* highlights student work
** highlights postdoc/scientist work
H. Zhou**, Y. Chen, C. F. Dong, L. Wang**, Y. Zou, B. Walsh, G. Toth, Planar Collisionless Shock Simulations with Semi-Implicit Particle-in-Cell Model FLEKS, ApJS, in press (2025). arXiv:2506.08384
Y. Liu*, H. Fu, L. Wang**, C. F. Dong, S. Wei, Y. Xi, C. Shang, Y. Qin*, Data-driven modeling of electrostatic turbulence by physics-informed Fourier neural operator, Mach. Learn.: Sci. Technol. 6, 045050 (2025)
H. Li, C. F. Dong, L. Xie, X. He, L. Chin, X. Wang, H.-L. Yan, J. Qin, N. Mayne, M. T. Mak, N. Georgakarakos, D. Christie, Y. Zhu, Z. Rong, J. Ma, X. Li, S. Chen, H. Zhou, Modeling Atmospheric Ion Escape from Kepler-1649 b and c over Time, ApJ Letters 994, L50 (2025). arXiv:2504.12541
C. Zhang**, C. F. Dong, H. Zhou**, J. S. Halekas, X. Li**, J. Gao**, H.-W. Shen, X.-D. Wang, H. Nilsson, R. Ramstad, C. X. Mazelle, L. Wang**, S. Xu, A. Tadlock*, K. G. Hanley, S. M. Curry, D. Mitchell, Global Energy Transport and Conversion in the Solar Wind-Mars Interaction: MAVEN Observations, J. Geophys. Res. Planets 130, e2025JE009295 (2025).
A. Tadlock*, C. F. Dong, C. Zhang**, M. Franz, H. Zhou**, J. Gao**, Magnetic Field and Plasma Asymmetries Between the Martian Quasi‐Perpendicular and Quasi‐Parallel Magnetosheaths, Geophys. Res. Lett. 52, e2025GL118172 (2025). arXiv:2509.07119
S. Shekarpaz**, C. F. Dong, Z. Huang**, Surrogate Modeling of Landau Damping with Deep Operator Networks, ApJ 990, 161 (2025). arXiv:2507.16960
C. Zhang**, C. F. Dong, T. Z. Liu, C. Mazelle, S. Raptis, H. Zhou**, J. Fruchtman, J. Halekas, J.-H. Li, K. G. Hanley, S. M. Curry, D. L. Mitchell, X. Li**, Role of ULF Waves in Reforming the Martian Bow Shock, AGU Advances 6, e2025AV001654 (2025).
C. Zhang**, C. F. Dong, H. Zhou**, J. Halekas, M. Yamauchi, H. Nilsson, T. Z. Liu, M. Persson, S. Curry, Y. Dong, Y. Futaana, Y. Chen**, M. Zhou, R. Suranga, K. G. Hanley, C. Mazelle, S. Xu, R. Ramstad, M. Holmström, L.-J. Chen, Anomalous Transient Enhancement of Planetary Ion Escape at Mars, Nature Communications 16, 3159 (2025).
C. Zhang**, C. F. Dong, H. Zhou**, J. Deca, S. Xu, Y. Harada, S. M. Curry, D. L. Mitchell, Z.-Y. Liu, J. Qin, C. Mazelle, Observational Characteristics of Electron Distributions in the Martian Induced Magnetotail, Geophys. Res. Lett. 52, e2024GL113030 (2025).
Y. Chen**, C. F. Dong, L.-J. Chen, M. Sarantos, B. L. Burkholder, Interplanetary Magnetic Field By Controlled Alfvén Wings at Earth During an Encounter of a Coronal Mass Ejection, Geophys. Res. Lett. 52, e2024GL113416 (2025). arXiv:2402.04282
Z. Huang**, C. F. Dong, L. Wang**, Machine-learning heat flux closure for multi-moment fluid modeling of nonlinear Landau damping, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122, e2419073122 (2025). arXiv:2503.11090
Y. Chen**, C. F. Dong, W. Sun, Transport and Distribution of Sodium Ions in Mercury's Magnetosphere: Results From Multi-Fluid MHD Simulations, Geophys. Res. Lett. 51, e2024GL110301 (2024).
L. Chin*, C. F. Dong, M. Lingam, Role of Planetary Radius on Atmospheric Escape of Rocky Exoplanets, ApJ Letters 963, L20 (2024). arXiv:2401.16211; Press Release in Astrobiology Web; Highlight on AAS Nova.
