Cross-scale processes of magnetic reconnection

KJ Hwang, R Nakamura, JP Eastwood… - Space Science …, 2023 - Springer
Various physical processes in association with magnetic reconnection occur over multiple
scales from the microscopic to macroscopic scale lengths. This paper reviews multi-scale …

Nonlinear dynamics in space plasma turbulence: temporal stochastic chaos

ACL Chian, FA Borotto, T Hada, RA Miranda… - Reviews of Modern …, 2022 - Springer
Intermittent turbulence is key for understanding the stochastic nonlinear dynamics of space,
astrophysical, and laboratory plasmas. We review the theory of deterministic and stochastic …

Solar Orbiter observations of the Kelvin-Helmholtz waves in the solar wind

R Kieokaew, B Lavraud, Y Yang… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. The Kelvin-HeImholtz (KH) instability is a nonlinear shear-driven instability that
develops at the interface between shear flows in plasmas. KH waves have been inferred in …

Division of magnetic flux rope via magnetic reconnection observed in the magnetotail

X Li, R Wang, Q Lu - Geophysical Research Letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Using high‐resolution data from Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission, we report an
intense current layer at the center of a flux rope (FR) in the magnetotail. The intense current …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-scale evolution of Kelvin–Helmholtz waves at the Earth's magnetopause during southward IMF periods

TKM Nakamura, KA Blasl, H Hasegawa, T Umeda… - Physics of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
At the Earth's low-latitude magnetopause, the Kelvin–Helmholtz instability (KHI), driven by
the velocity shear between the magnetosheath and magnetosphere, has been frequently …

Temporal evolution of flux tube entanglement at the magnetopause as observed by the MMS satellites

Y Qi, CT Russell, YD Jia… - Geophysical Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Flux transfer events (FTEs), as flux ropes (FRs), are considered key agents for solar wind
energy to enter the terrestrial magnetosphere. Recent observations identify entangled flux …

Kinetic features for the identification of Kelvin–Helmholtz vortices in in situ observations

A Settino, D Perrone, YV Khotyaintsev… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The boundaries identification of Kelvin–Helmholtz vortices in observational data has been
addressed by searching for single-spacecraft small-scale signatures. A recent hybrid Vlasov …

The geometrical features of magnetic flux entanglement events observed by MMS

N Ahmad, C Shen, Y Ji, PE, U Rehman… - Journal of …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Flux transfer events are momentary occurrences of self‐adjusting, rope‐like magnetized
plasma structures near Earth's magnetopause, typically associated with a southward …

Electron‐Scale Reconnecting Current Sheet Formed Within the Lower‐Hybrid Wave‐Active Region of Kelvin‐Helmholtz Waves

KA Blasl, TKM Nakamura, R Nakamura… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract We present Magnetospheric Multiscale observations of an electron‐scale
reconnecting current sheet in the mixing region along the trailing edge of a Kelvin …

[HTML][HTML] Terrestrial and Martian space weather: A complex systems approach

A Chian, R Miranda, C Bertucci, X Blanco-Cano… - Journal of Atmospheric …, 2024 - Elsevier
A comparative overview of Terrestrial and Martian space weather is presented, with
emphasis on applying the tools of complexity and nonlinear dynamics to study the …