional local anisotropy of velocity fluctuations in the solar wind, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 486, Issue 3, p.3006-3018, July 2019
  35. Jovanovic, Dusan ; Alexandrova, Olga ; Maksimovic, Milan ; Belic, Milivoj, Fluid Theory of Coherent Magnetic Vortices in High- Space Plasmas, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 896, Issue 1, id.8, June 2020
  36. Jagarlamudi, Vamsee Krishna ; Alexandrova, Olga ; Bercic, Laura ; de Wit, Thierry Dudok ; Krasnoselskikh, Vladimir ; Maksimovic, Milan ; Stverak, Stepan, Whistler Waves and Electron Properties in the Inner Heliosphere : Helios Observations, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 897, Issue 2, id.118, July 2020
  37. Wang, Tieyan ; He, Jiansen ; Alexandrova, Olga ; Dunlop, Malcolm ; Perrone, Denise, Observational quantification of three-dimensional anisotropies and scalings of space plasma turbulence at kinetic scales, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 898, Issue 1, id.91, July 2020
  38. Perrone, Denise ; Bruno, Roberto ; D’Amicis, Raffaella ; Telloni, Daniele ; De Marco, Rossana ; Stangalini, Marco ; Perri, Silvia ; Pezzi, Oreste ; Alexandrova, Olga ; Bale, Stuart D., Coherent Events at Ion Scales in the Inner Heliosphere : Parker Solar Probe Observations during the First Encounter, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 905, Issue 2, id.142, 12 pp., December 2020
  39. Matteini, L. ; Franci, L. ; Alexandrova, O. ; Lacombe, C. ; Landi, S. ; Hellinger, P. ; Papini, E. ; Verdini, A., Magnetic field turbulence in the solar wind at sub-ion scales : in situ observations and numerical simulations, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, Volume 7, id.83, December 2020
  40. Alexandrova, Olga ; Krishna Jagarlamudi, Vamsee ; Hellinger, Petr ; Maksimovic, Milan ; Shprits, Yuri ; Mangeney, André, Spectrum of kinetic plasma turbulence at 0.3-0.9 astronomical units from the Sun, PRE, 06/2021, doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.103.063202

Large Collaborations

  1. Berthomier, A. N. Fazakerley, C. Forsyth, R. Pottelette, Alexandrova, O., A. Anastasiadis, A. Aruliah, P.-L. Blelly, C. Briand, R. Bruno, P. Canu, B. Cecconi, T. Chust, I. Daglis, J. Davies, M. Dunlop, D. Fontaine, V. Génot, B. Gustavsson, G. Haerendel, M. Hamrin, M. Hapgood, S. Hess, D. Kataria, K. Kauristie, S. Kemble, Y. Khotyaintsev, H. Koskinen, L. Lamy, B. Lanchester, P. Louarn, E. Lucek, R. Lundin, M. Maksimovic, J. Manninen, A. Marchaudon, O. Marghitu, G. Marklund, S. Milan, J. Moen, F. Mottez, H. Nilsson, N. Ostgaard, C. J. Owen, M. Parrot, A. Pedersen, C. Perry, J.-L. Pin¸con, F. Pitout, T. Pulkkinen, I. J. Rae, L. Rezeau, A. Roux, I. Sandahl, I. Sandberg, E. Turunen, J. Vogt, A. Walsh, C. E. J. Watt, J. A. Wild, M. Yamauchi, P. Zarka, and I. Zouganelis. Alfvén: magnetospher-ionosphere connection explorers. Experimental Astronomy, 33:445–489, April 2012
  2. Vaivads, A.; Retino, A.; Soucek, J.; Khotyaintsev, Yu. V.; Valentini, F.; Escoubet, C. P.; Alexandrova, O.; Andr´e, M.; Bale, S. D.; Balikhin, M.; Burgess, D.; Camporeale, E.; Caprioli, D.; Chen, C. H. K.; Clacey, E.; Cully, C. M.; de Keyser, J.; Eastwood, J. P.; Fazakerley, A. N.; Eriksson, S.; Goldstein, M. L.; Graham, D. B.; Haaland, S.; Hoshino, M.; Ji, H.; Karimabadi, H.; Kucharek, H.; Lavraud, B.; Marcucci, F.; Matthaeus, W. H.; Moore, T. E.; Nakamura, R.; Narita, Y.; Nemecek, Z.; Norgren, C.; Opgenoorth, H.; Palmroth, M.; Perrone, D.; Pin˜ A°◊ on, J.-L.; Rathsman, P.; Rothkaehl, H.; Sahraoui, F.; Servidio, S.; Sorriso-Valvo, L.; Vainio, R.; Voros, Z.; Wimmer-Schweingruber, R. F., Turbulence Heating ObserveR – satellite mission proposal, Journal of Plasma Physics, Volume 82, Issue 5, article id. 905820501, 16 pp., 10/2016
  3. I. Zouganelis, and 183 co-authors, The Solar Orbiter Science Activity Plan. Translating solar and heliospheric physics questions into action, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 642, id.A3, 19 pp., 10/2020
  4. M. Maksimovic et al., The Solar Orbiter Radio and Plasma Waves (RPW) instrument, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 642, id.A12, 23 pp., 10/2020
  5. Verscharen, D., Wicks, R.T., Alexandrova, O. et al. A Case for Electron-Astrophysics. Exp Astron, 06/2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-021-09761-5

In refereed proceedings:

  1. O. Alexandrova, J. Saur, C. Lacombe, A. Mangeney, S.J. Schwartz, J. Mitchell, R. Grappin, and P. Robert, Solar wind turbulent spectrum from MHD to electron scales, TWELFTH INTERNATIONAL SOLAR WIND CONFERENCE. AIP Conf. Proc., 1216, 144, 2010.
  2. Issautier, A. Mangeney, O. Alexandrova, Spectrum of the electron density fluctuations: preliminary results from Ulysses observations, TWELFTH INTERNATIONAL SOLAR WIND CONFERENCE. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1216, pp. 148-151, 2010.

In non-refereed proceedings:

  1. O. Alexandrova and A. Mangeney, Stationary eld-aligned lament: model based on Cluster observations, proceedings of “Problems of Geocosmos-V”, 132-135, 2004
  2. O. Alexandrova, A. Mangeney and M. Maksimovic, Incompressible magnetic vortices: magnetosheath Cluster observations, proceedings of “Problems of Geocosmos-VI”, 3-6, 2006