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Publications

Peer-reviewed papers

Published papers with DSP-affiliated co-authors, newest first. Department authors are highlighted; every title links to its DOI.

Year
20266 papers
01

Co-seismic infrasound in the ionosphere over Central Europe from the M8.8 Kamchatka 2025 earthquake observed by Doppler sounding at record heights

Chum, J., Mošna, Z., Base, J., Zedník, J., Schmidt, C., Hannawald, P., Rusz, J., Urbář, J., & Mackovjak, Š.

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics26(13), 9559–9569DOI →

02

POEMMA-Balloon with Radio: A multi-messenger, multi-detector balloon payload

Adams, J., Alfaro, J., Allard, D., et al. (POEMMA Collaboration, including Baláž, J., Mackovjak, Š., Strhárský, I.)

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics2026(07), 001DOI →

03

Driving the mid-latitude ionosphere from below: A statistical study using LOFAR

Wood, A., Mevius, M., Fallows, R. A., et al. (including Mackovjak, Š.)

Journal of Space Weather and Space ClimateIn pressDOI →

04

Experimental verification of the ESADOS heliocentric potential model using airborne measurements from the REFLECT2 flight

Ploc, O., Sommer, M., Kákona, M., Šlegl, J., Lužová, M., Velyčková, H., Ambrožová, I., Kákona, J., Dvořák, R., Olšovcová, V., Stránský, V., Versaci, R., Horváth, D., Kubančák, J., Langer, R., Trompier, F., & Kodaira, S.

Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids181(1–2), 80–91DOI →

05

Dataset of quiet space weather periods for ionospheric studies

Mackovjak, Š., Kostárová, S., Chum, J., Schmidt, C., Hannawald, P., Wüst, S., Küchelbacher, L., Truhlík, V., Koucká Knížová, P., Urbář, J., Randuška, L., Štempel, F., & Kubančák, J.

Earth and Space Science13(4), e2025EA004537DOI →

06

Solar corona structures detection and segmentation using deep neural networks: A survey

Butka, P., Sarnovský, M., Kresňáková, V., Mackovjak, Š., & Kalisková, L.

IEEE Access14, 8197–8214DOI →

20258 papers
01

Combining solar imagery and in situ data for prediction of geomagnetic storms

Majirský, A., Mackovjak, Š., Kostárová, S., Magli, E., Butka, P., & Longépé, N.

The Astrophysical Journal995(1), 50DOI →

02

Approximation of daily AMS-02 spectra with machine learning methods

Nguyen, M., Bobík, P., & Genči, J.

Journal of Geophysical Research: Machine Learning and Computation2(4), e2025JH000676DOI →

03

First reported detection of a winter continental gamma-ray glow in Europe

Šlegl, J., Sokol, Z., Pešice, P., Langer, R., Strhárský, I., Popová, J., Kákona, M., Ambrožová, I., & Ploc, O.

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics25(15), 8443–8454DOI →

04

Synergy of traditional techniques and convolutional neural networks for classification of cloudless conditions by all-sky imagers

Mackovjak, Š., Martinis, C., Wroten, J., Baumgardner, J., & Mendillo, M.

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific137(4), 045004DOI →

05

Measurements with angular sensitive electric field mill in thunderstorms

Kákona, M., Kákona, J., Dvořák, R., Ambrožová, I., Velychko, O., Lužová, M., Šlegl, J., Sommer, M., Hanousek, V., Langer, R., Štefánik, S., & Ploc, O.

Journal of Physics: Conference Series2985(1), 012014DOI →

06

BIOSPHERE measurement campaign from January 2024 to March 2024 and in May 2024: Effects of the solar events on the radiation belts, UV radiation and ozone in the atmosphere

Pierrard, V., Bolsée, D., Winant, A., et al. (including Langer, R.)

AIMS Geosciences11(1), 117–154DOI →

07

Extreme space weather events of the past 30 years: Preparation for data from mission Vigil

Majirský, A., Mackovjak, Š., Kostárová, S., & Amrich, S.

