4 papers
Small-scale Magnetic Flux Ropes in the First two Parker Solar Probe Encounters
Yu Chen, Qiang Hu, Lingling Zhao +15
Small-scale magnetic flux ropes (SFRs) are a type of structures in the solar wind that possess helical magnetic field lines. In a recent report (Chen & Hu 2020), we presented the r…
Effects of Radial Distances on Small-scale Magnetic Flux Ropes in the Solar Wind
Yu Chen, Qiang Hu
Small-scale magnetic flux ropes (SFRs), in the solar wind, have been studied for decades. Statistical analysis utilizing various in situ spacecraft measurements is the main observa…
Analysis of Small-scale Magnetic Flux Ropes Covering the Whole Ulysses Mission
Yu Chen, Qiang Hu, Jakobus le Roux
Small-scale magnetic flux ropes, in the solar wind, have been studied for decades via the approach of both simulation and observation. Statistical analysis utilizing various in-sit…
Automated detection of small-scale magnetic flux ropes in the solar wind: First results from the Wind spacecraft measurements
Qiang Hu, Jinlei Zheng, Yu Chen +2
We have developed a new automated small-scale magnetic flux rope (SSMFR) detection algorithm based on the Grad-Shafranov (GS) reconstruction technique. We have applied this detecti…