Publications

More information on soft X-ray imaging and the CuPID mission can be found through the articles below:

Atz, E., Walsh, B., O’Brien, C., Collier, M., Berman, A., Billingsley, L., Blake, B., Broll, J., Chornay, D., Crain, W., Cragwell, T., Dobson, N., Kujawski, J., Kuntz, K., Naldoza, V., Nutter, R., Porter, F.S., Sibeck, D., Simms, K., Thomas, N., Turner, D.,  Weatherwax, A., Yousuff, A., Zosuls, A. (2022). The cusp plasma imaging detector (CuPID) cubesat observatory: Instrumentation. Review of Scientific Instruments, 93(6), 064504. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0085534

Walsh, B. M., Collier, M. R., Atz, E., Billingsley, L., Broll, J. M., Connor, H. K., et al. (2021). The Cusp Plasma Imaging Detector (CuPID) CubeSat Observatory: Mission overview. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 126, e2020JA029015. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JA029015

Connor, H. K., et al. (2021). Soft X‐ray and ENA Imaging of the Earth’s Dayside Magnetosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 126.3. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JA028816

Kuntz, K. D. (2019). Solar wind charge exchange: an astrophysical nuisance. The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 27(1), 1-71. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00159-018-0114-0

Sibeck, D.G., Allen, R., Aryan, H., Bodewits, D., Brandt, P., Branduardi-Raymont, G., Brown, G., Carter, J.A., Collado-Vega, Y.M., Collier, M.R. et al., (2018). Imaging plasma density structures in the soft x-rays generated by solar wind charge exchange with neutrals. Space Science Reviews, 214(4), pp.1-124.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-018-0504-7

Walsh, B.M., Collier, M.R., Kuntz, K.D., Porter, F.S., Sibeck, D.G., Snowden, S.L., Carter, J.A., Collado‐Vega, Y., Connor, H.K., Cravens, T.E. and Read, A.M., (2016). Wide field‐of‐view soft X‐ray imaging for solar wind‐magnetosphere interactions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 121(4), pp.3353-3361. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JA022348

Kuntz, K.D., Collado-Vega, Y.M., Collier, M.R., Connor, H.K., Cravens, T.E., Koutroumpa, D., Porter, F.S., Robertson, I.P., Sibeck, D.G., Snowden, S.L. and Thomas, N.E., (2015). The solar wind charge-exchange production factor for hydrogen. The Astrophysical Journal, 808(2), p.143. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/808/2/143

Collier, M. R., Porter, F. S., Sibeck, D. G., Carter, J. A., Chiao, M. P., Chornay, D. J., and Walsh, B. M. (2015). Invited article: first flight in space of a wide-field-of-view soft x-ray imager using lobster-eye optics: instrument description and initial flight results. Review of Scientific Instruments, 86(7), 071301. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4927259