Publications
Submitted Papers
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Revolutionizing our Understanding of Particle Energization in Space Plasmas Using On-Board Wave-Particle Correlator Instrumentation
Howes, 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. K., Wilson III, L. B., Alterman, B. L., and Wicks, R. T.
Front. Astron. & Space Sci., in press (2022).
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McCubbin, A J., Howes, G. G., and TenBarge, J. M., ,
Phys. Plasmas, 29, 032901 (2022).
A field-particle correlation analysis of magnetic pumping
Montag, P. and Howes, G. G.,
Phys. Plasmas, 29, 032901 (2022).
Illuminating Black Holes through Turbulent Heating
Howes, G. G.,
Physics, 15, 20 (2022).
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Afshari, A. S., Howes, G. G., Kletzing, C. A., Hartley, D. P., and Boardsen, S. A.
J. Geophys. Res., 126, e2021JA029578 (2021).
High Mach Number Quasi-Perpendicular Shocks: Spatial versus Temporal Structure
Omidi, N., Desai, M., Russell, C. T., and Howes, G. G.
J. Geophys. Res., 126, e2021JA029287 (2021).
Solar Orbiter’s first Venus flyby: observations from the Radio and Plasma Wave instrument
L. Z. Hadid, N. J. T. Edberg, T. Chust, D. Pisa, A. P. Dimmock, M. W. Morooka, M. Maksimovic, Yu. V. Khotyaintsev, J. Soucek, M. Kretzschmar, A. Vecchio, O. Le Contel, A. Retino, R. C. Allen, M. Volwerk, C. M. Fowler, L. Sorriso-Valvo, T. Karlsson, O. Santolik, I. Kolmasov, F. Sahraoui, K. Stergiopoulou, X. Moussas, K. Issautier, R. M. Dewey, M. Klein Wolt, O. E. Malandraki, E. P. Kontar, G. G. Howes , S. D. Bale, T. S. Horbury, M. Martinovic, A. Vaivads, V. Krasnoselskikh, E. Lorfevre, D. Plettemeier, M. Steller, S. Stverak, P. Travnicek, H. O’Brien, V. Evans, V. Angelini, M. C. Velli, and I. Zouganelis
Astron. & Astrophys., 656, A18 (2021).
Laboratory measurements of the physics of auroral electron acceleration by Alfven waves
Schroeder, J. W. R., Howes, G. G., Kletzing, C. A., Skiff, F., Carter, T. A., Vincena, S., and Dorfman, S.
Nature Comm., 12, 3103 (2021).
A Field-Particle Correlation Analysis of a Perpendicular Magnetized Collisionless Shock
Juno, J., Howes, G. G., TenBarge, J. M., Wilson, L. B., III, Spitkovsky, A. Caprioli, D., Klein, K. G., and Hakim, A.
J. Plasma Phys., 87, 905870316 (2021).
PATCH: Particle Arrival Time Correlation for Heliophysics
Verniero, J. L., Howes, G. G., Stewart, D. E., and Klein, K. G.
J. Geophys. Res., 126, e2020JA028940 (2021).
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Verniero, J. L., Howes, G. G., Stewart, D. E., and Klein, K. G.
J. Geophys. Res., 126, e2020JA028361 (2021).
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Woodham, L. D., Wicks, R. T., Verscharen, D., TenBarge, J. M., and Howes, G. G.
Astrophys. J., 912, 101 (2021).
Kinetic-Scale Turbulence in the Venusian Magnetosheath
Bowen, T.A., Bale, S.D., Bandyopadhyay, R., Bonnell, J. W., Case, A., Chasapis, A., Chen, C. H. K., Curry, S., Dudok de Wit, T., Goetz, K., Goodrich, K., Gruesbeck, J., Halekas, J., Harvey, P. R., Howes, G. G., Kasper, J. C., Korreck, K., Larson, D.,Livi, R., MacDowall, R. J., Malaspina, D. M., Mallet, A., McManus, M.D., Pulupa, M., Raouafi, N., Stevens, M. L., and Whittlesey, P.