Earth and Space Science12(2), e2024EA003937DOI →

08

Analysis of 42 years of cosmic ray measurements by the neutron monitor at Lomnický štít Observatory

Kisvárdai, I., Štempel, F., Randuška, L., Mackovjak, Š., Langer, R., Strhárský, I., & Kubančák, J.

Earth and Space Science12(1), e2024EA003656DOI →

20245 papers
01

Extensive survey on radiocarbon dating of organic inclusions in medieval mortars in the Czech Republic

Pachnerová Brabcová, K., Kundrát, P., Krofta, T., Suchý, V., Petrová, M., John, D., Kozlovcev, P., Kotková, K., Fialová, A., Kubančák, J., Válek, J., & Svetlik, I.

Radiocarbon66(6), 1683–1693DOI →

02

The Forbush decrease observed by the SEVAN particle detector network in the 25th solar activity cycle

Karapetyan, T., Chilingarian, A., Hovsepyan, G., Martoyan, H., Sargsyan, B., Langer, R., Chum, J., Nikolova, N., Angelov, H., Haas, D., Knapp, J., Walter, M., Ploc, O., Šlegl, J., Kákona, M., & Ambrožová, I.

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics262, 106305DOI →

03

Solar cycle signatures in lightning activity

Chum, J., Langer, R., Kolmašová, I., Lhotka, O., Rusz, J., & Strhárský, I.

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics24(16), 9119–9130DOI →

04

SDE method for cosmic rays modulation in the heliosphere: statistical error and solution uniqueness

Mykhailenko, V., Nguyen, M., Solanik, M., Genči, J., Kolesnyk, Y., & Bobík, P.

Computer Physics Communications296, 109026DOI →

05

EUSO-SPB1 mission and science

Abdellaoui, G., et al. (JEM-EUSO Collaboration, including Baláž, J., Bobík, P., Mackovjak, Š., Pastirčák, B., Putiš, M., Strhárský, I.)

Astroparticle Physics154, 102891DOI →

20234 papers
01

Developments and results in the context of the JEM-EUSO program obtained with the ESAF simulation and analysis framework

Abe, S., Adams, J. H., Allard, D., et al. (JEM-EUSO Collaboration, including Bobík, P., Mackovjak, Š., Pastirčák, B., Putiš, M.)

The European Physical Journal C83, 1028DOI →

02

Geliosphere – parallel CPU and GPU based models of cosmic ray modulation in the heliosphere

Solanik, M., Bobík, P., & Genči, J.

Computer Physics Communications291, 108847DOI →

03

Radiocarbon dating of mortar charcoals from romanesque Southern Corridor, Prague Castle

Kundrát, P., Maříková-Kubková, J., Herichová, I., Tomanová, P., Petrová, M., Tecl, J., Kozlovcev, P., Kotková, K., Fialová, A., Kubančák, J., Válek, J., & Svetlik, I.

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry332(5), 1469–1474DOI →

04

Neutrino propagation in the Earth and emerging charged leptons with nuPyProp

Garg, D., Patel, S., Reno, M. H., et al. (including Mackovjak, Š.)

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics2023(01), 041DOI →

20226 papers
01

Inner southern magnetosphere observation of Mercury via SERENA ion sensors in BepiColombo mission

Orsini, S., Milillo, A., Lichtenegger, H., et al. (SERENA instrument team on BepiColombo, including Baláž, J.)

Nature Communications13, 7390DOI →

02

Spectrometry of high-energy photons on high mountain observatory Lomnický štít during thunderstorms

Šlegl, J., Langer, R., Brunclík, T., Mašek, P., Strhárský, I., Ambrožová, I., Chum, J., & Ploc, O.

