Publications

Highlighted are key first author papers of myself and my group members, and their respective connection to the various aspects of Jupiter’s moons and their environments, using Europa as an example.

(***/** denotes my group members, *** for student, **  for postdoc)

Peer reviewed publications: 20

2026

20. Io and the Minor Jovian Moons – Prospects for JUICE. Tilmann Denk et al., including H.L.F. Huybrighs. Space Science Reviews. Accepted.

2025

19. Mercury’s Altered Magnetosphere during a Sub-Alfvénic ICME Event: MESSENGER Observations and Inferred Asymmetric Alfvén Wing Formation from Global MHD Simulations. Charles F. Bowers, Caitríona M. Jackman, Xianzhe Jia, Lina Z. Hadid, Weijie Sun, Laura A. Hayes, Ryan M. Dewey, Brandon Burkholder, Daragh M. Hollman, Sebastian Cervantes, Hans L. F. Huybrighs, Matthew J. Rutala. JGR Space Physics.

18. Energetic proton dropouts during the Juno flyby of Europa strongly depend on magnetic field perturbations. arXiv. H.L.F. Huybrighs, S. Cervantes**, P. Kollmann, C. Paranicas, C.F. Bowers, X. Cao,  M.K.G. Holmberg, C.M. Jackman, S. Brophy Lee, A. Blocker, E. Marchisio***. JGR Space Physics.

17. Energetic Ion Losses Observed During Juno’s Close Encounter With Europa.  G. Clark, B. H. Mauk, C. Paranicas, H. T. Smith, J. R. Szalay, P. Kollmann, F. Allegrini, R.W. Ebert, N. Krupp, L. H. Regoli, T. A. Nordheim, H. L. F. Huybrighs, S. Bolton. JGR Space Physics.

16. MESSENGER Observations of a Possible Alfvén Wing at Mercury Driven by a Low Alfvénic Mach Number ICME (open access). C.F. Bowers, C.M. Jackman, X. Jia, J.A. Slavin, J. Saur, M.K.G. Holmberg, R.M. Dewey, D. Heyner, F. Elekes, L.Z. Hadid, B. Lavraud, Y. Wang, H.L.F. Huybrighs, M.J. Rutala, A.R. Fogg, S. Brophy Lee and D.M. Hollman. JGR Space Physics.

15. Ionosphere of Ganymede: Galileo observations versus test particle simulation (open access). A. Beth, M. Galand, R. Modolo, X. Jia, F. Leblanc and H.L.F. Huybrighs. MNRAS.

14. Magnetosphere and Plasma Science with the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (open access). A. Masters et al., including H.L.F. Huybrighs. Space Science Reviews.

13. Mass supply from Io to Jupiter’s magnetosphere (open access). L. Roth et al., including H.L.F. Huybrighs. Space Science Reviews.

2024

12. Energetic proton losses reveal Io’s extended and longitudinally asymmetrical atmosphere. pdf. arXiv. H.L.F. Huybrighs, C.P.A. van Buchem***, A. Blöcker, V. Dols, C.F. Bowers, C.M. Jackman. JGR Space Physics.

11. Discovery of a Dust Sorting Process on Boulders Near the Reiner Gamma Swirl on the Moon (open access). Ottaviano Rüsch, Marcel Hess, Christian Wöhler, Valentin T. Bickel, Rachael M. Marshal, Markus Patzek, Hans L. F. Huybrighs. JGR Planets.

10. Surface charging of the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft in the solar wind at 1 AU. pdf. M.K.G. Holmberg, C.M. Jackman, M.G.G.T Taylor, O. Witasse, J.-E. Wahlund, S. Barabash, B. Michotte de Welle, H.L.F Huybrighs, C. Imhof, F. Cipriani, G.D.eprez, N. Altobelli. JGR Space Physics.

9. Characterization of the surfaces and near-surface atmospheres of Ganymede, Europa and Callisto by JUICE (open access). F. Tosi et al., including H.L.F. Huybrighs. Space Science Reviews.

2023

8. Europa’s perturbed fields and induced dipole affect energetic proton depletions during distant Alfvén wing flybys (open access). H.L.F. Huybrighs, A. Blöcker, E. Roussos, C. van Buchem***, Y. Futaana, M.K.G. Holmberg, C. Goetz, O. Witasse. JGR Space Physics. 2023.

7. In-situ detection of Europa’s water plumes is harder than previously thought (open access). R. Dayton-Oxland***, H.LF. Huybrighs, T. Winterhalder, A. Mahieux, D. Goldstein. Icarus. 2023.

2021

6. Assessing JUICE’s ability of in situ plume detection in Europa’s atmosphere (open access). T. Winterhalder*** and H.L.F. Huybrighs. Planetary and Space Science.

5. Reply to comment on “An Active Plume Eruption on Europa During Galileo Flyby E26 as Indicated by Energetic Proton Depletions” (free access). arXiv H.L.F. Huybrighs, E. Roussos, A. Blöcker, N. Krupp, Y. Futaana, S. Barabash, L.Z. Hadid, M.K.G. Holmberg, O. Witasse. Journal of Geophysical Research Letters.

4. Cassini-plasma interaction simulations revealing the Cassini ion wake characteristics: Implications for in-situ data analyses and ion temperature estimates (free access). M.K.G. Holmberg, F. Cipriani, T. Nilsson, S. Hess, H.L.F. Huybrighs, L.Z. Hadid, G. Déprez, R.J. Wilson, M.W. Morooka, M. Felici. JGR Space Physics.

2017-2020

3. An active plume eruption on Europa during Galileo flyby E26 as indicated by energetic proton depletions (open access). H.L.F. Huybrighs, E. Roussos, A. Blöcker, N. Krupp, Y. Futaana, S. Barabash, L.Z. Hadid, M.K.G. Holmberg, O. Lomax and O. Witasse. Journal of Geophysical Research Letters. 2020.

2. First 3D test particle model of Ganymede’s ionosphere. Preprint pdf.
G. Carnielli, M. Galand, F. Leblanc, L. Leclercq, R. Modolo, A. Beth, H.L.F. Huybrighs and X. Jia. Icarus. Volume 330, September 2019, Pages 42-59.

1. On the in-situ detectability of Europa’s water vapour plumes from a flyby mission. arXiv. Hans L.F. Huybrighs, Yoshifumi Futaana, Stanislav Barabash, Martin Wieser, Peter Wurz, Norbert Krupp, Karl-Heinz Glassmeier and Bert Vermeersen. Icarus. Volume 289, June 2017, Pages 270-280.

Other publications

A search for Europa’s atmosphere and plumes in Galileo charged particle data. PhD thesis. December 2018.