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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

We present a comprehensive statistical study of the radial evolution of solar wind turbulence near Mercury's orbit using long-term magnetic field measurements from the MESSENGER mission. Owing to Mercury's highly elliptical orbit and the…

At the electron scales the power spectrum of solar-wind magnetic fluctuations can be highly variable and the dissipation mechanisms of the magnetic energy into the various particle species is under debate. In this paper we investigate data…

The nature of turbulence at sub-electron scales has remained an open question, central to understanding how electrons are heated in the solar wind. This is primarily because spacecraft measurements have been limited to magnetic field…

Space Physics · Physics 2026-01-21 Shiladittya Mondal , Christopher H. K. Chen , Davide Manzini

Measurements of transverse magnetic field and velocity components from Parker Solar Probe have revealed a coherent quasi-periodic pattern in the near-Sun solar wind. As well as being Alfv\'enic and arc-polarised, these deflections were…

Space Physics · Physics 2023-09-26 R. Laker , T. S. Horbury , L. D. Woodham , S. D. Bale , L. Matteini

The record of reversals of the geomagnetic field has played an integral role in the development of plate tectonic theory. Statistical analyses of the reversal record are aimed at detailing patterns and linking those patterns to core-mantle…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-29 Adrian L. Melott , Anthony Pivarunas , Joseph G. Meert , Bruce S. Lieberman

We argue that global magnetic field reversals similar to those observed in the Milky Way occur quite frequently in mean-field galactic dynamo models that have relatively strong, random, seed magnetic fields that are localized in discrete…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-11 David Moss , Dmitri Sokoloff

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 trace magnetic power spectrum in the solar wind is known to be characterized by a double power law at scales much larger than the proton gyro-radius, with flatter spectral exponents close to -1 found at the lower frequencies below an…

Solar wind turbulence is anisotropic with respect to the mean magnetic field. Anisotropy leads to ambiguity when interpreting in-situ turbulence observations in the solar wind because an apparent change in the measurements could be due…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-12 L. -L. Zhao , G. P. Zank , L. Adhikari , M. Nakanotani

Since its formation 4.6 billion years ago, our solar system has most likely crossed numerous magnetized interstellar clouds and bubbles of different sizes and contents on its path through the Milky Way. Having a reference model for how the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-03 Lotfi Ben-Jaffel , Romana Ratkiewicz

Regions of magnetic field with near-radial, Parker Spiral-like geometry known as quiescent regions have been observed in Parker Solar Probe data. These regions have very low $\delta B / \langle |B| \rangle$ compared to non-quiescent solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-04 Benjamin Short , David M. Malaspina , Alexandros Chasapis , Jaye L. Verniero

The $1/f$ noise is a ubiquitous phenomenon in natural systems. Since the advent of space exploration, the $1/f$ range has been consistently observed in \textit{in situ} solar wind measurements throughout the heliosphere, sparking decades of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-03 Zesen Huang , Marco Velli , B. D. G. Chandran , Chen Shi , Yuliang Ding , Lorenzo Matteini , Kyung-Eun Choi

Small-scale magnetic flux ropes (SFRs), in the solar wind, have been studied for decades. Statistical analysis utilizing various in situ spacecraft measurements is the main observational approach which helps investigate the generation and…

Space Physics · Physics 2020-05-13 Yu Chen , Qiang Hu

We study intermittency as a departure from self-similarity of the solar wind magnetic turbulence and investigate the evolution with the heliocentric distance and latitude. We use data from the Ulysses spacecraft measured during two solar…

Space Physics · Physics 2016-08-24 Anna Wawrzaszek , Marius Echim , Wiesław M. Macek , Roberto Bruno

This Letter investigates the spectral characteristics of the interplanetary magnetic field fluctuations at proton scales during several time intervals chosen along the speed profile of a fast stream. The character of the fluctuations within…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-30 R. Bruno , D. Telloni

The standard way to model the cosmic ray solar modulations is via the Parker equation, that is as the effect of diffusion in the turbulent magnetic of an expanding solar wind. Calculations performed with this method that do not include a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-08-05 Paolo Lipari

There was an expectation that the magnetic field direction would rotate dramatically across the heliopause (HP). This rotation was used as one of the criteria to determine if Voyager 1 (V1) had crossed the HP. Recently the Voyager team…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Merav Opher , James F. Drake

Turbulence is a ubiquitous process that transfers energy across many spatial and temporal scales, thereby influencing particle transport and heating. Recent progress has improved our understanding of the anisotropy of turbulence with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-08 Siqi Zhao , Huirong Yan , Terry Z. Liu , Chuanpeng Hou

We investigate the origin of mesoscale structures in the solar wind called microstreams defined as enhancements in solar wind speed and temperature that last several hours. They were first clearly detected in Helios and Ulysses solar wind…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-24 Bahaeddine Gannouni , Victor Réville , Alexis Rouillard