Radiation Protection Dosimetry198(9–11), 623–627DOI →

03

COR system: A tool to evaluate cosmic ray trajectories in the Earth's magnetosphere

Gecášek, D., Bobík, P., Genči, J., Villim, J., & Vaško, M.

Advances in Space Research70(4), 1153–1168DOI →

04

Continental thunderstorm ground enhancement observed at an exceptionally low altitude

Kolmašová, I., Santolík, O., Šlegl, J., Popová, J., Sokol, Z., Zacharov, P., Ploc, O., Diendorfer, G., Langer, R., Lán, R., & Strhárský, I.

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics22(12), 7959–7973DOI →

05

A review of the EUSO-Balloon pathfinder for the JEM-EUSO program

Adams, J. H., Jr., Ahmad, S., Allard, D., et al. (JEM-EUSO Collaboration, including Bobík, P., Mackovjak, Š., Putiš, M.)

Space Science Reviews218, 3DOI →

06

Statistical error for cosmic rays modulation evaluated by SDE backward in time method for 1D model

Mykhailenko, V., & Bobík, P.

Fluids7(2), 46DOI →

20219 papers
01

Design and construction of hardware and software for autonomous observations of Transient Luminous Events

Amrich, S., Mackovjak, Š., Strhárský, I., Baláž, J., & Hančikovský, M.

Journal of Instrumentation16(12), T12016DOI →

02

Automatic detection of atmospherics and tweek atmospherics in radio spectrograms based on a deep learning approach

Maslej-Krešňáková, V., Kundrát, A., Mackovjak, Š., Butka, P., Jaščur, S., Kolmašová, I., & Santolík, O.

Earth and Space Science8(11), e2021EA002007DOI →

03

SCSS-Net: Solar corona structures segmentation by deep learning

Mackovjak, Š., Harman, M., Maslej-Krešňáková, V., & Butka, P.

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society508(3), 3111–3124DOI →

04

Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 1 calibration: From the laboratory to the desert

Adams, J. H., Jr., Allen, L., Bachman, R., et al. (EUSO-SPB1/JEM-EUSO Collaboration, including Mackovjak, Š.)

Experimental Astronomy52(1–2), 125–140DOI →

05

Influence of solar wind on secondary cosmic rays and atmospheric electricity

Chum, J., Kollárik, M., Kolmašová, I., Langer, R., Rusz, J., Saxonbergová, D., & Strhárský, I.

Frontiers in Earth Science9, 671801DOI →

06

The POEMMA (Probe of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics) observatory

Olinto, A. V., Krizmanic, J., Adams, J. H., et al. (POEMMA Collaboration, including Mackovjak, Š.)

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics2021(06), 007DOI →

07

Data-driven modeling of atomic oxygen airglow over a period of three solar cycles

Mackovjak, Š., Varga, M., Hrivňak, S., Palkoci, O., & Didebulidze, G. G.

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics126(3), e2020JA028991DOI →

08

Estimation of the modulation level of cosmic rays at high energies

Bobík, P., Putiš, M., Kolesnyk, Y. L., & Shakhov, B. A.

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society503(3), 3386–3393DOI →

09

SERENA: Particle instrument suite for determining the Sun-Mercury interaction from BepiColombo

Orsini, S., Livi, S. A., Lichtenegger, H., et al. (SERENA instrument team on BepiColombo, including Baláž, J.)

Space Science Reviews217(1), 11DOI →


Projects

Funded research

Awarded contracts and grants with DSP as prime contractor, partner or co-investigator, newest first. Grouped by funding source; expand a project for its full record.