C. Zhang**, H. Y. Zhou**, C. F. Dong, Y. Harada, M. Yamauchi, S. S. Xu, H. Nilsson, Y. Ebihara, S. M. Curry, J. F. Qin, D. L. Mitchell, D. A. Brain, Source of Drift-dispersed Electrons in Martian Crustal Magnetic Fields, ApJ 972, 153 (2024).
P. T. Campbell**, B. K. Russell*, C. F. Dong, G. Fiksel, P. M. Nilson, A. G. R. Thomas, C. A. Walsh, K. M. Krushelnick, and L. Willingale, Formation of collisionless shocks driven by strongly magnetized relativistic electrons in the laboratory, Phys. Rev. Research 6, L012016 (2024).
Y. Qin*, J. Ma*, M. Jiang*, C. F. Dong, H. Fu, L. Wang, W. Cheng, and Y. Jin, Data-driven modeling of Landau damping by physics-informed neural networks, Phys. Rev. Research 5, 033079 (2023). arXiv:2211.01021
D. Li*, Y. Chen**, C. F. Dong, L. Wang**, G. Toth, Numerical study of magnetic island coalescence using magnetohydrodynamics with adaptively embedded particle-in-cell model, AIP Advances 13, 015126 (2023). arXiv:2212.07980
W. J. Cheng*, H. Y. Fu, L. Wang**, C. F. Dong, Y. Q. Jin, M. L. Jiang*, J. Y. Ma*, Y. L. Qin*, and K. X. Liu*, Data-driven, multi-moment fluid modeling of Landau damping, Computer Physics Communications 282, 108538 (2023). arXiv:2209.04726.
S. Yang*, L. Wang**, C. F. Dong, Discovery of double hall pattern associated with collisionless magnetic reconnection in dusty plasmas, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc 523, 928–933 (2023). arXiv:2206.08553
G. Boscoboinik*, C. Bertucci, D. Gomez, C. Dong, L. Regoli, C. Mazelle, J. Halekas, J. Espley, C.M. Fowler, D. Mitchell, L. Andersson, Forces, electric fields and currents at the subsolar Martian MPB: MAVEN observations and multifluid MHD simulation, Icarus 401, 115598 (2023).
C. F. Dong, L. Wang, Y.-M. Huang, L. Comisso, T. A. Sandstrom, A. Bhattacharjee, Reconnection-driven energy cascade in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence, Science Advances 8, eabn7627 (2022). arXiv:2210.10736. News Stories in PPPL, EurekAlert, Phys.org, Newswise, ScienceDaily, Scienmag, The Debrief, etc.
J. L. Green, C. F. Dong, M. Hesse, C. A. Young, V. Airapetian, Space weather observations, modeling, and alerts in support of human exploration of Mars, Front. Astron. Space Sci. 9:1023305 (2022). arXiv:2211.04021
D. Adams*, Y. Luo, M. L. Wong, P. Dunn, M. Christensen, C. F. Dong, R. Hu, Y. Yung, Nitrogen Fixation at Early Mars, Astrobiology 21, 968-980 (2021).
Y. Lee, C. F. Dong, V. Tenishev, Exosphere Modeling of Proxima b: A Case Study of Photochemical Escape with a Venus-like Atmosphere, ApJ 923, 190 (2021). arXiv:2109.06963; Press Release in Astrobiology Web
R. Jolitz*, C. F. Dong, A. Rahmati, D. A. Brain C. Lee, R. Lillis, S. M. Curry, B. M. Jakosky, Test particle model predictions of SEP electron transport and precipitation at Mars, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics 126, e2021JA029132 (2021).
C. F. Dong, M. Jin, M. Lingam, Atmospheric Escape From TOI-700 d: Venus versus Earth Analogs, ApJ Letters 896, L24 (2020). arXiv:2005.13190; Highlighted on AAS Nova, Press Release in Astrobiology Web
L. Wang**, A. Hakim, J. Ng*, C. F. Dong, K. Germaschewski, Exact and Locally Implicit Source Term Solvers for Multifluid-Maxwell Systems, Journal of Computational Physics 415, 109510 (2020). arXiv:1909.04125
M. Laneuville, C. F. Dong, J. G. O'Rourke, A. C. Schneider, Magnetic Fields on Rocky Planets, Chapter in the Book "Planetary Diversity", AAS | IOP Astronomy (2020).
