Whistler mode waves and the electron heat flux in the solar wind: Cluster observations

C Lacombe, O Alexandrova, L Matteini… - The Astrophysical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The nature of the magnetic field fluctuations in the solar wind between the ion and electron
scales is still under debate. Using the Cluster/STAFF instrument, we make a survey of the …

Statistical study of whistler waves in the solar wind at 1 au

Y Tong, IY Vasko, AV Artemyev, SD Bale… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Whistler waves are intermittently present in the solar wind, while their origin and effects are
not entirely understood. We present a statistical analysis of magnetic field fluctuations in the …

Nonlinear evolution of the whistler heat flux instability

IV Kuzichev, IY Vasko, AR Soto-Chavez… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We use the one-dimensional TRISTAN-MP particle-in-cell code to model the nonlinear
evolution of the whistler heat flux instability (WHFI) that was proposed by Gary et al. and …

Particle-in-cell simulation of whistler heat-flux instabilities in the solar wind: Heat-flux regulation and electron halo formation

A Micera, AN Zhukov, RA López… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We present results of a two-dimensional fully kinetic particle-in-cell simulation in order to
shed light on the role of whistler waves in the scattering of strahl electrons and in the heat …

Variability of the magnetic field power spectrum in the solar wind at electron scales

OW Roberts, O Alexandrova, P Kajdič… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
At electron scales, the power spectrum of solar-wind magnetic fluctuations can be highly
variable and the dissipation mechanisms of the magnetic energy into the various particle …

Experimental determination of whistler wave dispersion relation in the solar wind

D Stansby, TS Horbury, CHK Chen… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The origins and properties of large-amplitude whistler wavepackets in the solar wind are still
unclear. In this Letter, we utilize single spacecraft electric and magnetic field waveform …

Whistler wave generation by halo electrons in the solar wind

Y Tong, IY Vasko, M Pulupa, FS Mozer… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We present an analysis of simultaneous particle and field measurements from the ARTEMIS
spacecraft, which demonstrates that quasi-parallel whistler waves in the solar wind can be …

Whistler fan instability driven by strahl electrons in the solar wind

IY Vasko, V Krasnoselskikh, Y Tong… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a theoretical analysis of electron heat flux inhibition in the solar wind when a
significant portion of the heat flux is carried by strahl electrons. We adopt core-strahl velocity …

On the role of solar wind expansion as a source of whistler waves: Scattering of suprathermal electrons and heat flux regulation in the inner heliosphere

A Micera, AN Zhukov, RA López, E Boella… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The role of solar wind expansion in generating whistler waves is investigated using the EB-
iPic3D code, which models solar wind expansion self-consistently within a fully kinetic semi …

Parker solar probe evidence for the absence of whistlers close to the sun to scatter strahl and to regulate heat flux

C Cattell, A Breneman, J Dombeck… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Using the Parker Solar Probe FIELDS bandpass-filter data and SWEAP electron
data from Encounters 1 through 9, we show statistical properties of narrowband whistlers …