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P. A. Cassak

West Virginia University ORCID

281

Works

7,068

Citations

45

h-index

97

i10-index

Research Topics

Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Magnetic confinement fusion research

Affiliations

West Virginia University2008–2025

Southwest Research Institute2016–2016

Charles River Laboratories (Netherlands)2016–2016

University of Arizona1997–2005

University of New Hampshire2016–2016

Top Works

Electron-scale measurements of magnetic reconnection in space

J. L. Burch,R. B. Torbert,et al.

2016705 citations

Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies

Astro and Planetary Science

Scaling of asymmetric magnetic reconnection: General theory and collisional simulations

P. A. Cassak,M. A. Shay

2007494 citations

Electron magnetic reconnection without ion coupling in Earth’s turbulent magnetosheath

T. D. Phan,J. P. Eastwood,et al.

2018381 citations

Magnetic Reconnection in Two-Dimensional Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence

S. Servidio,W. H. Matthaeus,et al.

2009252 citations

Turbulent Magnetic Reconnection

P. A. Cassak,J. F. Drake,et al.

2003247 citations

Ion heating resulting from pickup in magnetic reconnection exhausts

J. F. Drake,M. Swisdak,et al.

2009199 citations

A MAGNETIC RECONNECTION MECHANISM FOR ION ACCELERATION AND ABUNDANCE ENHANCEMENTS IN IMPULSIVE FLARES

J. F. Drake,P. A. Cassak,et al.

2009185 citations

Catastrophe Model for Fast Magnetic Reconnection Onset

P. A. Cassak,M. A. Shay,et al.

2005160 citations

Magnetic Reconnection in the Space Sciences: Past, Present, and Future

M. Hesse,P. A. Cassak

2019158 citations