S. Jarmak*, E. Leonard, A. Akins, E. Dahl, D. R. Cremons, S. Cofield, A. Curtis, C. F. Dong, E. T. Dunham, B. Journaux, D. Murakami, W. Ng, M. Piquette, A. P. Girija, K. Rink, L. Schurmeier, N. Stein, N. Tallarida, M. Telus, L. Lowes, C. Budney, K. L. Mitchell, QUEST: A New Frontiers Uranus Orbiter Mission Concept Study, Acta Astronautica 170, 6-26 (2020).
C. F. Dong, L. Wang, A. Hakim, A. Bhattacharjee, J. A. Slavin, G. A. DiBraccio, K. Germaschewski, Global Ten-Moment Multifluid Simulations of the Solar Wind Interaction with Mercury: From the Planetary Conducting Core to the Dynamic Magnetosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett. 46, 11584-11596 (2019). arXiv:1904.02695
C. F. Dong, Z. G. Huang, M. Lingam, Role of Planetary Obliquity in Regulating Atmospheric Escape: G-dwarf versus M-dwarf Earth-like Exoplanets, ApJ Letters 882, L16 (2019). arXiv:1907.07459; Highlight on AAS Nova, Press Release in Astrobiology Web.
Y. J. Ma, C. F. Dong, G. Toth, B. van der Holst, A. F. Nagy, C. T. Russell, S. W. Bougher, X. H. Fang, J. S. Halekas, J. R. Espley, P. R. Mahaffy, M. Benna, J. McFadden, and B. M. Jakosky, Importance of ambipolar electric field in driving ion loss from Mars‐ Results from a multi‐fluid MHD model with the electron pressure equation included, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics 124, 9040-9057 (2019).
H. Egan*, Y. J. Ma, C. F. Dong, R. Modolo, R. Jarvinen, S. Bougher, J. Halekas, D. Brain, J. McFadden, J. Connerney, D. Mitchell, B. Jakosky, Comparison of Global Martian Plasma Models in the Context of MAVEN Observations, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics 123, 3714-3726 (2018).
C. F. Dong, M. Jin, M. Lingam, V. S. Airapetian, Y. J. Ma, B. van der Holst, Atmospheric escape from the TRAPPIST-1 planets and implications for habitability, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115, 260-265 (2018). arXiv:1705.05535; Press Release in Astrobiology Web, News Stories in Forbes, Inquisitr, Newsweek, elnuevodia.com, theguardian
C. F. Dong, L. Wang, Y.-M. Huang, L. Comisso, A. Bhattacharjee, Role of the Plasmoid Instability in Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence, Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 165101 (2018). arXiv:1804.07361
C. F. Dong, Y. Lee, Y. J. Ma, M. Lingam, S. W. Bougher, J. G. Luhmann, S. M. Curry, G. Toth, A. F. Nagy, V. Tenishev, X. H. Fang, D. Mitchell, D. Brain, B. Jakosky, Modeling Martian Atmospheric Losses over Time: Implications for Exoplanetary Climate Evolution and Habitability, ApJ Letters 859, L14 (2018). arXiv:1805.05016; Highlight on AAS Nova, Press Release in Astrobiology Web
C. F. Dong, S. W. Bougher, Y. J. Ma, Y. Lee, G. Toth, A. F. Nagy, X. H. Fang, J. G. Luhmann, M. W. Liemohn, J. S. Halekas, V. Tenishev, D. J. Pawlowski, and M. R. Combi, Solar wind interaction with the Martian upper atmosphere: Roles of the cold thermosphere and hot oxygen corona, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics 123, 6639-6654 (2018). arXiv:1804.00937
C. F. Dong, T. Z. Zhao, K. Behm, P. G. Cummings, J. Nees, A. Maksimchuk, V. Yanovsky, K. Krushelnick, A. G. R. Thomas, High Flux Femtosecond X-ray Emission from the Electron-Hose Instability in Laser Wakefield Accelerators, Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 21, 041303 (2018). arXiv:1705.01181; Selected as "Kaleidoscope" on journal web.
