Turbulence theories and statistical closure approaches

Y Zhou - Physics Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
When discussing research in physics and in science more generally, it is common to ascribe
equal importance to the three components of the scientific trinity: theoretical, experimental …

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 …

Recent progress in astrophysical plasma turbulence from solar wind observations

CHK Chen - Journal of Plasma Physics, 2016 - cambridge.org
This paper summarises some of the recent progress that has been made in understanding
astrophysical plasma turbulence in the solar wind, from in situ spacecraft observations. At …

Theory of cosmic ray transport in the heliosphere

NE Engelbrecht, F Effenberger, V Florinski… - Space Science …, 2022 - Springer
Modelling the transport of cosmic rays (CRs) in the heliosphere represents a global
challenge in the field of heliophysics, in that such a study, if it were to be performed from first …

Nine outstanding questions of solar wind physics

NM Viall, JE Borovsky - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In situ measurements of the solar wind have been available for almost 60 years, and in that
time plasma physics simulation capabilities have commenced and ground‐based solar …

Intermittency, nonlinear dynamics and dissipation in the solar wind and astrophysical plasmas

WH Matthaeus, M Wan, S Servidio… - … of the Royal …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
An overview is given of important properties of spatial and temporal intermittency, including
evidence of its appearance in fluids, magnetofluids and plasmas, and its implications for …

Dissipation and heating in solar wind turbulence: from the macro to the micro and back again

KH Kiyani, KT Osman… - … Transactions of the …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The past decade has seen a flurry of research activity focused on discerning the physics of
kinetic scale turbulence in high-speed astrophysical plasma flows. By 'kinetic'we mean …

Evidence for electron Landau damping in space plasma turbulence

CHK Chen, KG Klein, GG Howes - Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
How turbulent energy is dissipated in weakly collisional space and astrophysical plasmas is
a major open question. Here, we present the application of a field-particle correlation …

Intermittent dissipation and heating in 3D kinetic plasma turbulence

M Wan, WH Matthaeus, V Roytershteyn, H Karimabadi… - Physical review …, 2015 - APS
High resolution, fully kinetic, three dimensional (3D) simulation of collisionless plasma
turbulence shows the development of turbulence characterized by sheetlike current density …

Isotropization and evolution of energy-containing eddies in solar wind turbulence: Parker solar probe, helios 1, ace, wind, and voyager 1

ME Cuesta, R Chhiber, S Roy, J Goodwill… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We examine the radial evolution of correlation lengths perpendicular (${\lambda} _
{C}^{\perp} $) and parallel (${\lambda} _ {C}^{\parallel} $) to the magnetic-field direction …