Izabela Kowalska-Leszczyńska

Publication List

• GLObal Solar Wind Structure (GLOWS)
  Bzowski, M.; Wawrzaszek, R.; Strumik, M.; Baran, J.; Barciński, T.; Ber, K.; Bujwan, W.; Daukszo, D.; Jasiński, K.; Juchnikowski, G.; Kazmierczak, P.; Kowalska-Leszczynska, I.; Kowalski, T.; Kubiak, M. A. Ma̧dry, J.; Mirońska, A.; Mostowy, K.; Orleański, P.; Porowski, C.; Półtorak, J.; Rajkowski, T.; Rothkaehl, J.; Rudnicki, T.; Shmyk, A.; Sikorski, A.; Turek, M.; Winkler, M.; Wojciechowska, K.; Zawistowski, T.; Fahr, H. J.; Nass, U.; Osica, P.; Wielgos, K.; Gottwald, A.; Kaser, H.; Krzyzagorski, M.; Antoniak, M.; Drobik, M.; Gajoch, G.; Martyniak, T.; Żogała, R.; Bartnik, A.; Fiedorowicz, H.; Fok, T.; Majszyk, M.; Wachulak, P.; Wardzińska, M.; Wȩgrzyński, L.; Kosturek, R.; Urdiales, C.; Tapley, M.; Pope, S.; Reisenfeld, D. B.; Gkioulidou, M.; Schwadron, N. A.; Christian, E. R.; McComas, D. J.
  Space Science Reviews, Volume 221, article number 105, (2025).
  DOI: 10.1007/s11214-025-01233-y
• 15 yr of Interstellar Neutral Hydrogen Observed with the Interstellar Boundary Explorer
  Galli, A.; Swaczyna, P.; Bzowski, M.; Kubiak, M. A.; Kowalska-Leszczynska, I.; Wurz, P.; Rahmanifard, F.; Schwadron, N. A.; Möbius, E.; Fuselier, S. A.; Sokół, J. M.; Gasser, J.; Heerikhuisen, J.; McComas, D. J.
  The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Volume 278, Issue 1, id.1, 14 pp. (2025).
  DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/adc451
• Interstellar Neutral Hydrogen in the Heliosphere: New Horizons Observations in the Context of Models
  P. Swaczyna, M. Bzowski, K. Dialynas, L. Dyke, F. Fraternale, A. Galli, J. Heerikhuisen, M. Z. Kornbleuth, D. Koutroumpa, I. Kowalska-Leszczyńska, M. A. Kubiak, A. T. Michael, H.-R. Müller, M. Opher, and F. Rahmanifard
  The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 969, Number 1, L20 (2024)
  DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad5832
• Sensitivity of the Helioglow to Variation of the Total Ionization Rate and Solar Lyα Emission
  I. Kowalska-Leszczyńska , M. A. Kubiak, M. Bzowski, M. Strumik
  The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 965, Number 1, id. 30 (2024)
  DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad2a55
• The Direction of the Flow of Interstellar Neutral H Based on Photometric Observations from SOHO/SWAN
  M. Bzowski, M. A. Kubiak, M. Strumik, I. Kowalska-Leszczyńska , C. Porowski and E. Quémerais
  The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 952, Number 1, id. 2 (2023)
  DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/acda8c
• Radiation Pressure Acting on the Neutral He Atoms in the Heliosphere
  I. Kowalska-Leszczyńska , M. A. Kubiak, M. Bzowski
  The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 950, Number 2, id. 98 (2023)
  DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/acd18f
• One Solar Cycle of Heliosphere Observations with the Interstellar Boundary Explorer: Energetic Neutral Hydrogen Atoms Observed with IBEX-Lo from 10 eV to 2 keV
  A. Galli, P. Wurz, N. A. Schwadron, K. Fairchild, D. Heirtzler, E. Möbius, H. Kucharek, R. Winslow, M. Bzowski, M. A. Kubiak, I. Kowalska-Leszczyńska , S. A. Fuselier, J. M. Sokół, P. Swaczyna, and D. J. McComas;
  The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Volume 261, Issue 2, id. 18, 21 pp. (2022)
  DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/ac69c9
• Absorption of the Lyman-α radiation in the heliosphere
  Kowalska-Leszczynska, I.; Kubiak, M. A.; Bzowski, M.
  The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 926, Number 1, id. 27 (2022)
  DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac4092
• WawHelioGlow: A Model of the Heliospheric Backscatter Glow. I. Model Definition
  Kubiak, M. A.; Bzowski, M.; Kowalska-Leszczynska, I.; Strumik, M.
  The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Volume 254, Issue 1, id.16, 14 pp. (2021).
  DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/abeb79
• WawHelioGlow: A Model of the Heliospheric Backscatter Glow. II. The Helioglow Buildup and the Potential Significance of the Anisotropy in the Solar EUV Output
  Kubiak, M. A.; Bzowski, M.; Kowalska-Leszczynska, I.; Strumik, M.
  The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Volume 254, Issue 1, id.17, 20 pp. (2021).
  DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/abeb78
• Density of Neutral Hydrogen in the Sun's Interstellar Neighborhood
  Swaczyna, P.; McComas, D. J.; Zirnstein, E. J.; Sokół, J. M.; Elliott, H. A.; Bzowski, M.; Kubiak, M. A.; Richardson, J. D.; Kowalska-Leszczynska, I.; Stern, S. A.; Weaver, H. A. ; Olkin, C. B.; Singer, K. N.; Spencer, J. R.
  The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 903, Issue 1, id.48, 11 pp (2020).
  DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abb80a
• Inferring Contributions from Unresolved Point Sources to Diffuse Emissions Measured in UV Sky Surveys: General Method and SOHO/SWAN Case Study
  Strumik, M.; Bzowski, M.; Kowalska-Leszczynska, I.; Kubiak, M. A.
  The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 899, Issue 1, id.48 (2020).
  DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab9e6f
