Research

Publications

Peer-reviewed papers

1. 2026
   Cranmer, S. R. & Gilly, C. R. “Testing Theories of Solar Coronal Heating with Three-dimensional Forward Modeling.” The Astrophysical Journal, 1008, 49.
   doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae8f30
2. 2026
   Molnar, M. E., Morton, R., Paraschiv, A., Gilly, C. R., et al. “Ubiquitous High-frequency Waves and Disturbances in the Active Region Corona Observed with Cryo-NIRSP.” The Astrophysical Journal, 999, 34.
   doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae3da1
3. 2026
   Allen, R. C., Gallardo‐Lacourt, B., Raptis, S., Gilly, C. R., et al. “State of the Early Career Profession in Space Physics and Aeronomy: Climatological Survey Results.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 131, e2026JA035166.
   doi:10.1029/2026JA035166
4. 2025
   Gilly, C. R. & Cranmer, S. R. “Visualization of High Dynamic Range Solar Imagery and the Radial Histogram Equalizing Filter.” Solar Physics, 300, 174.
   doi:10.1007/s11207-025-02578-x · RHEF tool
5. 2024
   Lowder, C., Gilly, C. R., & DeForest, C. “Field Line Universal relaXer (FLUX): A Fluxon Approach to Coronal Magnetic Field Modeling.” The Astrophysical Journal, 965, 13.
   doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ad2845
6. 2023
   Cranmer, S. R., Chhiber, R., Gilly, C. R., et al. “The Sun’s Alfvén Surface: Recent Insights and Prospects for the Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH).” Solar Physics, 298, 126.
   doi:10.1007/s11207-023-02218-2
7. 2023
   West, M. J., Seaton, D. B., Wexler, D. B., et al. (12th of 42 authors, incl. Gilly, C. R.) “Defining the Middle Corona.” Solar Physics, 298, 78.
   doi:10.1007/s11207-023-02170-1
8. 2022
   Rivera, Y. J., Higginson, A., Lepri, S. T., et al. (15th of 17 authors, incl. Gilly, C. R.) “Deciphering the birth region, formation, and evolution of ambient and transient solar wind using heavy ion observations.” Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 9, 1056347.
   doi:10.3389/fspas.2022.1056347
9. 2020
   Gilly, C. R. & Cranmer, S. R. “The Effect of Solar Wind Expansion and Nonequilibrium Ionization on the Broadening of Coronal Emission Lines.” The Astrophysical Journal, 901, 150.
   doi:10.3847/1538-4357/abb1ad · PDF · ADS · arXiv
10. 2015
    Fayock, B., Zank, G. P., Heerikhuisen, J., Gilbert, C. R., & Scherer, K. “Lyman-alpha Radiation Pressure in the Heliosphere: Results from a 3D Monte Carlo Radiative Transfer Simulation.” Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 642, 012007.
    doi:10.1088/1742-6596/642/1/012007

White papers and preprints

1. 2023
   Seaton, D., West, M., Wexler, D., Gilly, C. R., et al. “A Strategy to Close Key Questions about the Middle Solar Corona During this Decade.” Bulletin of the AAS (Heliophysics 2024 Decadal white paper), 55(3).
   doi:10.3847/25c2cfeb.9a8b139f
2. 2023
   Mason, J. P., Bintsi, K. M., Gilly, C. R., et al. “Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Enhance the Science Return of 4π Solar Constellations.” Bulletin of the AAS (Heliophysics 2024 Decadal white paper), 55(3).
   doi:10.3847/25c2cfeb.aa5f09f6
3. 2023
   Mason, J. P., Chamberlin, P. C., Dissauer, K., et al. (6th of 13 authors, incl. Gilly, C. R.) “Uninterrupted Tracking of Coronal Mass Ejections.” Bulletin of the AAS (Heliophysics 2024 Decadal white paper), 55(3).
   doi:10.3847/25c2cfeb.8c8b4e8c
4. 2023
   Mason, E. I., Rivera, Y. J., Alterman, B. L., et al. (8th of 8 authors, incl. Gilly, C. R.) “Enabling Critical Solar Wind Research via Consistent, Comprehensive Inner Heliosphere Data Coverage.” Bulletin of the AAS (Heliophysics 2024 Decadal white paper), 55(3).
   doi:10.3847/25c2cfeb.d070989e
5. 2023
   Chen, B., Kooi, J. E., Wexler, D. B., et al. (14th of 16 authors, incl. Gilly, C. R.) “Radio Studies of the Middle Corona: Current State and New Prospects in the Next Decade.” arXiv.
   doi:10.48550/ARXIV.2301.12183

Thesis

1. 2022
   Gilly, C. R. “Spectroscopic Analysis and Image Processing of the Optically-Thin Solar Corona.” PhD dissertation, Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder.
   Full PDF · ProQuest

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