Alexandr Afanasiev

- Senior Research Fellow,
Space Research Laboratory (Department of Physics and Astronomy)

alexandr.afanasiev@utu.fi

ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9325-6758

Publications

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Electron Acceleration Simulations (EASI): An open-source tool to simulate electron acceleration in shocks (2026)
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
Nyberg, Seve; Vuorinen, Laura; Afanasiev, Alexandr; Annie John, Lidiya; Vainio, Rami
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Long Duration Gamma-Ray Flares: The Number Problem (2026)
- Solar Physics
Vainio, Rami; Afanasiev, Alexandr; Gopalswamy, Nat; Jin, Meng; Mäkelä, Pertti; Ryan, James
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Predicting Solar Energetic Particles: Solar Storm Watch - Preparing for Space Odyssey (2025)
- Space Science Reviews
Papaioannou, Athanasios; Strauss, Roelf Du Toit; Lario, David; Vainio, Rami; Wijsen, Nicolas; Afanasiev, Alexander; Anastasiadis, Anastasios; Kouloumvakos, Athanasios
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
Shock and SEP Modeling Study for the 2022 September 5 SEP Event (2025)
- Astrophysical Journal
Kouloumvakos, A.; Wijsen, N.; Jebaraj, I. C.; Afanasiev, A.; Lario, D.; Cohen, C. M. S.; Riley, P.; Mitchell, D. G.; Ding, Z.; Vourlidas, A.; Giacalone, J.; Chen, X.; Hill, M. E.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Towards advanced forecasting of solar energetic particle events with the PARASOL model (2025)
- Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate
Afanasiev, Alexandr; Wijsen, Nicolas; Vainio, Rami
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
Acceleration of Electrons and Ions by an ``Almost'' Astrophysical Shock in the Heliosphere (2024)
- Astrophysical Journal Letters
Jebaraj, Immanuel Christopher; Agapitov, Oleksiy; Krasnoselskikh, Vladimir; Vuorinen, Laura; Gedalin, Michael; Choi, Kyung-Eun; Palmerio, Erika; Wijsen, Nicolas; Dresing, Nina; Cohen, Christina; Kouloumvakos, Athanasios; Balikhin, Michael; Vainio, Rami; Kilpua, Emilia; Afanasiev, Alexandr; Verniero, Jaye; Mitchell, John Grant; Trotta, Domenico; Hill, Matthew; Raouafi, Nour; Bale, Stuart D.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Effects of adiabatic focusing and free-escape boundaries in coronal shock acceleration (2024)
- Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate
Annie John, Lidiya; Nyberg, Seve; Vuorinen, Laura; Vainio, Rami; Afanasiev, Alexandr; Poedts, Stefaan; Wijsen, Nicolas
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Energetic seed particles in self-consistent particle acceleration modeling at interplanetary shock waves (2024)
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
Nyberg, S.; Vuorinen, L.; Afanasiev, A.; Trotta, D.; Vainio, R.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
On the role of interplanetary shocks in accelerating MeV electrons (2023)
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
Talebpour Sheshvan N, Dresing N, Vainio R, Afanasiev A, Morosan DE
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Self-consistent modeling of the energetic storm particle event of November 10, 2012 (2023)
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
Afanasiev Alexandr, Vainio Rami, Trotta Domenico, Nyberg Seve, Talebpour Sheshvan Nasrin, Hietala Heli, Dresing Nina
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)