A. E. Raymond*, C. F. Dong, A. McKelvey, C. Zulick, N. Alexander, A. Bhattacharjee, P. T. Campbell, H. Chen, V. Chvykov, E. Del Rio, P. Fitzsimmons, W. Fox, B. Hou, A. Maksimchuk, C. Mileham, J. Nees, P. M. Nilson, C. Stoeckl, A. G. R. Thomas, M. S. Wei, V. Yanovsky, K. Krushelnick, and L. Willingale, Relativistic electron driven magnetic reconnection in the laboratory, Phys. Rev. E 98, 043207 (2018). arXiv:1610.06866
L. Wang**, K. Germaschewski, A. Hakim, C. F. Dong, J. Raeder, A. Bhattacharjee, Electron Physics in 3D Two-Fluid Ten-Moment Modeling of Ganymede's Magnetosphere, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics 123, 2815-2830 (2018). arXiv:1802.02198 (JGR cover)
L. H. Regoli**, C. F. Dong, Y. J. Ma, E. Dubinin, W. B. Manchester, S. W. Bougher, D. T. Welling, Multi-species and multi‐fluid MHD approaches for the study of ionospheric escape at Mars, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics 123, 7370-7383 (2018).
Y. Lee, C. F. Dong, D. Pawlowski, E. Thiemann, V. Tenishev, P. Mahaffy, M. Benna, M. R. Combi, S. Bougher, F. Eparvier, Effects of a Solar Flare on the Martian Hot O Corona and Photochemical Escape, Geophys. Res. Lett. 45, 6814-6822 (2018).
M. Lingam, C. F. Dong, X. H. Fang, B. M. Jakosky, A. Loeb, The propitious role of solar energetic particles in the origin of life, ApJ 853, 10 (2018). arXiv:1801.05781; Press Release in Astrobiology Web, News Stories in New Scientist, Newsweek
C. F. Dong, Z. G. Huang, M. Lingam, G. Toth, T. I. Gombosi, A. Bhattacharjee, The dehydration of water worlds via atmospheric losses, ApJ Letters 847, L4 (2017). arXiv:1709.01219; Press Release in Astrobiology Web, News Stories in Universe Today, Harvard-Cfa, Phys.org and Science Alert etc.
C. F. Dong, M. Lingam, Y. J. Ma, and O. Cohen, Is Proxima Centauri B habitable? A study of atmospheric loss, ApJ Letters 837, L26 (2017). arXiv:1702.04089; Press Release in Astrobiology Web, News Stories in Space.com etc.
R. Jolitz*, C. F. Dong, C. Lee, R. J. Lillis, D. A. Brain, S. M. Curry, S. W. Bougher, C. Parkinson, A Monte Carlo Model of Crustal Field Influences on Solar Energetic Particle Precipitation into the Martian Atmosphere, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics 122, 5653--5669 (2017).
J. G. Luhmann, C. F. Dong, Y. J. Ma, S. M. Curry, S. Xu, C. O. Lee, T. Hara, J. Halekas, Yan Li, J. R. Gruesbeck, J. Espley, D. A. Brain, C. T. Russell, Martian Magnetic Storms, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics 122, 6185--6209 (2017).
T. Z. Zhao*, K. Behm*, C. F. Dong, X. Davoine, S. Y. Kalmykov, V. Petrov, V. Chvykov, P. Cummings, B. Hou, A. Maksimchuk, J. A. Nees, V. Yanovsky, A. G. R. Thomas, and K. Krushelnick, High Flux Femtosecond X-ray Emission from Controlled Generation of Annular Electron Beams in a Laser Wakefield Accelerator, Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 094801 (2016).
S. S. Xu*, M. W. Liemohn, C. F. Dong, D. L. Mitchell, S. W. Bougher, Y. J. Ma, Pressure and ion composition boundaries at Mars, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics 121, 6417--6429 (2016).
X. R. Fu, Z. H. Guo, C. F. Dong, and S.P. Gary, Nonlinear subcyclotron resonance as a formation mechanism for gaps in banded chorus, Geophys. Res. Lett. 42, 3150–3159 (2015); arXiv:1504.05243.
C. F. Dong, P. Zhang, D. Chernin, Y. Y. Lau, B. Hoff, D. H. Simon, P. Wong, G. Greening, and R. M. Gilgenbach, Harmonic Content in the Beam Current in a Traveling-Wave Tube, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 62, 4285-4292 (2015).
C. F. Dong, Y. J. Ma, S. W. Bougher, G. Toth, A. F. Nagy, J. S. Halekas, Y. X. Dong, S. M. Curry, J. G. Luhmann, D. Brain, J. E. P. Connerney, J. Espley, P. Mahaffy, M. Benna, J. P. McFadden, D. L. Mitchell, G. A. DiBraccio, R. J. Lillis, B. M. Jakosky, and J. M. Grebowsky, Multifluid MHD study of the solar wind interaction with Mars' upper atmosphere during the 2015 March 8th ICME event, Geophys. Res. Lett. 42, 9103--9112 (2015).
J. G. Luhmann, C. F. Dong, Y. J. Ma, S. M. Curry, D. Mitchell, J. Espley, J. Connerney, J. Halekas, D. A. Brain, B. M. Jakosky, and C. Mazelle, Implications of MAVEN Mars Near-Wake Measurements and Models, Geophys. Res. Lett. 42, 9087--9094 (2015).
C. F. Dong, S. W. Bougher, Y. J. Ma, G. Toth, Y. Lee, A. F. Nagy, V. Tenishev, D. J. Pawlowski, M. R. Combi, and D. Najib, Solar wind interaction with the Martian upper atmosphere: Crustal field orientation, solar cycle and seasonal variations, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics 120, 7857--7872 (2015).
C. F. Dong, S. W. Bougher, Y. J. Ma, G. Toth, A. F. Nagy, and D. Najib, Solar wind interaction with Mars upper atmosphere: Results from the one-way coupling between the multi-fluid MHD model and the M-TGCM model, Geophys. Res. Lett. 41, 2708–2715 (2014).
C. F. Dong, Minor ion heating in spectra of linearly and circularly polarized Alfvén waves: Thermal and non-thermal motions associated with perpendicular heating, Phys. Plasmas 21, 022302 (2014); arXiv:1401.4519.
C. F. Dong and N. Singh, Ion pseudoheating by low-frequency Alfvén waves revisited, Phys. Plasmas 20, 012121 (2013).
B. K. Chen, C. F. Dong, Y. K. Liu, W. Tong, W. Y. Zhang, J. Liu, and B. H. Wang, Real-time information feedback based on a sharp decay weighted function, Computer Physics Communications 183, 2081-2088 (2012).
C. F. Dong and X. Ma, Dynamic weight in intelligent transportation systems: a comparison based on two exit scenarios, Physica A 391, 2712–2719 (2012).
C. F. Dong and C. S. Paty, Application of adaptive weights to intelligent information systems: An intelligent transportation system as a case study, Inform. Sci. 181, 5042-5052 (2011).
C. F. Dong and C. S. Paty, Heating of ions by low-frequency Alfvén waves in partially ionized plasmas, Phys. Plasmas 18, 030702 (2011). (Letters); C. F. Dong and C.S. Paty, Dong and Paty Response, Phys. Plasmas 18, 084704 (2011).
C. F. Dong, X. Ma, and B. H. Wang, Effects of Vehicle Number Feedback in Multi-Route Intelligent Traffic Systems, Int. J. Mod. Phys. C 21, 1081-1093 (2010).
C. F. Dong, X. Ma, and B. H. Wang, Advanced information feedback strategy in intelligent two-route traffic flow systems, Sci. China Info. Sci. 53, 2265 (2010).
C. F. Dong and X. Ma, Corresponding Angle Feedback in an Innovative Weighted Transportation System, Phys. Lett. A 374, 2417 (2010).
C. F. Dong, X. Ma, and B. H. Wang, Weighted congestion coefficient feedback in intelligent transportation systems, Phys. Lett. A 374, 1326 (2010).
C. F. Dong, X. Ma, B. H. Wang, and X. Y. Sun, Effects of Prediction Feedback in Multi-Route Intelligent Traffic Systems, Physica A 389, 3274 (2010). News Story: "Intelligent Traffic System Predicts Future Traffic Flow on Multiple Roads.", Phys.org. 12 Oct 2009.
C. F. Dong, X. Ma, G. W. Wang, X. Y. Sun, and B. H. Wang, Prediction feedback in intelligent traffic systems, Physica A 388, 4651 (2009).
C. F. Dong, W. G. Ma, R. Y. Zhang, L. Guo, and S. M. Wang, SUSY QCD impact on top-pair production associated with a Z-boson at a photon-photon collider, Commun. Theor. Phys. 52, 302 (2009). arXiv:0812.4728