6 papers
Inertial-Range Energy Transfer Free from Isotropic Assumption in Turbulent Space Plasma
Zhuoran Gao, Yan Yang, Francesco Pecora +5
The idea of an energy cascade in the inertial range is often invoked in turbulent space plasmas to estimate the energy dissipation rate. Laws governing the behavior of third-order…
Electron Heat Flux and Whistler Instability in the Earth's Magnetosheath
Ida Svenningsson, Emiliya Yordanova, Yuri V. Khotyaintsev +4
Despite heat flux's role in regulating energy conversion in collisionless plasmas, its properties and evolution in the magnetosheath downstream of the Earth's bow shock are scarcel…
Velocity-space turbulent cascade in the near-Sun solar wind: first insights from the Parker Solar Probe mission
A. Larosa, O. Pezzi, T. Bowen +11
In space plasmas, the rarity of collisions leads to complex structures in the velocity space where a turbulent cascade of the velocity distribution function fluctuations is thought…
Non-Maxwellianity of Ion Velocity Distributions in the Earth's Magnetosheath
Louis Richard, Sergio Servidio, Ida Svenningsson +6
We analyze the deviations from local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE) of the ion velocity distribution function (iVDF) in collisionless plasma turbulence. Using data from the Magnet…
The Temperature Anisotropy and Helium Abundance Features of Alfvénic Slow Solar Wind Observed by Parker Solar Probe, Helios, and Wind Missions
Jia Huang, Davin E. Larson, Tamar Ervin +20
Slow solar wind is typically characterized as having low Alfvénicity, but the occasional occurrence of highly Alfvénic slow solar wind (HASSW) raises questions about its source r…
Identifying the Growth Phase of Magnetic Reconnection using Pressure-Strain Interaction
M. Hasan Barbhuiya, Paul A. Cassak, Alex Chasapis +3
Magnetic reconnection often initiates abruptly and then rapidly progresses to a nonlinear quasi-steady state. While satellites frequently detect reconnection events, ascertaining w…