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Alfv\'enic fluctuations in the solar wind display many properties reflecting an ongoing nonlinear cascade, e.g. a well-defined spectrum in frequency, together with some characteristics more commonly associated with the linear propagation of…

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Turbulence, a ubiquitous phenomenon in interplanetary space, is crucial for the energy conversion of space plasma at multiple scales. This work focuses on the propagation, polarization and wave composition properties of the solar wind…

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Estimation of the energy cascade rate in the inertial range of solar wind turbulence has been done so far mostly within the incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) theory. Here, we go beyond that approximation to include plasma…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-29 L. Z. Hadid , F. Sahraoui , S. Galtier

{\em Voyager 1} and {\em 2} data reveals that magnetic field fluctuations are compressive and exhibit a Gaussian distribution in the compressed heliosheath plasma, whereas they follow a lognormal distribution in a nearly incompressible…

Space Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Dastgeer Shaikh

We present two-dimensional fully-kinetic Particle-in-Cell simulations of decaying electromagnetic fluctuations. The computational box is such that wavelengths ranging from electron to ion gyroradii are resolved. The parameters used are…

Space Physics · Physics 2011-03-14 Enrico Camporeale , David Burgess

We have investigated how the degree of imbalance in solar wind turbulence is modified by large-scale velocity shears in the solar wind plasma. The balance between counterpropagating Alfv\'enic fluctuations, which interact nonlinearly to…

Space Physics · Physics 2023-03-29 Juska E. Soljento , Simon W. Good , Adnane Osmane , Emilia K. J. Kilpua

The probability density functions (PDFs) for energy dissipation rates, created from time-series data of grid turbulence in a wind tunnel, are analyzed in a high precision by the theoretical formulae for PDFs within multifractal PDF theory…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-03 Toshihico Arimitsu , Naoko Arimitsu , Hideaki Mouri

The solar wind is a dynamic plasma outflow that shapes heliospheric conditions and drives space weather. Identifying its large-scale phenomena is crucial, yet the increasing volume of high-cadence Parker Solar Probe (PSP) observations poses…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-03 Valmir P Moraes Filho , Daniela Martin , Jasmine R. Kobayashi , Connor O'Brien , Jinsu Hong , Evangelia Samara , Joseph Gallego

From the the solar photosphere to the outer heliosphere, the Sun's plasma properties are fluctuating with a broad range of temporal and spatial scales. In fact, a turbulent cascade of energy from large to small scales is a frequently…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-30 Steven R. Cranmer

The scaling of magnetic fluctuations provides crucial information for the understanding of solar wind turbulence. However, the observed magnetic fluctuations contain not only turbulence but also magnetic structures, leading to the violation…

Space Physics · Physics 2023-04-26 Honghong Wu , Jiansen He , Shiyong Huang , Liping Yang , Xin Wang , Zhigang Yuan

We report an evidence that self-similar and anomalous scalings coexist in a turbulent medium, particularly in fluctuations of the magnetic field flux density in magnetized plasma of the solar photosphere. The structure function scaling…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-07-11 Gorobets Andrei Y. , Berdyugina Svetlana

An analytical formula for the probability density function (PDF) of the velocity fluctuation in fully-developed turbulence is derived, non-perturbatively, by assuming that its underlying statistics is the one based on the generalized…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-24 Toshihico Arimitsu , Naoko Arimitsu

We focus on Hinode Solar Optical Telescope (SOT) calcium II H-line observations of a solar quiescent prominence (QP) that exhibits highly variable dynamics suggestive of turbulence. These images capture a sufficient range of scales…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Ersilia Leonardis , Sandra C. Chapman , Claire Foullon

Solar wind turbulence is a dynamical phenomenon that evolves with heliocentric distance. Orbiting Mars since September 2014, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) offers a unique opportunity to explore some of its main properties…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-27 Norberto Romanelli , Nahuel Andres , Gina DiBraccio , Jaye Verniero , Jacob Gruesbeck , Adam Szabo , Jared Espley , Jasper Halekas

Incompressible and isotropic magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in plasms can be described by an exact relation for the energy flux through the scales. This Yaglom-like scaling law has been recently observed in the solar wind above the solar…

Space Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 V. Carbone , R. Marino , L. Sorriso-Valvo , A. Noullez , R. Bruno

We present a turbulence index independent framework for simultaneously deriving solar wind velocity and coronal electron density in the near-Sun region using the spectral broadening of spacecraft radio signals. The formulation accommodates…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-25 Keshav Aggarwal , R. K. Choudhary , Abhirup Datta , Soumyaneal Banerjee , Takeshi Imamura , Hiroki Ando

Facing increasing domestic energy consumption from population growth and industrialization, Saudi Arabia is aiming to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels and to broaden its energy mix by expanding investment in renewable energy sources,…

Applications · Statistics 2019-02-14 Felipe Tagle , Stefano Castruccio , Paola Crippa , Marc G. Genton

Magnetic field fluctuations in the vicinity of the Earth's bow shock have been investigated with the aim to characterize the intermittent behaviour of strong plasma turbulence. The observed small-scale intermittency may be the signature of…

comp-gas · Physics 2020-01-29 T. Dudok de Wit , V. V. Krasnosel'skikh

In this Letter we study the connection between the large-scale dynamics of the turbulence cascade and particle heating on kinetic scales. We find that the inertial range turbulence amplitude ($\delta B_i$; measured in the range of 0.01-0.1…

Space Physics · Physics 2018-08-15 Daniel Vech , Kristopher G. Klein , Justin C. Kasper

We consider the quintic one dimensional nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with forcing and both linear and nonlinear dissipation. Quintic nonlinearity results in multiple collapse events randomly distributed in space and time forming forced…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2015-05-27 Yeojin Chung , Pavel M. Lushnikov