Royal Society University Research Fellow Luca Franci

Senior Research Fellow

School: Engineering, Physics and Mathematics

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Key Publications

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Evolution of ion distribution functions in ionospheric plasmas perturbed by Alfvén waves, Recchiuti, D., Franci, L., Matteini, L., Papini, E., Battiston, R., Piersanti, M. 1 Apr 2026, In: Journal of Plasma Physics
Polytropic Analysis of Large-scale Compressive Fluctuations in the Solar Wind: Fluid and Kinetic Behavior, Ioannou, C., Nicolaou, G., Owen, C., Verscharen, D., Coburn, J., Franci, L. 1 Aug 2025, In: The Astrophysical Journal
Alfvénic fluctuations in the expanding solar wind: Formation and radial evolution of spherical polarization, Matteini, L., Tenerani, A., Landi, S., Verdini, A., Velli, M., Hellinger, P., Franci, L., Horbury, T., Papini, E., Stawarz, J. Mar 2024, In: Physics of Plasmas
Anisotropy of plasma turbulence at ion scales: Hall and pressure–strain effects, Hellinger, P., Verdini, A., Montagud-Camps, V., Franci, L., Papini, E., Matteini, L., Landi, S. Apr 2024, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics
Properties of an Interplanetary Shock Observed at 0.07 and 0.7 au by Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter, Trotta, D., Larosa, A., Nicolaou, G., Horbury, T., Matteini, L., Hietala, H., Blanco-Cano, X., Franci, L., Chen, C., Zhao, L., Zank, G., Cohen, C., Bale, S., Laker, R., Fargette, N., Valentini, F., Khotyaintsev, Y., Kieokaew, R., Raouafi, N., Davies, E., Vainio, R., Dresing, N., Kilpua, E., Karlsson, T., Owen, C., Wimmer-Schweingruber, R. 20 Feb 2024, In: The Astrophysical Journal
Temperature anisotropy instabilities driven by intermittent velocity shears in the solar wind, Opie, S., Verscharen, D., Chen, C., Owen, C., Isenberg, P., Sorriso-Valvo, L., Franci, L., Matteini, L. 1 Dec 2024, In: Journal of Plasma Physics
Turbulent Energy Conversion Associated With Kinetic Microinstabilities in Earth's Magnetosheath, Lewis, H., Stawarz, J., Matteini, L., Franci, L., Klein, K., Wicks, R., Salem, C., Horbury, T., Wang, J. 28 Dec 2024, In: Geophysical Research Letters
Magnetospheric Multiscale measurements of turbulent electric fields in earth's magnetosheath: How do plasma conditions influence the balance of terms in generalized Ohm's law?, Lewis, H., Stawarz, J., Franci, L., Matteini, L., Klein, K., Salem, C., Burch, J., Ergun, R., Giles, B., Russell, C., Lindqvist, P. 7 Aug 2023, In: Physics of Plasmas
A Case for Electron-Astrophysics, Verscharen, D., Wicks, R., Alexandrova, O., Bruno, R., Burgess, D., Chen, C., D’Amicis, R., De Keyser, J., de Wit, T., Franci, L., He, J., Henri, P., Kasahara, S., Khotyaintsev, Y., Klein, K., Lavraud, B., Maruca, B., Maksimovic, M., Plaschke, F., Poedts, S., Reynolds, C., Roberts, O., Sahraoui, F., Saito, S., Salem, C., Saur, J., Servidio, S., Stawarz, J., Štverák, Š., Told, D. 1 Dec 2022, In: Experimental Astronomy
Comparative Analysis of the Various Generalized Ohm's Law Terms in Magnetosheath Turbulence as Observed by Magnetospheric Multiscale, Stawarz, J., Matteini, L., Parashar, T., Franci, L., Eastwood, J., Gonzalez, C., Gingell, I., Burch, J., Ergun, R., Ahmadi, N., Giles, B., Gershman, D., Contel, O., Lindqvist, P., Russell, C., Strangeway, R., Torbert, R. Jan 2021, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics