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We present a comprehensive study of MHD waves and instabilities in a weakly ionised system, e.g., an interstellar molecular cloud. We determine all the critical wavelengths of perturbations across which the sustainable wave modes can change…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-01 Telemachos Ch. Mouschovias , Glenn E. Ciolek , S. A. Morton

Downflows on the solar surface are suspected to play a major role in the dynamics of the convection zone. We investigate the existence of the long-lasting downflows whose effects influence the interior of the Sun and the outer layers. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-05 T. Roudier , M. Švanda , J. M. Malherbe , J. Ballot , D. Korda , Z. Frank

Recent research has shown that distinct physical regions in the Venusian induced magnetosphere are recognizable from the variations of strength of the magnetic field and its wave/fluctuation activity. In this paper the statistical…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2009-01-23 Z. Vörös , T. L. Zhang , M. P. Leubner , M. Volwerk , M. Delva , W. Baumjohann

Mesospheric structures identical to summer noctilucent clouds were observed during the nights of December 17-19, 2024 in Siberian Russia. Basing on the available photo data, the mean altitude of the clouds 70.1+-1.5 km was measured by…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2025-01-30 Oleg S. Ugolnikov

Observations of the flow on Jupiter exists essentially only for the cloud-level, which is dominated by strong east-west jet-streams. These have been suggested to result from dynamics in a superficial thin weather-layer, or alternatively be…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-25 Eli Galanti , Yohai Kaspi

We have analyzed the complete archive of the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) data in order to monitor and analyze the evolution of the clouds and haze coverage at both poles of Titan during the entire Cassini mission. Our…

In-situ observations of magnetic field fluctuations in the solar wind show a broad continuum in the power spectral density (PSD) with a power-law range of scaling often identified as an inertial range of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence.…

Space Physics · Physics 2012-10-08 A. J. Turner , S. C. Chapman , G. Gogoberidze

We present a reanalysis of visible/near-infrared (480-930 nm) observations of Neptune, made in 2018 with the MUSE instrument at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Narrow Field Adaptive Optics mode, reported by Irwin et al., Icarus, 311,…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-20 P. G. J. Irwin , J. Dobinson , A. James , D. Toledo , N. A. Teanby , L. N. Fletcher , G. S. Orton , S. Pérez-Hoyos

Genesis of flux ropes observed by Pioneer-Venus Orbiter in the photoequilibrium region at Venus is analysed. Stability analysis of the large-scale magnetic field pushed deep inside during period of high dynamic pressure of solar wind had…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. M. Krymskii , D. I. Bojkov

We report on the disk-averaged absolute brightness temperatures of Venus measured at four microwave frequency bands with the Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS). We measure temperatures of 432.3 $\pm$ 2.8 K, 355.6 $\pm$ 1.3 K,…

Jupiter's tropospheric composition and cloud structure are studied using Cassini VIMS 4.5-5.1 {\mu}m thermal emission spectra from the 2000-2001 flyby. We make use of both nadir and limb darkening observations on the planet's nightside, and…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-11 Rohini S. Giles , Leigh N. Fletcher , Patrick G. J. Irwin

Aims. The phase scintillation of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Venus Express (VEX) spacecraft telemetry signal was observed at X-band (\lambda = 3.6 cm) with a number of radio telescopes of the European VLBI Network (EVN) in the period…

Recent studies undoubtedly demonstrate that the magnetic field in the photosphere and corona is an intermittent structure, which offers new views on the underlying physics. In particular, such problems as the existence in the corona of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Valentyna Abramenko , Vasyl Yurchyshyn , Haimin Wang

Recently studies discovered that part of the Gould Belt belongs to a 2.7 kpc-long {coherent, thin} wave consisting of a chain of clouds, where a damped undulation pattern has been identified from the spatial arrangement of the clouds. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-05-09 Guang-Xing Li , Bing-Qiu Chen

The asymmetric gravity field measured by the Juno spacecraft allowed estimation of the depth of Jupiter's zonal jets, showing that the winds extend approximately $3000$ km beneath the cloud-level. This estimate was based on an analysis…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-02 Keren Duer , Eli Galanti , Yohai Kaspi

We present the results of an intensive ground-based spectrophotometric monitoring campaign of the Seyfert galaxy NGC~4151 for a period of over two months, with a typical temporal resolution of one day. Light curves for four optical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 S. Kaspi et al

Mounting evidence of chemical disequilibria in the Venusian atmosphere has heightened interest in the search for life within the planet's cloud decks. Balloon systems are currently considered to be the superior class of aerial platform for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-12 Weston P. Buchanan , Maxim de Jong , Rachana Agrawal , Janusz J. Petkowski , Archit Arora , Sarag J. Saikia , Sara Seager , James M. Longuski

Twisting motions of different nature are observed in several layers of the solar atmosphere. Chromospheric sunspot whorls and rotation of sunspots or even higher up in the lower corona sigmoids are examples of the large scale twisted…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 R. Attie , D. E. Innes , H. E. Potts

Why are the terrestrial planets so different? Venus should be the most Earth-like of all our planetary neighbours. Its size, bulk composition and distance from the Sun are very similar to those of the Earth. Its original atmosphere was…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-03 Colin Wilson

The kinematic information of the Radcliffe Wave (RW) is essential for determining its existence and gaining insights into its origin and evolution. In this work, we present an accurate measurement of the vertical velocity ($V_Z$) of RW by…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-08-09 Zhi-Kai Zhu , Min Fang , Zu-Jia Lu , Junzhi Wang , Guang-Xing Li , Shiyu Zhang , Veli-Matti Pelkonen , Paolo Padoan , En-Wei Liang