Geophys. Res. Lett., 48, e090783 (2021).
Electron Landau Damping of Kinetic Alfven Waves in Simulated Magnetosheath Turbulence
Horvath, S.A., Howes, G. G., and McCubbin, A. J.
Phys. Plasmas, 27, 102901 (2020).
Plasma Turbulence at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: Rosetta Observations
Ruhunusiri, S., Howes, G. G. , and Halekas, J. S.
J. Geophys. Res., 125, e28100 (2020).
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Klein, K. G., Howes, G. G., TenBarge, J. M., and Valentini, F.
J. Plasma Phys., 86, 905860402 (2020).
Ion-scale Electromagnetic Waves in the Inner Heliosphere
Bowen, T. A., Mallet, A., Huang, J., Klein, K. G., Malaspina, D. M., Stevens, M., Bale, S. D., Bonnell, J. W., Case, A. W., Chandran, B. D. G., Chaston, C. C., Chen, C. H. K., Dudok de Wit, T., Goetz, K., Harvey, P. R., Howes, G. G., Kasper, J. C., Korreck, K. E., Larson, D., Livi, R., MacDowall, R. J., McManus, M. D., Pulupa, M., Verniero, J. L., Whittlesey, P.
Astrophys. J. Supp., 246, 66 (2020).
Plasma Waves near the Electron Cyclotron Frequency in the Near-Sun Solar Wind
Malaspina, D. M., Halekas, J., Bercic, L., Larson, D., Whittlesey, P., Bale, S. D., Bonnell, J. W., Dudok de Wit, T., Ergun, R. E., Howes, G. G., Goetz, K., Goodrich, K., Harvey, P. R., MacDowall, R. J., Pulupa, M., Case, A. W., Kasper, J. C., Korreck, K. E., Livi, R., Stevens, M. L.
Astrophys. J. Supp., 246, 21 (2020).
Highly structured slow solar wind emerging from an equatorial coronal hole
S. D. Bale, S. T. Badman, J. W. Bonnell, T. A. Bowen, D. Burgess, A. W. Case, C. A. Cattell, B. D. G. Chandran, C. C. Chaston, C. H. K. Chen, J. F. Drake, T. Dudok de Wit, J. P. Eastwood, R. E. Ergun, W. M. Farrell, C. Fong, K. Goetz, M. Goldstein, K. A. Goodrich, P. R. Harvey, T. S. Horbury, G. G. Howes, J. C. Kasper, P. J. Kellogg, J. A. Klimchuk, K. E. Korreck, V. V. Krasnoselskikh, S. Krucker, R. Laker, D. E. Larson, R. J. MacDowall, M. Maksimovic, D. M. Malaspina, J. Martinez-Oliveros, D. J. McComas, N. Meyer-Vernet, M. Moncuquet, F. S. Mozer, T. D. Phan, M. Pulupa, N. E. Raouafi, C. Salem, D. Stansby, M. Stevens, A. Szabo, M. Velli, T. Woolley, and J. R. Wygant
Nature, 576, 237 (2019).
Collisionless Energy Transfer in Kinetic Turbulence: Field-Particle Correlations in Fourier Space
Li, T. C., Howes, G. G., Klein, K. G., Liu, Y.-H., and TenBarge, J. M.
J. Plasma Phys., 85, 905850406 (2019).
Evidence for electron Landau damping in space plasma turbulence
Chen, C. H. K., Klein, K. G., and Howes, G. G.
Nature Comm., 10, 740 (2019).
Laboratory Space Physics: Investigating the Physics of Space Plasmas in the Laboratory
Howes, G. G.
Phys. Plasmas, 25, 055501 (2018).
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Howes, G. G., McCubbin, A. J., and Klein, K.G.,
J. Plasma Phys., 84, 905840105 (2018).
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Verniero, J. L. and Howes, G. G.
