Theory of cosmic ray transport in the heliosphere

NE Engelbrecht, F Effenberger, V Florinski… - Space Science …, 2022 - Springer
Modelling the transport of cosmic rays (CRs) in the heliosphere represents a global
challenge in the field of heliophysics, in that such a study, if it were to be performed from first …

Solar wind turbulence and the role of ion instabilities

O Alexandrova, CHK Chen, L Sorriso-Valvo… - Space Science …, 2013 - Springer
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 …

Astrophysical gyrokinetics: kinetic and fluid turbulent cascades in magnetized weakly collisional plasmas

AA Schekochihin, SC Cowley, W Dorland… - The Astrophysical …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents a theoretical framework for understanding plasma turbulence in
astrophysical plasmas. It is motivated by observations of electromagnetic and density …

Nine outstanding questions of solar wind physics

NM Viall, JE Borovsky - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In situ measurements of the solar wind have been available for almost 60 years, and in that
time plasma physics simulation capabilities have commenced and ground‐based solar …

Anisotropic scaling of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence

TS Horbury, M Forman, S Oughton - Physical Review Letters, 2008 - APS
We present a quantitative estimate of the anisotropic power and scaling of magnetic field
fluctuations in inertial range magnetohydrodynamic turbulence, using a novel wavelet …

The evolution and role of solar wind turbulence in the inner heliosphere

CHK Chen, SD Bale, JW Bonnell… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The Evolution and Role of Solar Wind Turbulence in the Inner Heliosphere - IOPscience This
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Dissipation and heating in solar wind turbulence: from the macro to the micro and back again

KH Kiyani, KT Osman… - … Transactions of the …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The past decade has seen a flurry of research activity focused on discerning the physics of
kinetic scale turbulence in high-speed astrophysical plasma flows. By 'kinetic'we mean …

Geoeffectiveness of interplanetary Alfvén waves. I. Magnetopause magnetic reconnection and directly driven substorms

L Dai, Y Han, C Wang, S Yao, W Gonzalez… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
In particular during the descending phase of the solar cycle, Alfvén waves in the high-speed
solar wind streams are a major form of interplanetary disturbances. The fluctuating …

Mesoscale structure in the solar wind

NM Viall, CE DeForest, L Kepko - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Structures in the solar wind result from two basic mechanisms: structures injected or
imposed directly by the Sun, and structures formed through processing en route as the solar …

Anisotropy of Alfvénic turbulence in the solar wind and numerical simulations

CHK Chen, A Mallet, TA Yousef… - Monthly Notices of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
We investigate the anisotropy of Alfvénic turbulence in the inertial range of slow solar wind
and in both driven and decaying reduced magnetohydrodynamic simulations. A direct …