The multi-scale nature of the solar wind

D Verscharen, KG Klein, BA Maruca - Living Reviews in Solar Physics, 2019 - Springer
The solar wind is a magnetized plasma and as such exhibits collective plasma behavior
associated with its characteristic spatial and temporal scales. The characteristic length …

Magnetohydrodynamic oscillations in the solar corona and Earth's magnetosphere: towards consolidated understanding

VM Nakariakov, V Pilipenko, B Heilig, P Jelínek… - Space Science …, 2016 - Springer
Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) oscillatory processes in different plasma systems, such as the
corona of the Sun and the Earth's magnetosphere, show interesting similarities and …

In Situ Signature of Cyclotron Resonant Heating in the Solar Wind

TA Bowen, BDG Chandran, J Squire, SD Bale… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
The dissipation of magnetized turbulence is an important paradigm for describing heating
and energy transfer in astrophysical environments such as the solar corona and wind; …

Possible evidence of Alfvén-cyclotron waves in the angle distribution of magnetic helicity of solar wind turbulence

J He, E Marsch, C Tu, S Yao, H Tian - The Astrophysical Journal, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The fluctuating magnetic helicity is considered an important parameter in diagnosing the
characteristic modes of solar wind turbulence. Among them is the Alfvén-cyclotron wave …

Magnetic helicity spectrum of solar wind fluctuations as a function of the angle with respect to the local mean magnetic field

JJ Podesta, SP Gary - The Astrophysical Journal, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetic field data acquired by the Ulysses spacecraft in high-speed streams over the poles
of the Sun are used to investigate the normalized magnetic helicity spectrum σ m as a …

The role of proton cyclotron resonance as a dissipation mechanism in solar wind turbulence: a statistical study at ion-kinetic scales

LD Woodham, RT Wicks, D Verscharen… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We use magnetic field and ion moment data from the MFI and SWE instruments on board the
Wind spacecraft to study the nature of solar wind turbulence at ion-kinetic scales. We …

Ion‐driven instabilities in the solar wind: Wind observations of 19 March 2005

SP Gary, LK Jian, TW Broiles… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Intervals of enhanced magnetic fluctuations have been frequently observed in the solar
wind. But it remains an open question as to whether these waves are generated at the Sun …

Mhd and ion kinetic waves in field-aligned flows observed by parker solar probe

LL Zhao, GP Zank, JS He, D Telloni… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Parker Solar Probe (PSP) observed predominately Alfvénic fluctuations in the solar
wind near the Sun where the magnetic field tends to be radially aligned. In this paper, two …

Temperature anisotropy instabilities stimulated by the solar wind suprathermal populations

M Lazar, RA López, SM Shaaban, S Poedts… - Frontiers in Astronomy …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
This review paper compiles recent results obtained by the present group of authors
describing the effects of suprathermal populations present in space plasmas (up to a few …

Electromagnetic waves near the proton cyclotron frequency: STEREO observations

LK Jian, HY Wei, CT Russell, JG Luhmann… - The Astrophysical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Transverse, near-circularly polarized, parallel-propagating electromagnetic waves around
the proton cyclotron frequency were found sporadically in the solar wind throughout the …