J. Plasma Phys., 84, 905840109 (2018).
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Verniero, J. L., Howes, G. G., and Klein, K.G.,
J. Plasma Phys., 84, 905840103 (2018).
Diagnosing collisionless energy transfer using field-particle correlations: gyrokinetic turbulence
Klein, K.G., Howes, G. G. and TenBarge, J. M.
J. Plasma Phys., 83, 535830401 (2017).
The development of magnetic field line wander by plasma turbulence
Howes, G. G. and Bourouaine, S.
J. Plasma Phys., 83, 905830408 (2017).
A Prospectus on Kinetic Heliophysics
Howes, G. G.
Phys. Plasmas, 24, 055907 (2017).
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Bourouaine, S. and Howes, G. G.
J. Plasma Phys., 83, 905830301 (2017).
Linear theory and measurements of electron oscillations in an inertial Alfven wave
Schroeder, J. W. R., Skiff, F., Howes, G. G., Kletzing, C. A., Carter, T. A., and Dorfman, S.
Phys. Plasmas, 24, 032902 (2017).
Characterization of plasma turbulence in the Martian magnetosphere with MAVEN observations
Ruhunusiri, S., Halekas, J. S., Eslpey, J. R., Mazelle, C., Brain, D., Harada, Y., DiBraccio, G. A., Livi, R., Larson, D. E., Mitchell, D. L., Jakosky, B. M., and Howes, G. G.
J. Geophys. Res., 122, 656 (2017).
Diagnosing Collisionless Energy Transfer Using Field-Particle Correlations: Vlasov-Poisson Plasmas
Howes, G. G., Klein, K. G., and Li, T. C.
J. Plasma Phys., 83, 705830102 (2017).
Energy Dissipation and Landau Damping in Two- and Three-dimensional Plasma Turbulence
Li, T. C., Howes, G. G., Klein, K. G., and TenBarge, J. M.
Astrophys. J. Lett., 832, L24 (2016).
The Dynamical Generation of Current Sheets in Astrophysical Plasma Turbulence
Howes, G. G.
Astrophys. J. Lett., 827, L28 (2016).
Measuring Collisionless Damping Using Field-Particle Correlations
Klein, K. G. and Howes, G. G.
Astrophys. J. Lett., 826, L30 (2016).
Direct measurement of electron sloshing of an inertial Alfven wave
Schroeder, J. W. R., Skiff, F., Kletzing, C. A., Howes, G. G., Carter, T. A., and Dorfman, S.
Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 4701 (2016).
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Drake, D. J., Howes, G. G., Rhudy, J. D., Terry, S. K., Carter, T. A., Kletzing, C. A., Schroeder, J. W. R.,and Skiff, F.
Phys. Plasmas, 23, 022305 (2016).
Preface to Special Topic: Van Allen 100, Waves and Particles in Space and Astrophysical Plasmas
Howes, G. G.
Phys. Plasmas, 22, 091401 (2015).
Multiscale Nature of the Dissipation Range in Gyrokinetic Simulations of Alfvenic Turbulence
Told, D., Jenko, F., TenBarge, J. M., Howes, G. G., and Hammett, G. W.
Phys. Rev. Lett., 115, 025003 (2015).
Predicted impacts of proton temperature anisotropy on solar wind turbulence
Klein, K. G. and Howes, G. G.
Phys. Plasmas, 22, 032903 (2015).
A Dynamical Model of Plasma Turbulence in the Solar Wind
Howes, G. G.
Philosoph. Trans. Roy. Soc. A, 373, 20140145 (2015).
The Inherently Three-Dimensional Nature of Magnetized Plasma Turbulence
Howes, G. G.
J. Plasma Phys., 81, 325810203 (2015).
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Howes, G. G.
Chapter in "Magnetic Fields in Diffuse Media," ed. Lazarian, A., de Gouveia Dal Pino, E. M., and Melioli, C. Springer: New York (2015).
