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The overshooting convective motions in the solar photosphere are frequently proposed as the source for the excitation of Alfv\'en waves. However, the photosphere is a) very weakly ionized, and, b) the dynamics of the plasma particles in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Vranjes , S. Poedts , B. P. Pandey , B. De Pontieu

In a strongly magnetized, magnetically dominated relativistic plasma, Alfv\'enic turbulence can extend to scales much smaller than the particle inertial scales. It leads to an energy cascade somewhat analogous to inertial- or…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-04-04 Cristian Vega , Stanislav Boldyrev , Vadim Roytershteyn

Radio relics could be generated by multiple shocks induced in the turbulent intracluster medium during galaxy mergers. Kang (2021) demonstrated that the re-acceleration of cosmic ray (CR) protons via diffusive shock acceleration (DSA) by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-05 Hyesung Kang

The microphysics of ~GeV cosmic ray (CR) transport on galactic scales remain deeply uncertain, with almost all studies adopting simple prescriptions (e.g. constant-diffusivity). We explore different physically-motivated, anisotropic,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-18 Philip F. Hopkins , Jonathan Squire , T. K. Chan , Eliot Quataert , Suoqing Ji , Dusan Keres , Claude-Andre Faucher-Giguere

The strong alignment of small-scale turbulent Alfv\'enic motions with the direction of the magnetic field that percolates the small-scale eddies and imprints the direction of the magnetic field is a property that follows from the MHD theory…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-04-20 Ka Wai Ho , Alex Lazarian

In this work, we investigate how the complex structure found in solar wind proton velocity distribution functions (VDFs), rather than the commonly assumed two-component bi-Maxwellian structure, affects the onset and evolution of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-30 Jada Walters , Kristopher G. Klein , Emily Lichko , Michael L. Stevens , Daniel Verscharen , Benjamin D. G. Chandran

Plasma ions heating (especially minor heavy ions preferential heating) in fast solar wind and solar corona is an open question in space physics. However, Alfv\'en waves have been always considered as a candidate of energy source for corona…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-08-17 Peng He

Alfv\'enic waves are known to be prevalent throughout the corona and solar wind. Determining the Poynting flux supplied by the waves is required for constraining their role in plasma heating and acceleration, as well as providing a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-24 Richard J. Morton , Micah J. Weberg , N. Balodhi , James A. McLaughlin

We investigate the role of Alfven waves in the core-collapse supernova (SN) explosion. We assume that Alfven waves are generated by convections inside a proto-neutron star (PNS) and emitted from its surface. Then these waves propagate…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 T. K. Suzuki , K. Sumiyoshi , S. Yamada

Parametric instability of Alfv\'en wave packets with monochromatic carrier wave in low-$\beta$ plasma is studied using one-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations. The results show spatial growth of incoming perturbations as they…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-11 S. S Komissarov

Galactic outflows play an important role in galactic evolution. Despite their importance, a detailed understanding of the physical mechanisms responsible for the driving of these winds is lacking. In an effort to gain more insight into the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-01-18 Mateusz Ruszkowski , H. -Y. Karen Yang , Ellen Zweibel

Radio signals propagating via the solar corona and solar wind are significantly affected by compressive waves, impacting properties of solar bursts as well as sources viewed through the turbulent solar atmosphere. While static fluctuations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-23 Francesco Azzollini , A. Gordon Emslie , Daniel L. Clarkson , Nicolina Chrysaphi , Eduard P. Kontar

Supernova remnants (SNRs), as the major contributors to the galactic cosmic rays (CR), are believed to maintain an average CR spectrum by diffusive shock acceleration (DSA) regardless of the way they release CRs into the interstellar medium…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-10-11 M. A. Malkov , P. H. Diamond , R. Z. Sagdeev , F. A. Aharonian , I. V. Moskalenko

Alfv\'{e}nic turbulent cascade perpendicular and parallel to the background magnetic field is studied accounting for anisotropic dispersive effects and turbulent intermittency. The perpendicular dispersion and intermittency make the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-23 J. S. Zhao , Y. M. Voitenko , D. J. Wu , M. Y. Yu

We present for the first time the joint distribution of electron heat flux and electron plasma beta, and the joint distribution of core electron drift velocity and electron plasma beta using a statistically large dataset of solar wind…

Space Physics · Physics 2018-01-24 Yuguang Tong , Stuart D. Bale , Chadi Salem , Marc Pulupa

Galaxy clusters grow by gas accretion, mostly from mergers of substructures, which release powerful shock waves into cosmic plasmas and convert a fraction of kinetic energy into thermal energy, amplification of magnetic fields and into the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-03-11 A. M. Bykov , F. Vazza , J. A. Kropotina , K. P. Levenfish , F. B. S. Paerels

Diffusive shock acceleration (DSA) is now widely accepted as the model to explain the production of cosmic rays (CRs) in a wide range of astrophysical environments. Despite initial successes of the theory in explaining the energetics and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Hyesung Kang

The characteristics of Alfv\'en waves propagating in a direction oblique to the ambient magnetic field in a stellar wind environment are discussed. A kinetic formulation for a magnetized dusty plasma is adopted considering Maxwellian…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-03-22 L. B. De Toni , R. Gaelzer , L. F. Ziebell

Phase mixing of Alfv\'en waves has been studied extensively as a possible coronal heating mechanism but without the full thermodynamic consequences considered self-consistently. It has been argued that in some cases, the thermodynamic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-01 H. J. Van Damme , I. De Moortel , P. Pagano , C. D. Johnston

Super-Alfv\'enic jets, with kinetic energy densities significantly exceeding that of the solar wind, are commonly generated downstream of Earth's bow shock under both high and low beta plasma conditions. In this study, we present…

Space Physics · Physics 2024-08-16 Adnane Osmane , Savvas Raptis