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The self-correlation level contours at the 1010 cm scale reveal a 3D isotropic feature in the slow solar wind and a quasi-anisotropic feature in the fast solar wind. However, the 1010 cm scale is approximately near the lowfrequency break…

Space Physics · Physics 2019-12-18 Honghong Wu , Chuanyi Tu , Xin Wang , Jiansen He , Linghua Wang

Knowing the lengthscales at which turbulent fluctuations dissipate is key to understanding the nature of weakly compressible magnetohydrodynamic turbulence. We use radio wavelength interferometric imaging observations which measure the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-19 K. Sasikumar Raja , Prasad Subramanian , Madhusudan Ingale , R. Ramesh

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

The correlation scale and the Taylor scale are evaluated for interplanetary magnetic field fluctuations from two-point, single time correlation function using the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE), Wind, and Cluster spacecraft data during…

Space Physics · Physics 2020-08-20 G. Zhou , H. -Q. He , W. Wan

The Interplanetary Magnetic Field shows complex spatial and temporal variations. Single spacecraft measurements reveal only a one dimensional section of this rich four dimensional phenomenon. Multi-point measurements of the four Cluster…

Space Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Z. Németh , G. Facskó , E. A. Lucek

We present a measurement of the scale-dependent, three-dimensional structure of the magnetic field fluctuations in inertial range solar wind turbulence with respect to a local, physically motivated coordinate system. The Alfvenic…

Space Physics · Physics 2012-10-09 C. H. K. Chen , A. Mallet , A. A. Schekochihin , T. S. Horbury , R. T. Wicks , S. D. Bale

The field-aligned anisotropy of the solar wind turbulence, which is quantified by the ratio of the parallel to the perpendicular correlation (and Taylor) length scales, is determined by simultaneous two-point correlation measurements during…

Space Physics · Physics 2021-04-13 G. Zhou , H. -Q. He

An outstanding gap in our knowledge of the solar wind is the relationship between switchbacks and solar wind turbulence. Switchbacks are large fluctuations, even reversals, of the background magnetic field embedded in the solar wind flow.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-05 Peter Tatum , David Malaspina , Alexandros Chasapis , Benjamin Short

Solar wind is probably the best laboratory to study turbulence in astrophysical plasmas. In addition to the presence of magnetic field, the differences with neutral fluid isotropic turbulence are: weakness of collisional dissipation and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Olga Alexandrova , Christopher H. K. Chen , Luca Sorriso-Valvo , Timothy S. Horbury , Stuart D. Bale

The solar wind is highly turbulent, and intermittency effects are observed for fluctuations within the inertial range. By analyzing magnetic field spectra and fourth-order moments, we perform a comparative study of turbulence and…

Space Physics · Physics 2025-02-11 Shiladittya Mondal , Supratik Banerjee , Luca Sorriso-Valvo

A well-known property of solar wind plasma turbulence is the observed anisotropy of the autocorrelations, or equivalently the spectra, of velocity and magnetic field fluctuations. Here we explore the related but apparently not well-studied…

Based on in-situ measurements by Wind spacecraft from 2005 to 2015, this letter reports for the first time a clearly scale-dependent connection between proton temperatures and the turbulence in the solar wind. A statistical analysis of…

Space Physics · Physics 2020-10-07 G. Q. Zhao , Y. Lin , X. Y. Wang , D. J. Wu , H. Q. Feng , Q. Liu , A. Zhao , H. B. Li

The higher order statistics of magnetic field magnitude fluctuations in the fast quiet solar wind are quantified systematically scale-by-scale for the first time. We find a single global non-Gaussian scale free behaviour from minutes to…

Space Physics · Physics 2015-05-28 B. Hnat , S. C. Chapman , G. Gogoberidze , R. Wicks

We expand our study on the dispersion of polarization angles in molecular clouds. We show how the effect of signal integration through the thickness of the cloud as well as across the area subtended by the telescope beam inherent to dust…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-20 Martin Houde , John E. Vaillancourt , Roger H. Hildebrand , Shadi Chitsazzadeh , Larry Kirby

We present the results of a study of solar wind velocity and magnetic field correlation lengths over the last 35 years. The correlation length of the magnetic field magnitude lambda(|B|) increases on average by a factor of two at solar…

Space Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 R. T. Wicks , M. J. Owens , T. S. Horbury

(Abridged) Wavelet analysis can be used to measure the power spectrum of solar wind fluctuations along a line in any direction with respect to the local mean magnetic field. This technique is applied to study solar wind turbulence in…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 J. J. Podesta

We investigate the spatial correlation properties of the solar wind using simultaneous observations by the ACE and WIND spacecraft. We use mutual information as a nonlinear measure of correlation and compare this to linear correlation. We…

Space Physics · Physics 2010-02-11 R. T. Wicks , S. C. Chapman , R. O. Dendy

A statistical relationship between magnetic reconnection, current sheets and intermittent turbulence in the solar wind is reported for the first time using in-situ measurements from the Wind spacecraft at 1 AU. We identify intermittency as…

Space Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 K. T. Osman , W. H. Matthaeus , J. T. Gosling , A. Greco , S. Servidio , B. Hnat , S. C. Chapman , T. D. Phan

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) represent the most extreme solar products, showing complex and dynamic structures when detected in situ. They are often preceded by a shock and carry a magnetic cloud organised as a flux rope, surrounded and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-23 Mattia Sangalli , Andrea Verdini , Simone Landi , Emanuele Papini

The solar wind is connected to the Sun's atmosphere by flux tubes that are rooted in an ever-changing pattern of positive and negative magnetic polarities on the surface. Observations indicate that the magnetic field is filamentary and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Steven R. Cranmer , Adriaan A. van Ballegooijen , Lauren N. Woolsey
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