Parker solar probe: Four years of discoveries at solar cycle minimum

NE Raouafi, L Matteini, J Squire, ST Badman… - Space Science …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Launched on 12 Aug. 2018, NASA's Parker Solar Probe had completed 13 of its
scheduled 24 orbits around the Sun by Nov. 2022. The mission's primary science goal is to …

Scaling laws for the energy transfer in space plasma turbulence

R Marino, L Sorriso-Valvo - Physics Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
One characteristic trait of space plasmas is the multi-scale dynamics resulting from non-
linear transfers and conversions of various forms of energy. Routinely evidenced in a range …

The solar probe plus mission: humanity's first visit to our star

NJ Fox, MC Velli, SD Bale, R Decker, A Driesman… - Space Science …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Solar Probe Plus (SPP) will be the first spacecraft to fly into the low solar corona.
SPP's main science goal is to determine the structure and dynamics of the Sun's coronal …

The solar wind as a turbulence laboratory

R Bruno, V Carbone - Living Reviews in Solar Physics, 2013 - Springer
In this review we will focus on a topic of fundamental importance for both astrophysics and
plasma physics, namely the occurrence of large-amplitude low-frequency fluctuations of the …

Coherent structures, intermittent turbulence, and dissipation in high-temperature plasmas

H Karimabadi, V Roytershteyn, M Wan… - Physics of …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
An unsolved problem in plasma turbulence is how energy is dissipated at small scales.
Particle collisions are too infrequent in hot plasmas to provide the necessary dissipation …

Perpendicular ion heating by low-frequency Alfvén-wave turbulence in the solar wind

BDG Chandran, B Li, BN Rogers… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We consider ion heating by turbulent Alfvén waves (AWs) and kinetic Alfvén waves (KAWs)
with wavelengths (measured perpendicular to the magnetic field) that are comparable to the …

Who needs turbulence? A review of turbulence effects in the heliosphere and on the fundamental process of reconnection

WH Matthaeus, M Velli - Space science reviews, 2011 - Springer
The significant influences of turbulence in neutral fluid hydrodynamics are well accepted but
the potential for analogous effects in space and astrophysical plasmas is less widely …

Intermittent dissipation at kinetic scales in collisionless plasma turbulence

M Wan, WH Matthaeus, H Karimabadi, V Roytershteyn… - Physical review …, 2012 - APS
High resolution kinetic simulations of collisionless plasma driven by shear show the
development of turbulence characterized by dynamic coherent sheetlike current density …

Empirical constraints on proton and electron heating in the fast solar wind

SR Cranmer, WH Matthaeus, BA Breech… - The Astrophysical …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
We analyze measured proton and electron temperatures in the high-speed solar wind in
order to calculate the separate rates of heat deposition for protons and electrons. When …

Intermittent dissipation and heating in 3D kinetic plasma turbulence

M Wan, WH Matthaeus, V Roytershteyn, H Karimabadi… - Physical review …, 2015 - APS
High resolution, fully kinetic, three dimensional (3D) simulation of collisionless plasma
turbulence shows the development of turbulence characterized by sheetlike current density …