Scientific Publications

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Scientific Publications

  • Civiš, S., Knížek, A., Rimmer, P., Ferus, M., Kubelík, P., Zukalová, M., Kavan, L., Chatzitheodoridis, E., Formation of Methane and (Per)Chlorates on Mars, 2018, 2019, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 3, 2, 221-232, DOI:10.1021/acsearthspacechem.8b00104.
  • Civiš, C., Knížek, A., Ivanek, O., Kubelík, P., Zukalová, M., Kavan, L., Ferus, M., The Origin of Methane and Biomolecules from a CO2 Cycle on Terrestrial Planets, 2017, Nature Astronomy, 1, 721–726, DOI:10.1038/s41550-017-0260-8.
  • Gillmann, C., Constantinou, T., Scherf, M., Lammer, H., Gillmann, K., Veil or Shroud: two tales of the atmospheric evolution of Venus, 2026, in book “Venus as an abode for life”, Wiley, submitted.
  • Kane, S. R., Bott, Kimberly M., Goodis Gordon, K. E., Miles, E. L., Ostberg, C. M., Byrne, P. K., Carone, L., Daylan, T., García Muñoz, A., Harada, C. K., Hu, R., Izenberg, N.. R., Kohler, E., Rice, M., Sagynbayeva, S., Scherf, M., Schwieterman, E. W., Woitke, P., Imaging Venus-like Worlds: Spectral, Polarimetric, and UV Diagnostics for the Habitable Worlds Observatory, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 138, 2, 024404, 2026, DOI:10.1088/1538-3873/ae417d.
  • Kislyakova, K. G. , Sasunov, J. L., Raorane, A., Van Looveren, G., Macdonald, E. J. R., Johnstone, C. P., Müller, L., Boro Saikia, S., Metodieva, Y., Scherf, M., Lammer, H., Modeling Cold Ion Atmospheric Escape with KISEL: The Key Role of the Ambipolar Electric Field, 2026, JGR Space Physics, resubmitted
  • Kubyshkina, D., Way, M. J., Dandouras, I., Lammer, H., Lanza, A.F., Lingam, M., Nakamura, R., Persson, M., Scherf, M., Seki, K., Upper Atmosphere Dynamics and Drivers of Volatiles Loss from Terrestrial-Type (Exo)Planets, Space Science Reviews, 222, 3, 28, 2026, DOI:10.1007/s11214-026-01283-w.
  • Lammer, H., Scherf, M., Erkaev, N. V., Kubyshkina, D., Gorbunova, K. D., Fossati, L., Woitke, P., Earth-mass planets with He atmospheres in the habitable zone of Sun-like stars, Nature Astronomy, 9, 1022, 2025, DOI:10.1038/s41550-025-02550-6.
  • Mráziková, K., Knížek, A., Saeidfirozeh H., Petera, L., Civiš, S., Saija, F., Cassone, G., Rimmer, P., Ferus, M., A Novel Abiotic Pathway for Phosphine Synthesis over Acidic Dust in Venus’ Atmosphere, 2024, Astrobiology, 24, 4, DOI:10.1089/ast.2023.0046.
  • Scherf, M., Krauss, S., Tsurikov, G., Strasser, A., Shematovich, V., Bisikalo, D., Lammer, H., Güdel, M., & Möstl, C., The impact of electron precipitation on Earth’s thermospheric NO production and the drag of LEO satellites, Annales Geophysicae, 44, 209–225, 2026, DOI:10.5194/angeo-44-209-2026.
  • Scherf, M., Constantinou, T., Rimmer, P., Woitke, P., Ferus, M., Lammer, H., Cassone, G., Weichbold, F., Eminger, P., Němečková, K., Kačina, J., 2026, The rainout of formaldehyde favors a formose-based origin of life in shallow ponds, 2026 Nature Communications, in review, DOI:10.21203/rs.3.rs-8852020/v1.
  • Steinmeyer, M.-L., Noack, L., Baumeister, P., Hamano, K., Way, M.J., Breuer, D., Seki, K., Brachmann, C., Gaillard, F., Scherf, M., Berdyugina, S.V., Demory, B.-O., Evolution and observable properties of rocky planet atmospheres, 2026, Space Science Reviews, under revision.
  • Weichbold, F., Schmid, D., Lammer, H., Volwerk, M., Scherf, M., Erkaev, N. V., Varsani, A., Simon Wedlund, C., and Mazelle, C., Characterization of Mercury’s Atomic and Molecular Hydrogen Exosphere and the First Detection of H2 Ions, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets), 131, 3, e2025JE009197, 2026, doi:10.1029/2025JE009197.
  • Weichbold, F., Lammer, H., Scherf, M., Schmid, D., Simon Wedlund, C., Volwerk, M., Mazelle, C., Stenberg-Wieser, G., Constatinou, T., Futaana, Y., Woitke, P., Ferus, M., Baumjohann, W., Barabash, S., Delva, M., Eminger, P., Helling, C., Jarosikova, A., Jernej, I., Kacina, J., Lichtenegger, H. I. M., Magnes, W., Nakamura, R., Nemeckova, K., Rimmer, P., Varsani, A., Vörös, Z., & Zhang, T., First Detection of Deuterium in Venus’s Extended Exosphere, 2026, Nature Communications, 2026, under review, DOI:10.21203/rs.3.rs-7720153/v1.
  • Woitke, P., Scherf, M., Helling, C., Rimmer, P., Ferus, M., Lammer, H., Weichbold, F., Němečková, K., Eminger, P., Kačina, J., Constantinou, T., Prediction of Sulfate Hazes in the Lower Venus Atmosphere, The Planetary Science Journal, 6, 9, 225, 2025, DOI:10.3847/PSJ/ae00bf.