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Although the interplanetary magnetic field variability has been extensively investigated in situ by means of data coming from several space missions, the newly launched missions providing high-resolution measures and approaching the Sun,…

We calculate for the first time the probability density functions (PDFs) P of burst energy e, duration T and inter-burst interval tau for a known turbulent system in nature. Bursts in the earth-sun component of the Poynting flux at 1 AU in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 M. P. Freeman , N. W. Watkins , D. J. Riley

We show the evidence of ion-cyclotron dissipation mechanism in solar wind plasma using Helios data. From our statistical analysis we found that the wave power of high-frequency transverse waves (having frequencies between 0.01 and 1…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-09-27 Sofiane Bourouaine , Eckart Marsch , Fritz M. Neubauer

Magnetic fluctuations in the solar wind are distributed according to Kolmogorov's power law $f^{-5/3}$ below the ion cyclotron frequency $f_{ci}$. Above this frequency, the observed steeper power law is usually interpreted in two different…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 O. Alexandrova , V. Carbone , P. Veltri , L. Sorriso-Valvo

Circularly polarized, nearly parallel propagating waves are prevalent in the solar wind at ion-kinetic scales. At these scales, the spectrum of turbulent fluctuations in the solar wind steepens, often called the transition-range, before…

The radio signal transmitted by the Mars Express (MEX) spacecraft was observed regularly between the years 2013-2020 at X-band (8.42 GHz) using the European Very Long Baseline Interferometry (EVN) network and University of Tasmania's…

The acceleration of the solar coronal plasma to supersonic speeds is one of the most fundamental yet unresolved problem in heliophysics. Despite the success of Parker's pioneering theory on an isothermal solar corona, the realistic solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-21 Chen Shi , Marco Velli , Stuart D. Bale , Victor Réville , Milan Maksimović , Jean-Baptiste Dakeyo

With the diffusion approximation, we study the cascade and damping of Alfv\'{e}n-cyclotron fluctuations in solar plasmas numerically. Motivated by wave-wave couplings and nonlinear effects, we test several forms of the diffusion tensor. For…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Yan Wei Jiang , Siming Liu , Vahé Petrosian , Christopher L. Fryer

Following a general heuristic approach, algebraic constraints are established between the parallel and perpendicular power-law exponents of non-axisymmetric, highly aligned magnetohydrodynamic turbulence, both with and without strong…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-04-28 Ramesh Sasmal , Supratik Banerjee

The role of compressible fluctuations in the energy cascade of fast solar wind turbulence is studied using a reduced form of an exact law derived recently (Banerjee and Galtier, PRE, 2013) for compressible isothermal magnetohydrodynamics…

Space Physics · Physics 2016-10-05 Supratik Banerjee , Lina Z. Hadid , Fouad Sahraoui , Sebastien Galtier

The cascade of kinetic Alfv\'en waves (KAWs) at the sub-ion scales in the solar wind is numerically simulated using a fluid approach that retains ion and electron Landau damping, together with ion finite Larmor radius corrections. Assuming…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-17 P. L. Sulem , T. Passot , D. Laveder , D. Borgogno

This letter presents the first ab initio, fully electromagnetic, kinetic simulations of magnetized turbulence in a homogeneous, weakly collisional plasma at the scale of the ion Larmor radius (ion gyroscale). Magnetic and electric-field…

This short review paper gives an overview of recently observed transverse, propagating velocity perturbations in coronal loops. These ubiquitous perturbations are observed to undergo strong damping as they propagate. Using 3D numerical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-06 I. De Moortel , D. J. Pascoe , A. N. Wright , A. W. Hood

The Quasi-thermal noise (QTN) technique is a reliable tool to yield accurate measurements of the electron parameters in the solar wind. We apply this method on Parker Solar Probe (PSP) observations to derive the total electron temperature…

Angular broadening observations of compact radio sources provide a powerful method for probing the solar corona and solar wind. Such observations enable studies of the phase structure function, turbulence amplitude, intermediate-scale…

The solar wind is a structured and complex system, in which the fields vary strongly over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. As an example, the turbulent activity in the wind affects the evolution in the heliosphere of the…

Space Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 M. E. Ruiz , S. Dasso , W. H. Matthaeus , J. M. Weygand

In this work, more than a dozen solar energetic particle (SEP) events are identified where the source region is magnetically well-connected to at least one spacecraft at 1~au. The observed intensity-time profiles, for all available proton…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-11 J. T. Lang , R. D. Strauss , N. E. Engelbrecht , J. P. van den Berg , N. Dresing , D. Ruffolo , R. Bandyopadhyay

In the lower solar coronal regions where the magnetic field is dominant, the Alfven speed is much higher than the wind speed. In contrast, the near-Earth solar wind is strongly super-Alfvenic, i.e., the wind speed greatly exceeds the Alfven…

Turbulence, a ubiquitous phenomenon in interplanetary space, is crucial for the energy conversion of space plasma at multiple scales. This work focuses on the propagation, polarization and wave composition properties of the solar wind…

Space Physics · Physics 2020-09-09 Xingyu Zhu , Jiansen He , Daniel Verscharen , Die Duan , Stuart D. Bale

Turbulence is a dominant feature operating in gaseous flows across nearly all scales in astrophysical environments. Accordingly, accurately estimating the statistical properties of such flows is necessary for developing a comprehensive…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-27 Lukas Konstandin , Rahul Shetty , Philipp Girichidis , Ralf S. Klessen