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We investigate the transition of the solar wind turbulent cascade from MHD to sub-ion range by means of a detail comparison between in situ observations and hybrid numerical simulations. In particular we focus on the properties of the…

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Plasma velocity and magnetic field measurements from the Voyager 2 mission are used to study solar wind turbulence in the slow solar wind at two different heliocentric distances, 5 and 29 astronomical units, sufficiently far apart to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-20 M. Iovieno , L. Gallana , F. Fraternale , J. D. Richardson , M. Opher , D. Tordella

The power spectra of the fluctuation noise of the solar active region (AR) areas and magnetic fluxes sequentially observed in time contain information about their geometrical features and the related fundamental physical processes. These…

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Relationships are obtained expressing the breaking of spin-reversal symmetry by an external magnetic field in Gibbsian canonical equilibrium states of spin systems under specific assumptions. These relationships include an exact fluctuation…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-05 Pierre Gaspard

We investigate the validity of Taylor's Hypothesis (TH) in the analysis of Alfv\'enic fluctuations of velocity and magnetic fields in solar wind streams measured by Parker Solar Probe (PSP)~during the first four encounters. We use PSP…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-02 Jean C. Perez , Sofiane Bourouaine , Christopher H. K. Chen , Nour E. Raouafi

Clear evidence for a positive correlation is established between the magnitude of magnetic fluctuations in the lower-hybrid frequency range and enhancement of reconnection rates in a well-controlled laboratory plasma. The fluctuations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Hantao Ji , Stephen Terry , Masaaki Yamada , Russell Kulsrud , Aleksey Kuritsyn , Yang Ren

The turbulent spectrum of magnetic fluctuations in the solar wind displays a spectral break at ion characteristic scales. At electron scales the spectral shape is not yet completely established. Here, we perform a statistical study of 102…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2011-11-28 O. Alexandrova , C. Lacombe , A. Mangeney , R. Grappin

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

Recent observations of FRB 20190520B have revealed rapid fluctuation of its Dispersion Measure within apparently fixed bounds, as well as a reversal of its Rotation Measure. The fluctuations of Dispersion Measure are uncorrelated with the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-25 J. I. Katz

Multiplicity fluctuations in the forward hemisphere were studied for positively, negatively and all charged hadrons produced in central Pb+Pb collisions at 20A, 30A, 40A, 80A and 158A GeV. The multiplicity distributions and their scaled…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 Benjamin Lungwitz

We have performed an extensive statistical investigation of how interplanetary fast forward shocks affect certain turbulence parameters, namely, the cross-helicity, $\sigma_c$, residual energy, $\sigma_r$, and magnetic helicity, $\sigma_m$.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-09 Emilia Kilpua , Simon Good , Juska Soljento , Domenico Trotta , Tia Bäcker , Julia Ruohotie , Jens Pomoell , Chaitanya Sishtla , Rami Vainio

Parameters of a special kind of \alpha-effect known in dynamo theory as the Babcock-Leighton mechanism are estimated using the data of sunspot catalogs. The estimates evidence the presence of the Babcock-Leighton \alpha-effect on the Sun.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-14 S. V. Olemskoy , A. R. Choudhuri , L. L. Kitchatinov

The statistical properties of magnetic discontinuities in the solar wind are investigated by measuring fluctuations in the magnetic field direction, given by the rotation Delta theta that the magnetic field vector undergoes during time…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Vladimir Zhdankin , Stanislav Boldyrev , Joanne Mason

During Parker Solar Probe's first orbit, the solar wind plasma has been observed in situ closer than ever before, the perihelion on November 6th 2018 revealing a flow that is constantly permeated by large amplitude Alfv\'enic fluctuations.…

Solar Orbiter will observe the Sun and the inner heliosphere to study the connections between solar activity, coronal structure, and the origin of the solar wind. The plasma instruments on board Solar Orbiter will determine the…

Space Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 Georgios Nicolaou , Daniel Verscharen , Robert T. Wicks , Christopher J. Owen

The origin of large-amplitude magnetic field deflections in the solar wind, known as magnetic switchbacks, is still under debate. These structures, which are ubiquitous in the observations made by Parker Solar Probe, likely have their seed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-22 Nina Bizien , Clara Froment , Maria S. Madjarska , Thierry Dudok de Wit , Marco Velli

Using data from orbits one to eleven of the Parker Solar Probe (PSP) mission, the magnetic field spectral index was measured across a range of heliocentric distances. The previously observed transition between a value of $-5/3$ far from the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-11 J. R. McIntyre , C. H. K. Chen , A. Larosa

Scale-Dependent Dynamic Alignment (SDDA) in Els\"asser field fluctuations is theorized to suppress nonlinearities and modulate the energy spectrum. Limited empirical evidence exists for SDDA within the solar wind turbulence's inertial…

The interplanetary magnetic field carried out from the Sun by the solar wind displays fluctuations on a wide range of scales. While at large scales, say at frequencies lower than 0.1-1 Hz, fluctuations display clear universal…

The recently released spacecraft potential measured by the RPW instrument on-board Solar Orbiter has been used to estimate the solar wind electron density in the inner heliosphere. Solar-wind electron density measured during June 2020 has…