Funding
ESAEuropean Space Agency · 13 awarded contracts since 2016
SWE TOOLKITS2-SW-06D: Solar and Heliospheric Weather Toolkit DevelopmentS2P2026–2028

Activity typeR&D activity

Our roleSub-contractor

Principal investigatorŠ. Mackovjak

Contract No.—

PartnersRoyal Observatory of Belgium · University of Genoa · ONERA · Augura Space · Mullard Space Science Laboratory · Technical University of Košice · Global Singularity

ESADOSESA Support for Aircrew Dosimetry ServicesRPA · SK RPA 22025–2026

Activity typePreparatory activity

Our rolePrime contractor

Principal investigatorJ. Kubančák

Contract No.—

PartnersNuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences

SCSS-NetSolar Corona Structures Segmentation algorithm by deep neural networksRPA · SK RPA 12024–2026

Activity typeResearch activity

Our roleSub-contractor

Principal investigatorŠ. Mackovjak

Contract No.4000143601/24/NL/MH/mp

PartnersTechnical University of Košice · Royal Observatory of Belgium

QUID-REGISQuiet Ionospheric Disturbances — REsearch based on Ground-based mesospheric and Ionospheric data with Swarm dataFutureEO2024–2026

Activity typeSpace science

Our roleSub-contractor

Principal investigatorŠ. Mackovjak

Contract No.4000143632/24/I-EB

PartnersDLR — German Aerospace Center · Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences

Vigil-MLStudy toward enhancing reliability and timeliness of Vigil mission predictions through Machine LearningRPA · SK RPA 12023–2025

Activity typeSpace science

Our rolePrime contractor

Principal investigatorŠ. Mackovjak

Contract No.4000142780/23/NL/MH/mp

PartnersPolitecnico di Torino

SK-S2P-EduProposal for Slovak universities curriculum adaptation toward S2P marketPECS · SK PECS 72023–2024

Activity typeEducational activity

Our roleSub-contractor

Principal investigatorŠ. Mackovjak

Contract No.4000136672/21/NL/SC

PartnersTechnical University of Košice · Comenius University Bratislava

ASPISFeasibility study of data-driven Autonomous Service for Prediction of Ionospheric ScintillationsPECS · SK PECS 62022–2023

Activity typeResearch activity

Our rolePrime contractor

Principal investigatorŠ. Mackovjak

Contract No.4000137046/22/NL/SC

PartnersTechnical University of Košice · GlobalLogic Slovakia

SK-S2PSlovakia National Space Safety Programme (S2P) StudyTop-down2021–2022

Activity typePreparatory activity

Our roleSub-contractor

Principal investigatorŠ. Mackovjak

Contract No.4000136251/21/D/AP

PartnersAstros Solutions · Comenius University Bratislava · Astronomical Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences

SIRENSIREN Space Ionizing Radiation Experts NurseryPECS · SK PECS 52020–2022

Activity typeEducational activity

Our rolePrime contractor

Principal investigatorJ. Kubančák

Contract No.—

Partners—

SPACE::LABPlace to attract, educate and involve young generation in space science and engineeringPECS · SK PECS 32018–2020

Activity typeEducational activity

Our rolePrime contractor

Principal investigatorŠ. Mackovjak

Contract No.4000125987/18/NL/SC

Partners—

JUICESlovak contribution to ESA-JUICE mission: Development of the Anti-Coincidence Module (ACM) for the Particle Environment Package (PEP)PECS · SK PECS 32018–2021

Activity typeFlight hardware

Our rolePrime contractor

Principal investigatorJ. Baláž

Contract No.—

Partners—

AMON-netFollow-up of feasibility study to observe ionospheric disturbances by airglow monitoring networkPECS · SK PECS 22018–2024

Activity typeR&D activity

Our rolePrime contractor

Principal investigatorŠ. Mackovjak

Contract No.4000125330/18/NL/SC

Partners—

One-pixelFeasibility study to observe ionospheric disturbances by one pixel UV detectorPECS · SK PECS 12016–2018

Activity typePreparatory activity

Our rolePrime contractor

Principal investigatorP. Bobík

Contract No.4000117740/16/NL/NDe

Partners—

EUEuropean Union · nationally administered instruments
OPENLABS SAVRozvoj konceptu otvorenej výskumnej infraštruktúry SAV pre aplikovaný výskum v podmienkach SRProgramme Slovakia 2021–2027 · ERDF2026–2029

InstrumentProgramme Slovakia 2021–2027 (European Regional Development Fund)

Project No. / ITMS codeTo be confirmed

Our roleTo be confirmed

Principal investigatorTo be confirmed

PartnersTo be confirmed

DurationTo be confirmed

Open-access research infrastructure — a dedicated space at Lomnický štít where partner institutions and companies can install and operate their own instruments, with site, infrastructure and operational support provided by the department.

