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most citedThe impact of Alfvenic shear flow on magnetic reconnection and turbulence

4 citations · 6 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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10 papers

astro-ph.SR2026

Intermittent turbulence as the driver of stochastic heating in the near-Sun solar wind

Tamar Ervin, Trevor A. Bowen, Alfred Mallet +9

Understanding the mechanism by which the energy is dissipated at small scales to heat the outer corona and expanding solar wind, is a primary goal of the Parker Solar Probe (PSP) m…

physics.plasm-ph2026

Physics of Circular Polarized Ion-Scale Waves in Hybrid Simulations of Alfvénic Fluctuations

Hai Yang Harry Qian, Trevor A. Bowen, Carlos A. Gonzalez +5

Ion cyclotron waves (ICW) and fast magnetosonic/whistler waves (FMW) are fundamental electromagnetic modes at ion kinetic scales, yet their generation mechanisms and roles in plasm…

astro-ph.SR2026

Direct Measurement of Diffusion Coefficients: Evidence for Diffusive Stochastic Heating in Collisionless Plasmas

Tamar Ervin, Trevor A. Bowen, Alfred Mallet +7

Open questions in collisionless plasma dissipation can be addressed using space-based observations in different astrophysical environments, with implications for both astrophysical…

physics.space-ph2026

Evolution and Impact of Switchbacks Throughout the Heliosphere

Alfred Mallet, Chen Shi, Anna Tenerani +23

Magnetic switchbacks are large-amplitude fluctuations in the interplanetary magnetic field, and appear frequently in the near-Sun solar wind explored recently by Parker Solar Probe…

physics.space-ph2026

Generation and Expansion-Driven Growth of Switchbacks in the Outer Solar Corona and Solar Wind

Nikos Sioulas, Marco Velli, Chen Shi +6

We analyze \emph{Parker Solar Probe} and \emph{Solar Orbiter} measurements of magnetic-field reversals (``switchbacks'') across the Alfvén surface (), where is t…

astro-ph.SR2025

Free Energy Sources of Ion-scale Waves Observed by Parker Solar Probe

Niranjana Shankarappa, Kristopher G. Klein, Mihailo M. Martinović +6

Parker Solar Probe (PSP) observes abundant circularly polarized ion-scale waves throughout the inner heliosphere. These waves are a signature of the interplay between plasma microi…

physics.space-ph2025★ 4 cited

The impact of Alfvenic shear flow on magnetic reconnection and turbulence

Tamar Ervin, Alfred Mallet, Stefan Eriksson +9

Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental and omnipresent energy conversion process in plasma physics. Novel observations of fields and particles from Parker Solar Probe (PSP) have sh…

astro-ph.SR2025

Stochastic Heating in the Sub-Alfvénic Solar Wind

Trevor A. Bowen, Tamar Ervin, Alfred Mallet +7

Collisionless dissipation of turbulence is important for heating plasmas in astrophysical, space physics, and laboratory environments, controlling energy, momentum and particle tra…

physics.plasm-ph2025★ 2 cited

Perpendicular ion heating in turbulence and reconnection: magnetic moment breaking by coherent fluctuations

Alfred Mallet, Kristopher G. Klein, Benjamin D. G. Chandran +2

We study the interaction of an ion with a fluctuation in the electromagnetic fields that is localized in both space and time. We study the scale-dependence of the interaction in bo…

astro-ph.SR2024

Estimated Heating Rates Due to Cyclotron Damping of Ion-scale Waves Observed by Parker Solar Probe

Niranjana Shankarappa, Kristopher Klein, Mihailo Martinovic +1

Circularly polarized waves consistent with parallel-propagating ion cyclotron waves (ICWs) and fast magnetosonic waves (FMWs) are often observed by Parker Solar Probe (PSP) at ion…