Analysis of Magnetic Fields in Inertial Alfven Wave Collisions
Drake, D. J., Schroeder, J. W. R., Shanken, B. C., Howes, G. G., Skiff, F., Kletzing, C. A., Carter, T. A., and Dorfman, S.
IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., 42, 2534 (2014).
The Violation of the Taylor Hypothesis in Measurements of Solar Wind Turbulence
Howes, G. G., Klein, K. G., and TenBarge, J. M.
Astrophys. J. Lett., 790, L20 (2014).
Validity of the Taylor Hypothesis for Linear Kinetic Waves in the Weakly Collisional Solar Wind
Howes, G. G., Klein, K. G., and TenBarge, J. M.
Astrophys. J., 789, 106 (2014).
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Klein, K. G., Howes, G. G., TenBarge, J. M., and Podesta, J. J.
Astrophys. J., 785, 138 (2014).
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TenBarge, J. M., Daughton, W., Karimabadi, H., Howes, G. G., and Dorland, W.
Phys. Plasmas, 21, 020708 (2014).
An Oscillating Langevin Antenna for Driving Plasma Turbulence Simulations
TenBarge, J. M., Howes, G. G., Dorland, W., and Hammett, G. W.
Comp. Phys. Comm., 185, 578 (2014).
Collisionless Damping at Electron Scales in Solar Wind Turbulence
TenBarge, J. M., Howes, G. G., and Dorland, W.
Astrophys. J., 774, 139 (2013).
Current Sheets and Collisionless Damping in Kinetic Plasma Turbulence
TenBarge, J. M. and Howes, G. G.
Astrophys. J. Lett., 771, L27 (2013).
Alfven Wave Collisions, The Fundamental Building Block of Plasma Turbulence I: Asymptotic Solution
Howes, G. G.and Nielson, K. D.
Phys. Plasmas, 20, 072302 (2013).
Alfven Wave Collisions, The Fundamental Building Block of Plasma Turbulence II: Numerical Solution
Nielson, K. D., Howes, G. G. and Dorland, W.
Phys. Plasmas, 20, 072303 (2013).
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Howes, G. G., Nielson, K. D., Drake, D. J., Schroeder, J. W. R., Skiff, F., Kletzing, C. A.,and Carter, T. A.
Phys. Plasmas, 20, 072304 (2013).
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Drake, D. J., Schroeder, J. W. R., Howes, G. G., Kletzing, C. A., Skiff, F., Carter, T. A., and Auerbach, D. W.
Phys. Plasmas, 20, 072901 (2013).
Corrigendum to ``AstroGK: Astrophysical gyrokinetics code'' [J. Comput. Phys. 229 (2010) 9347-9372]
Ryusuke, N., Howes, G. G., Tatsuno, T., Barnes, M., and Dorland, W..
J. Comp. Phys., 245, 493 (2013).
Kinetic Scale Density Fluctuations in the Solar Wind
Chen, C. H. K., Howes, G. G., Bonnell, J. W., Mozer, F. S., Klein, K. G., and Bale, S. D.
in SOLAR WIND 13: Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Solar Wind Conference, AIP Conf. Proc. 1539, 143 (2013).
Toward Astrophysical Turbulence in the Laboratory
Howes, G. G., Drake, D. J., Nielson, K.D., Carter, T. A., Kletzing, C. A.,and Skiff, F.
Phys. Rev. Lett., 109, 255001 (2012).
This publication has garnered particularly wide attention:
• Nature News article by Eugenie Samuel Reich, Lab astrophysics aims for the stars, by Reich, E. S., Nature, 491, 509 (2012).
• Featured in a Viewpoint in Physics Viewpoint: Turbulent Plasma in the Lab by Gregori, G. and Reville, B., Physics, 5, 141 (2012)
• Chosen as an Editor's Suggestion by Physical Review Letters.
Freely decaying turbulence in two-dimensional electrostatic gyrokinetics
Tatsuno, T., Plunk, G. G., Barnes, M., Dorland, W., Howes, G. G., and Numata, R.
