Electron-driven instabilities in the solar wind

D Verscharen, BDG Chandran, E Boella… - Frontiers in astronomy …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The electrons are an essential particle species in the solar wind. They often exhibit non-
equilibrium features in their velocity distribution function. These include temperature …

Temperature anisotropy instabilities stimulated by the solar wind suprathermal populations

M Lazar, RA López, SM Shaaban, S Poedts… - Frontiers in Astronomy …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
This review paper compiles recent results obtained by the present group of authors
describing the effects of suprathermal populations present in space plasmas (up to a few …

A Quarter Century of Wind Spacecraft Discoveries

LB Wilson III, AL Brosius, N Gopalswamy… - 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The Wind spacecraft, launched on November 1, 1994, is a critical element in NASA's
Heliophysics System Observatory (HSO)—a fleet of spacecraft created to understand 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 …

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 …

Scattering of strahl electrons in the solar wind between 0.3 and 1 au: Helios observations

L Berčič, M Maksimović, S Landi… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Electron velocity distribution functions in the solar wind according to standard models
consist of four components, of which three are symmetric–the core, the halo, and the …

Electron heat flux in the near-Sun environment

JS Halekas, PL Whittlesey, DE Larson… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Aims. We survey the electron heat flux observed by the Parker Solar Probe (PSP) in the near-
Sun environment at heliocentric distances of 0.125–0.25 AU. Methods. We utilized …

Sunward-propagating whistler waves collocated with localized magnetic field holes in the solar wind: Parker solar probe observations at 35.7 R⊙ radii

OV Agapitov, TD de Wit, FS Mozer… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Observations by the Parker Solar Probe mission of the solar wind at∼ 35.7 solar
radii reveal the existence of whistler wave packets with frequencies below 0.1 f ce (20–80 …

Parker solar probe evidence for scattering of electrons in the young solar wind by narrowband whistler-mode waves

C Cattell, A Breneman, J Dombeck… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Observations of plasma waves by the Fields Suite and of electrons by the Solar Wind
Electrons Alphas and Protons Investigation on the Parker Solar Probe provide strong …

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 …