Results

What our work produces

Peer-reviewed publications, funded projects, open datasets and conference contributions — the public record of the department's research.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Journal of Space Weather and Space ClimateIn pressDOI →

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.

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

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

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.

Dataset of quiet space weather periods for ionospheric studies

Earth and Space Science13(4), e2025EA004537DOI →

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

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

IEEE Access14, 8197–8214DOI →

20258 papers

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

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

The Astrophysical Journal995(1), 50DOI →

Nguyen, M., Bobík, P., & Genči, J.

Approximation of daily AMS-02 spectra with machine learning methods

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Measurements with angular sensitive electric field mill in thunderstorms

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

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

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

AIMS Geosciences11(1), 117–154DOI →

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

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

Earth and Space Science12(2), e2024EA003937DOI →

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

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

Earth and Space Science12(1), e2024EA003656DOI →

20245 papers

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.

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

Radiocarbon66(6), 1683–1693DOI →

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.

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

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

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

Solar cycle signatures in lightning activity

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

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

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

Computer Physics Communications296, 109026DOI →

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

EUSO-SPB1 mission and science

Astroparticle Physics154, 102891DOI →

20234 papers

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

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

The European Physical Journal C83, 1028DOI →

Solanik, M., Bobík, P., & Genči, J.

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

Computer Physics Communications291, 108847DOI →

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.

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

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

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

Neutrino propagation in the Earth and emerging charged leptons with nuPyProp

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

20226 papers

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

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

Nature Communications13, 7390DOI →

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Continental thunderstorm ground enhancement observed at an exceptionally low altitude

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

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

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

Space Science Reviews218, 3DOI →

Mykhailenko, V., & Bobík, P.

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

Fluids7(2), 46DOI →

20219 papers

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

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

Journal of Instrumentation16(12), T12016DOI →

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

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

Earth and Space Science8(11), e2021EA002007DOI →

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

SCSS-Net: Solar corona structures segmentation by deep learning

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

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

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

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

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

Influence of solar wind on secondary cosmic rays and atmospheric electricity

Frontiers in Earth Science9, 671801DOI →

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Estimation of the modulation level of cosmic rays at high energies

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

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

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

Space Science Reviews217(1), 11DOI →

Projects

Funded research

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Funding

ESAEuropean Space Agency · 13 awarded contracts since 2016

SWE TOOLKITS2-SW-06D: Solar and Heliospheric Weather Toolkit DevelopmentS2P2026–2028Kick-off

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 22025–2026Ongoing

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 12024–2026Completed

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 dataFutureEO2024–2026Completed

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 12023–2025Completed

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 72023–2024Completed

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 62022–2023Completed

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-down2021–2022Completed

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 52020–2022Completed

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 32018–2020Completed

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 32018–2021Completed

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 22018–2024Completed

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 12016–2018Completed

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 · ERDF2026–2029Ongoing

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 2027Ongoing

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 · to be added

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Grant No.2/0xxx/yy

Our roleLead workplace / Co-investigating workplace

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Co-investigating institutions—

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OthersAPVV · SAS schemes · bilateral and contract research · to be added

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AgencyAPVV — Slovak Research and Development Agency

Project No.APVV-xx-xxxx

Our roleApplicant / Co-applicant

Principal investigatorInitial + surname

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Agency / programmeSAS internal scheme, bilateral agreement, or contract research

Project No.—

Our role—

Principal investigatorInitial + surname

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Data

Our data is open

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Continuous neutron monitor measurements from Lomnický štít and our data products — freely available to the research community.

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Conferences

Presented results

Talks and posters given by department members, newest first. Placeholder entries — replace with the conference register.

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2025Contributions

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2024Contributions

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