Phys. Plasmas, 19, 122305 (2012).
Using Synthetic Spacecraft Data to Interpret Compressible Fluctuations in Solar Wind Turbulence
Klein, K. G., Howes, G. G., TenBarge, J. M., Bale, S. D., Chen, C. H. K., and Salem, C. S.
Astrophys. J., 755, 159 (2012).
Interpreting Magnetic Variance Anisotropy Measurements in the Solar Wind
TenBarge, J. M., Podesta, J. J., Klein, K. G., and Howes, G. G.
Astrophys. J., 753, 107 (2012).
The slow-mode nature of compressible wave power in solar wind turbulence
Howes, G. G., Bale, S. D., Klein, K. G., Chen, C. H. K., Salem, C. S., and TenBarge, J. M.
Astrophys. J. Lett., 753, L19 (2012).
Evidence of Critical Balance in Kinetic Alfven Wave Turbulence Simulations
TenBarge, J. M. and Howes, G. G.
Phys. Plasmas, 19, 055901 (2012).
Identification of Kinetic Alfven Wave Turbulence in the Solar Wind
Salem, C. S., Howes, G. G., Sundkvist, D., Bale, S. D., Chaston, C. C., Chen, C. H. K., and Mozer, F. S.
Astrophys. J. Lett., 745, L9 (2012).
Gyrokinetic simulations of the tearing instability
Numata, R., Dorland, W., Howes, G. G., Loureiro, N. F., Rogers, B. N., and Tatsuno, T.
Phys. Plasmas, 18, 112106 (2011).
Design and use of an Elsasser probe for analysis of Alfven wave fields according to wave direction
Drake, D. J., Kletzing, C. A., Skiff, F., Howes, G. G., and Vincena, S.
Rev. Sci. Instr., 82, 103505 (2011).
A Weakened Cascade Model for Turbulence in Astrophysical Plasmas
Howes, G. G.,TenBarge, J. M., and Dorland, W.
Phys. Plasmas, 18, 102305 (2011).
Prediction of the Proton-to-Total Turbulent Heating in the Solar Wind
Howes, G. G.
Astrophys. J., 738, 40 (2011).
Gyrokinetic Simulations of Solar Wind Turbulence from Ion to Electron Scales
Howes, G. G.,TenBarge, J. M., Dorland, W., Quataert, E., Schekochihin, A. A., Numata, R., and Tatsuno, T.
Phys. Rev. Lett., 107, 035004 (2011).
A prescription for the turbulent heating of astrophysical plasmas
Howes, G. G.
Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. Lett., 409, L104-L108 (2010).
AstroGK: Astrophysical Gyrokinetics Code
Numata, R., Howes, G. G., Tatsuno, T., Barnes, M., and Dorland, W.
J. Comp. Phys., 229, 9347-9372 (2010).
Gyrokinetic simulation of entropy cascade in two-dimensional electrostatic turbulence
Tatsuno, T., Barnes, M., Cowley, S. C., Dorland, W., Howes, G. G., Numata, R., Plunk, G. G., and Schekochihin, A. A.,
J. Plasma Fusion Res. SERIES, 179, 509 (2010).
Numerical Modeling of LAPD Alfven Wave Experiments using AstroGK
Nielson, K.D., Howes, G. G., Tatsuno, T., Numata, R., and Dorland, W.
Phys. Plasmas, 17, 022105 (2010).
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Howes, G. G. and Quataert, E.
Astrophys. J. Lett., 709, L49 (2010).
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Chandran, B. D. G., Quataert, E., Howes, G. G., Xia, Q., and Pongkitiwanichakul, P.
Astrophys. J., 707, 1668 (2009).
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Bale, S. D., Kasper, J. C., Howes, G. G., Quataert, E., Salem, C., and Sundkvist, D.
Phys. Rev. Lett., 103, 211101 (2009).
