The multi-scale nature of the solar wind
The solar wind is a magnetized plasma and as such exhibits collective plasma behavior
associated with its characteristic spatial and temporal scales. The characteristic length …
associated with its characteristic spatial and temporal scales. The characteristic length …
Solar wind turbulence and the role of ion instabilities
Solar wind is probably the best laboratory to study turbulence in astrophysical plasmas. In
addition to the presence of magnetic field, the differences with neutral fluid isotropic …
addition to the presence of magnetic field, the differences with neutral fluid isotropic …
Identification of kinetic Alfvén wave turbulence in the solar wind
The nature of small-scale turbulent fluctuations in the solar wind is investigated using a
comparison of Cluster magnetic and electric field measurements to predictions arising from …
comparison of Cluster magnetic and electric field measurements to predictions arising from …
In Situ Signature of Cyclotron Resonant Heating in the Solar Wind
The dissipation of magnetized turbulence is an important paradigm for describing heating
and energy transfer in astrophysical environments such as the solar corona and wind; …
and energy transfer in astrophysical environments such as the solar corona and wind; …
Nature of kinetic scale turbulence in the Earth's magnetosheath
CHK Chen, S Boldyrev - The Astrophysical Journal, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a combined observational and theoretical analysis to investigate the nature of
plasma turbulence at kinetic scales in the Earth's magnetosheath. In the first decade of the …
plasma turbulence at kinetic scales in the Earth's magnetosheath. In the first decade of the …
Hybrid-kinetic simulations of ion heating in Alfvénic turbulence
We present three-dimensional, hybrid-kinetic numerical simulations of driven Alfvén-wave
turbulence of relevance to the collisionless near-Earth solar wind. Special attention is paid to …
turbulence of relevance to the collisionless near-Earth solar wind. Special attention is paid to …
Nature of subproton scale turbulence in the solar wind
The nature of subproton scale fluctuations in the solar wind is an open question, partly
because two similar types of electromagnetic turbulence can occur: kinetic Alfvén turbulence …
because two similar types of electromagnetic turbulence can occur: kinetic Alfvén turbulence …
Radial dependence of the frequency break between fluid and kinetic scales in the solar wind fluctuations
We investigate the radial dependence of the spectral break separating the inertial from the
dissipation range in power density spectra of interplanetary magnetic field fluctuations …
dissipation range in power density spectra of interplanetary magnetic field fluctuations …
The role of proton cyclotron resonance as a dissipation mechanism in solar wind turbulence: a statistical study at ion-kinetic scales
We use magnetic field and ion moment data from the MFI and SWE instruments on board the
Wind spacecraft to study the nature of solar wind turbulence at ion-kinetic scales. We …
Wind spacecraft to study the nature of solar wind turbulence at ion-kinetic scales. We …
Compressive coherent structures at ion scales in the slow solar wind
We present a study of magnetic field fluctuations in a slow solar wind stream, close to ion
scales, where an increase of the level of magnetic compressibility is observed. Here, the …
scales, where an increase of the level of magnetic compressibility is observed. Here, the …