3 papers
physics.plasm-ph2026
A Magnetothermodynamic Theory of Energy Transport In Collisionless Plasmas
Dominic Payne
Presented here is an exploratory conceptual framework with the aim of describing electromagnetic and thermal energy transport and transfer in collisionless plasmas in a coherent wa…
astro-ph.SR2026
Direct Measurement of Polar Coronal Hole-like Solar Wind in its Acceleration Phase
Samuel T. Badman, Yeimy J. Rivera, Michael L. Stevens +38
The early evolution of fast polar coronal hole (PCH) solar wind remains largely unconstrained by in situ measurements. In March 2025, Parker Solar Probe (Parker) at its closest app…
physics.plasm-ph2025
Thermodynamics of Shear Equilibration During Magnetic Reconnection Onset in Mixed-Equilibrium Current Sheets
Dominic Payne, Marc Swisdak, James Drake +1
Magnetic shear across the polarity inversion line (PIL) plays an important role in the explosive nature of reconnection onset and in the equilibration of current sheets, acting as…