• Solar Cycle of Imaging the Global Heliosphere: Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) Observations from 2009-2019
  McComas, D. J.; Bzowski, M.; Dayeh, M. A.; DeMajistre, R.; Funsten, H. O.; Janzen, P. H.; Kowalska-Leszczyńska, I.; Kubiak, M. A.; Schwadron, N. A.; Sokół, J. M.; Szalay, J. R.; Tokumaru, M.; Zirnstein, E. J.
  The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Volume 248, Issue 2, id.26 (2020)
  DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/ab8dc2
• Update of the Solar Lyα Profile Line Model
  Kowalska-Leszczynska, I.; Bzowski, M.; Kubiak, M. A.; Sokół, J. M.
  The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Volume 247, Issue 2, article id. 62 (2020).
  DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/ab7b77
• Radiation Pressure from Interstellar Hydrogen Observed by IBEX through Solar Cycle 24
  Rahmanifard, F.; Möbius, E.; Schwadron, N. A.; Galli, A.; Richards, N.; Kucharek, H.; Sokół, J. M.; Heirtzler, D.; Lee, M. A.; Bzowski, M.; Kowalska-Leszczynska, I.; Kubiak, M. A.; Wurz, P.; Fuselier, S. A.; McComas, D. J.
  The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 887, Issue 2, article id. 217, 12 pp. (2019).
  DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab58ce
• Model-free Maps of Interstellar Neutral Hydrogen Measured with IBEX between 2009 and 2018
  Galli, A.; Wurz, P.; Rahmanifard, F.; Möbius, E.; Schwadron, N. A.; Kucharek, H.; Heirtzler, D.; Fairchild, K.; Bzowski, M.; Kubiak, M. A.; Kowalska-Leszczynska, I.; Sokół, J. M.; Fuselier, S. A.; Swaczyna, P.; McComas, D. J.
  The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 871, Issue 1, article id. 52, 18 pp. (2019)
  DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aaf737
• Evolution of the Solar Lyα Line Profile during the Solar Cycle. II. How Accurate Is the Present Radiation Pressure Paradigm for Interstellar Neutral H in the Heliosphere?
  Kowalska-Leszczynska, Izabela; Bzowski, Maciej; Sokół, Justyna M.; Kubiak, Marzena A.
  The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 868, Issue 1, article id. 49, 14 pp. (2018)
  DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aae70b
• Evolution of the Solar Lyα Line Profile during the Solar Cycle
  Kowalska-Leszczynska, Izabela; Bzowski, Maciej; Sokół, Justyna M.; Kubiak, Marzena A.
  The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 852, Issue 2, article id. 115, 14 pp. (2018)
  DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa9f2a
• A New View on the Maximum Mass of Differentially Rotating Neutron Stars
  Gondek-Rosińska, D.; Kowalska, I.; Villain, L.; Ansorg, M.; Kucaba, M.
  The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 837, Issue 1, article id. 58, 14 pp. (2017)
  DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa56c1
• Globally coherent short duration magnetic field transients and their effect on ground based gravitational-wave detectors
  Kowalska-Leszczynska, Izabela; Bizouard, Marie-Anne; Bulik, Tomasz; Christensen, Nelson; Coughlin, Michael; Gołkowski, Mark; Kubisz, Jerzy; Kulak, Andrzej; Mlynarczyk, Janusz; Robinet, Florent; Rohde, Maximilian
  Classical and Quantum Gravity, Volume 34, Issue 7, article id. 074002 (2017)
  DOI: 10.1088/1361-6382/aa60eb
• Effect of metallicity on the gravitational-wave signal from the cosmological population of compact binary coalescences
  Kowalska-Leszczynska, I.; Regimbau, T.; Bulik, T.; Dominik, M.; Belczynski, K.
  Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 574, id.A58, 9 pp. (2015)
• Gravitational wave background from Population III binaries
  Kowalska, I.; Bulik, T.; Belczynski, K.
  Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 541, id.A120, 6 pp. (2012)
• The eccentricity distribution of compact binaries
  Kowalska, I.; Bulik, T.; Belczynski, K.; Dominik, M.; Gondek-Rosinska, D.
  Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 527, id.A70, 7 pp. (2011)
• X-ray-emitting GHz-peaked-spectrum Galaxies: Testing a Dynamical-Radiative Model with Broadband Spectra
  Ostorero, L.; Moderski, R.; Stawarz, Ł.; Diaferio, A.; Kowalska, I.; Cheung, C. C.; Kataoka, J.; Begelman, M. C.; Wagner, S. J.
  The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 715, Issue 2, pp. 1071-1093 (2010)
• Modelling the broad-band spectra of X-ray emitting GPS galaxies
  Ostorero, L.; Moderski, R.; Stawarz, Ł.; Begelman, M. C.; Diaferio, A.; Kowalska, I.; Kataoka, J.; Wagner, S. J.
  Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol.330, Issue , p.275 (2009)
• How to estimate the distance to the warm absorber in AGN from photoionized models
  Różańska, A.; Kowalska, I.; Gonçalves, A. C.
  Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 487, Issue 3, pp.895-900 (2008)

Habilitation

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Thesis (in polish)

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  PhD: Astrofizyczne zastosowania detekcji układów podwójnych obiektów zwartych w falach grawitacyjnych.
  
  Astronomical Observatory, University of Warsaw, 2013
  Supervisor: prof. dr hab. Tomasz Bulik
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  Ms: Tło fal grawitacyjnych od układów podwójnych gwiazd populacji III.
  
  Astronomical Observatory, University of Warsaw, 2008
  Supervisor: prof. dr hab. Tomasz Bulik