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We present an interpretation of the recent Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) observations of propagating wavefronts in the lower solar atmosphere. Using MPS/University of Chicago MHD (MURaM) radiative magnetohydrodynamic simulations…

We investigate a class of ion-scale magnetic solitary structures in the solar wind, characterized by distinct magnetic field enhancements and bipolar rotations over spatial scales of several proton inertial lengths. These structures are…

Type III solar radio bursts are generated by streams of energetic electrons accelerated at the Sun during periods of the solar activity. The generation occurs in two steps. Initially, electron beams generate electrostatic Langmuir waves and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-27 Vladimir Krasnoselskikh , Andrii Voshchepynets , Milan Maksimovic

In plasmas with electron drift (current) relative to static ions, the ion acoustic wave is subject to the kinetic instability which takes place if the directed electron speed exceeds the ion acoustic speed. The instability threshold becomes…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-07-21 J. Vranjes , S. Poedts , Z. Ehsan

A connection between kinetic processes and intermittent turbulence is observed in the solar wind plasma using measurements from the Wind spacecraft at 1 AU. In particular, kinetic effects such as temperature anisotropy and plasma heating…

Space Physics · Physics 2013-12-04 K. T. Osman , W. H. Matthaeus , B. Hnat , S. C. Chapman

Observations of the solar corona and the solar wind discover that the solar wind is unsteady and originates from the impulsive events near the surface of the Sun's atmosphere. How solar coronal activities affect the properties of the solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-14 H. Che

We present high-cadence observations and simulations of the solar photosphere, obtained using the Rapid Oscillations in the Solar Atmosphere imaging system and the MuRAM magneto-hydrodynamic code, respectively. Each dataset demonstrates a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 D. B. Jess , S. Shelyag , M. Mathioudakis , P. H. Keys , D. J. Christian , F. P. Keenan

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 letter describes a new phenomenon on the Parker Solar Probe of recurring plasma density enhancements that have $\Delta$n/n ~10% and that occur at a repetition rate of ~5 Hz. They were observed sporadically for about five hours between…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-01 F. S. Mozer , O. Agapitov , S. D. Bale , R. Livi , O. Romeo , K. Sauer , I. Y. Vasko , J. Verniero

Here we study the nature and characteristics of waves propagating in partially ionised plasmas in the weakly ionised limit, typical for the lower part of the solar atmosphere. The framework in which the properties of waves are discussed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-02 A. Alharbi , I. Ballai , V. Fedun , G. Verth

Large amplitude whistler waves at frequencies of 0.2 to 0.4 times electron cyclotron frequency are frequently observed in the solar wind. The waves are obliquely propagating close to the resonance cone, with significant electric fields…

Space Physics · Physics 2020-07-22 C. A. Cattell , B. Short , A. W. Breneman , P. Grul

Kinetic-scale current sheets observed in the solar wind are frequently approximately force-free despite the fact that their plasma $\beta$ is of the order of one. In-situ measurements have recently shown that plasma density and temperature…

Space Physics · Physics 2020-03-18 T. Neukirch , I. Y. Vasko , A. V. Artemyev , O. Allanson

Ion-acoustic waves are routinely observed at collisionless shocks and could be an important source of resistivity. The source of instability and the effects of the waves are not fully understood. We show, using Magnetospheric Multiscale…

Space Physics · Physics 2025-02-13 Daniel B. Graham , Yuri V. Khotyaintsev , Ahmad Lalti

The intermittency of density fluctuations in the solar wind at kinetic scales has been examined using high time resolution Faraday cup measurements from the Spektr-R spacecraft. It was found that the probability density functions (PDFs) of…

Space Physics · Physics 2014-06-23 C. H. K. Chen , L. Sorriso-Valvo , J. Šafránková , Z. Němeček

The extended solar corona at 10-30 solar radii is essentially devoid of all waves below 100 kHz other than triggered ion acoustic waves (TIAW), which consist of a low frequency electromagnetic wave at a frequency of a few Hz coupled to one…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-16 Forrest Mozer , Oleksiy Agapitov , Orlando Romeo , Vadim Roytershteyn , Andrii Voshchepynets

Determining the mechanism responsible for the plasma heating and particle acceleration is a fundamental problem in the study of the heliosphere. Due to efficient wave-particle interactions of ion-scale waves with charged particles, these…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-12 Wen Liu , Jinsong Zhao , Tieyan Wang , Xiangcheng Dong , Justin C. Kasper , Stuart D. Bale , Chen Shi , Dejin Wu

The interpretation of single-point spacecraft measurements of solar wind turbulence is complicated by the fact that the measurements are made in a frame of reference in relative motion with respect to the turbulent plasma. The Taylor…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 G. G. Howes , K. G. Klein , J. M. TenBarge

The k-filtering technique and wave polarization analysis are applied to Cluster magnetic field data to study plasma turbulence at the scale of the ion gyroradius in the fast solar wind. Waves are found propagating in directions nearly…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Owen W. Roberts , Xing Li , Bo Li

Measurements and simulations of inertial compressive turbulence in the solar wind are characterized by anti-correlated magnetic fluctuations parallel to the mean field and density structures. This signature has been interpreted as…

Space Physics · Physics 2018-03-14 Trevor A. Bowen , Samuel Badman , Petr Hellinger , Stuart D. Bale

Using Boltzmann Vlasov kinetic model with the flat-top non-Maxwellian distributed electrons and ions, a velocity power law energetic tail, known as the generalized r, q distribution, a current-less electrostatic instability namely ion…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-01-28 Warda Nasir , Zahida Ehsan , M. N. S. Qureshi , H. A. Shah