Dr Charlotte Goetz

I study the magnetospheres of unmagnetized bodies in the solar system. My emphasis in this lies on the cometary plasma environment, where I use data analysis and models to better understand the plasma structures and regions and wave environment.

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• Density Increases in the Cometary Plasma Environment and Their Relation to Magnetosheath Jets, Goetz, C., Doyle-Morgan, R., Gunell, H., Krämer, E., Karlsson, T., Möslinger, A., Simon-Wedlund, C., Volwerk, M. 20 Jul 2026, In: Astrophysical Journal
• Solar wind observations at comet 67P around perihelion: Initial transition to a fluid-like flow, Nilsson, H., Moeslinger, A., Wieser, G., Gunell, H., Williamson, H., Goetz, C., Wedlund, C., Wieser, M. 23 Mar 2026, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Dust environment of long-period comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), Moreno, F., Goetz, C., Aceituno, F., Casanova, V., Sota, A., Santos-Sanz, P. 11 May 2025, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
• Establishing a European Heliophysics Community (EHC), Nakamura, R., de Wit, T., Jones, G., Taylor, M., André, N., Goetz, C., Hadid, L., Hayes, L., Hietala, H., Jackman, C., Kepko, L., Marchaudon, A., Masters, A., Owens, M., Partamies, N., Poedts, S., Rae, J., Shprits, Y., Temmer, M., Verscharen, D., Wimmer-Schweingruber, R. 15 Dec 2025, In: Annales Geophysicae
• Instantaneous asymmetry of the Martian bow shock: A single- and dual-spacecraft study using MAVEN and Mars Express, Nesbit-Östman, S., Gunell, H., Goetz, C. 1 Feb 2025, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Langmuir waves observed at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Gunell, H., Stenberg Wieser, G., Moeslinger, A., Goetz, C., Canu-Blot, R., Henri, P. 1 Dec 2025, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Impact of radial interplanetary magnetic fields on the inner coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: Hybrid simulations of the plasma environment, Gunell, H., Goetz, C., Fatemi, S. 5 Feb 2024, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Plasma Physics at Comets – What can we learn from laboratory experiments?, Gunell, H., Schaeffer, D., Goetz, C., Cruz, F., Wedlund, C., Nilsson, H., Moeslinger, A., Wieser, G., Edberg, N. 2 Sep 2024, 2024 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), Piscataway, NJ, IEEE
• Scale size of cometary bow shocks, Edberg, N., Eriksson, A., Vigren, E., Nilsson, H., Gunell, H., Götz, C., Richter, I., Henri, P., De Keyser, J. 1 Feb 2024, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Europa’s perturbed fields and induced dipole affect energetic proton depletions during distant Alfvén wing flybys, Huybrighs, H., Blöcker, A., Roussos, E., Van Buchem, C., Futaana, Y., Holmberg, M., Goetz, C., Witasse, O. Sep 2023, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

• Callum Jones Electron Temperatures in Plasma around Comets. Start Date: 01/10/2025 End Date: 17/10/2025
• Ruben Doyle-Morgan A new magnetic field model for comets Start Date: 01/10/2024 End Date: 17/10/2025

I have extensive experience in outreach talks and presentations. Some of my work can be found here: Kerbal Space Program ft Rosetta, popular science talk in German