Steep, Transient Density Gradients in the Martian Ionopshere Similar to the Ionopause at Venus
Duru, F., Gurnett, D. A. , Frahm, R. A., Winningham, J. D., Morgan, D. D., and Howes, G. G.
J. Geophys. Res.,114, A12310 (2009).
Nonlinear phase mixing and phase-space cascade of entropy in gyrokinetic plasma turbulence
Tatsuno, T., Dorland, W., Schekochihin, A. A., Plunk, G., Barnes, M. A., Cowley, S. C., and Howes, G. G.
Phys. Rev. Lett., 103, 015003 (2009).
The Turbulent Heating Rate in Strong MHD Turbulence with Nonzero Cross Helicity
Chandran, B. D. G., Dorland, W., Hollweg, J., Howes, G. G. and Quataert, E.
Astrophys. J., 701, 652 (2009).
Kinetic and Fluid Turbulent Cascades in Magnetized Weakly Collisional Astrophysical Plasmas
Schekochihin, A. A., Cowley, S. C., Dorland, W., Hammett, G. W., Howes, G. G., Quataert, E., and Tatsuno, T.
Astrophys. J. Supp., 182, 310-377 (2009).
Limitations of Hall MHD as a model for turbulence in weakly collisional plasmas
Howes, G. G.
Nonlin. Processes Geophys., 16, 219-232 (2009).
Gyrokinetic turbulence: a nonlinear route to dissipation through phase space
Schekochihin, A. A., Cowley, S. C., Dorland, W., Hammett, G. W., Howes, G. G., Plunk, G. G., Quataert, E., and Tatsuno, T.
Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion, 50, 124024 (2008).
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Howes, G. G., Cowley, S. C., Dorland, W., Hammett, G. W., Quataert, E., Schekochihin, A. A. and Tatsuno, T.
Phys. Rev. Lett., 101, 149502 (2008).
• NOTE: This is a Reply to Comment on "Kinetic Simulations of Magnetized Turbulence in Astrophysical Plasmas" by Matthaeus, W. H., Servidio, S., and Dmitruk, P., Phys. Rev. Lett., 101, 149501 (2008).
Kinetic Simulations of Magnetized Turbulence in Astrophysical Plasmas
Howes, G. G., Cowley, S. C., Dorland, W., Hammett, G. W., Quataert, E., Schekochihin, A. A. and Tatsuno, T.
Phys. Rev. Lett., 100, 065004 (2008).
Inertial Range Turbulence in Kinetic Plasmas
Howes, G. G.
Phys. Plasmas, 15, 055904 (2008).
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Howes, G. G., Cowley, S. C., Dorland, W., Hammett, G. W., Quataert, E., and Schekochihin, A. A.
J. Geophys. Res.,113, A05103 (2008).
Dissipation-scale turbulence in the solar wind
Howes, G. G., Cowley, S. C., Dorland, W., Hammett, G. W., Quataert, E., and Schekochihin, A. A.
in Turbulence and Nonlinear Processes in Astrophysical Plasmas, AIP Conference Proceedings 932, 3-8 (2007).
Astrophysical Gyrokinetics: Basic Equations and Linear Theory
Howes, G. G., Cowley, S. C., Dorland, W., Hammett, G. W., Quataert, E., and Schekochihin, A. A.
Astrophys. J. 651, 590-614 (2006).
Gradient Particle Magnetohydrodynamics
Maron, J. L. and Howes, G. G.
Astrophys. J. 595, 564-572 (2003).
Local Buoyant Instability of Magnetized Shear Flows
Howes, G. G., Cowley, S. C., and McWilliams, J. C.
Astrophys. J. 560, 617-629 (2001).
This publication was selected as a "Featured Article" by the Editorial Board of the Journal of Plasma Physics.
Ph.D. Thesis
Galactic Dynamics with Magnetic Fields
Howes, G. G.
Ph.D. thesis, University of California, Los Angeles, (2004).