Characteristics and applications of interplanetary coronal mass ejection composition

HQ Song, S Yao - Science China Technological Sciences, 2020‏ - Springer
In situ measurements of interplanetary coronal mass ejection (ICME) composition, including
elemental abundances and charge states of heavy ions, open a new avenue to study …

Kinetic Alfvén waves in the magnetotail during substorms

S Duan, L Dai, C Wang - Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics, 2022‏ - Springer
Kinetic Alfvén waves (KAWs) are low-frequency dispersive Alfvén waves with a small
perpendicular wavelength and long parallel wavelength to the ambient magnetic field …

Solar cycle dependence of ICME composition

H Song, L Li, Y Sun, Q Lv, R Zheng, Y Chen - Solar Physics, 2021‏ - Springer
Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) belong to the most energetic explosions in the solar
atmosphere, and their occurrence rates exhibit obvious solar cycle dependence with more …

Very Large and Long-lasting Anisotropies Caused by Sunward Streaming Energetic Ions: Solar Orbiter and STEREO A Observations

W Wei, CO Lee, N Dresing, LY Khoo… - The Astrophysical …, 2024‏ - iopscience.iop.org
The anisotropy of energetic particles provides essential information to help resolve the
underlying fundamental physics of their spatial distributions, injection, acceleration, and …

The properties of small magnetic flux ropes inside the solar wind come from coronal holes, active regions, and quiet Sun

C Zhai, H Fu, J Si, Z Huang, L **a - The Astrophysical Journal, 2023‏ - iopscience.iop.org
The origination and generation mechanisms of small magnetic flux ropes (SMFRs), which
are important structures in solar wind, are not clearly known. In the present study, 1993 …

The structure and origin of switchbacks: parker solar probe observations

J Huang, JC Kasper, LA Fisk, DE Larson… - The Astrophysical …, 2023‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Switchbacks are rapid magnetic field reversals that last from seconds to hours. Current
Parker Solar Probe (PSP) observations pose many open questions in regard to the nature of …

Whether small flux ropes and magnetic clouds have the same origin: a statistical study of small flux ropes in different types of solar wind

M Xu, C Shen, Q Hu, Y Wang, Y Chi - The Astrophysical Journal, 2020‏ - iopscience.iop.org
According to the duration and size, magnetic flux ropes can be divided into large-scale flux
ropes, namely, magnetic clouds, and small-scale flux ropes (SFRs). Whether SFRs have the …

Investigating the variations in the composition and heating of interacting ICMEs

N Srivastava, Z Mirtoshev, W Mishra - Frontiers in Astronomy and …, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
Interacting coronal mass ejections (CMEs) have been commonly reported during the
STEREO era. With the interaction of CMEs in the heliosphere, it is expected that the …

Small interplanetary magnetic flux rope

HQ Feng, GQ Zhao, JM Wang - Science China Technological Sciences, 2020‏ - Springer
Small interplanetary magnetic flux ropes (SIMFRs) are often detected by space satellites in
the interplanetary space near 1 AU. These ropes can be fitted by a cylindrically symmetric …

Energy spectra variations of energetic ions associated with a stream interaction region

W Wei, B Zhuang, J Huang, F Shen… - Journal of …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the evolution of energetic particles in the heliosphere is one of the most
outstanding topics in heliophysics studies. The spectra of energetic particles are pivotal to …