STEPHANIKSlovak Technical Ecosphere PlatformRecovery & Resilience Plan · TIKto 2027

InstrumentRecovery and Resilience Plan of the Slovak Republic (NextGenerationEU), Transformation and Innovation Consortium (TIK) scheme

Activity typeTechnology development and capacity building

Our roleConsortium member

Grantapprox. €16 million

Principal investigatorTo be confirmed

Websitestephanik.eu

An industry–academia consortium building Slovakia's first fully domestically developed modular satellite — a platform of more than 150 kg, compatible with Europe's future responsive space systems. Alongside the flight hardware, the project establishes shared research facilities and cleanrooms in three Slovak cities and trains 100+ specialists in space technology. Satellite launch is targeted for 2029.

VEGAScientific Grant Agency of MŠVVaŠ SR and SAS · 9 DSP-led grants, 2010–2027
2/0xxx/yyStudy of high-energy cosmic-ray particles from space and their interaction with the Earth's atmosphere using neutrino telescopesB. Pastirčák2025–2027

Grant No.To be confirmed

Our roleLead workplace

2/0xxx/yyInterdisciplinary applications of cosmic rays observation and research in the laboratory of the Institute of Experimental Physics SAS at the Lomnický štít observatoryJ. Kubančák2022–2024

Grant No.To be confirmed

Our roleLead workplace

2/0xxx/yyCosmic rays in the heliosphere with the termination shock and the heliosheathP. Bobík2020–2022

Grant No.To be confirmed

Our roleLead workplace

2/0155/18Solar energetic particles from solar flares — multi-point observations from the Sun to Lomnický štítŠ. Mackovjak2018–2021

Grant No.2/0155/18

Our roleLead workplace

2/0xxx/yyAnalysis of EUSO-SPB, Mini-EUSO and ground UV detector experiment measurementsP. Bobík2017–2019

Grant No.To be confirmed

Our roleLead workplace

2/0xxx/yySatellite detectors for space physics researchJ. Baláž2016–2018

Grant No.To be confirmed

Our roleLead workplace

2/0xxx/yyCosmic rays modulation in the heliosphereP. Bobík2013–2015

Grant No.To be confirmed

Our roleLead workplace

2/0xxx/yyDevelopment of space energetic particle detectors for scientific satellites and support of the space technology infrastructure at the Institute of Experimental Physics SASJ. Baláž2013–2015

Grant No.To be confirmed

Our roleLead workplace

2/0xxx/yySpectrometry of space energetic particles on board scientific spacecraftJ. Baláž2010–2012

Grant No.To be confirmed

Our roleLead workplace

OthersONR · bilateral mobility · SAS MVTS
ONRThe role of cosmic rays in cloud formationUS Office of Naval Research2025–2027

Project No.To be confirmed

Our roleTo be confirmed

Principal investigatorP. Bobík

PartnersTo be confirmed

Mobility SK–CZStudy of dynamics in the interface region between space and the Earth's atmosphereBilateral scheme2023–2024

Project No.CAS-SAS-2022-07

Our roleSlovak partner

Principal investigatorŠ. Mackovjak

PartnersInstitute of Atmospheric Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences

MVTS JEM-EUSOExtreme Universe Space Observatory onboard the Japanese Experiment ModuleSAS · MVTS2010–2021

Project No.To be confirmed

Our roleTo be confirmed

Principal investigatorP. Bobík

PartnersJEM-EUSO international collaboration


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