The solar wind as a turbulence laboratory

R Bruno, V Carbone - Living Reviews in Solar Physics, 2013 - Springer
In this review we will focus on a topic of fundamental importance for both astrophysics and
plasma physics, namely the occurrence of large-amplitude low-frequency fluctuations of the …

Solar Orbiter Exploring the Sun–Heliosphere Connection

D Mueller, RG Marsden, OC St. Cyr, HR Gilbert… - Solar Physics, 2013 - Springer
The heliosphere represents a uniquely accessible domain of space, where fundamental
physical processes common to solar, astrophysical and laboratory plasmas can be studied …

Astrophysical gyrokinetics: kinetic and fluid turbulent cascades in magnetized weakly collisional plasmas

AA Schekochihin, SC Cowley, W Dorland… - The Astrophysical …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents a theoretical framework for understanding plasma turbulence in
astrophysical plasmas. It is motivated by observations of electromagnetic and density …

A model of turbulence in magnetized plasmas: Implications for the dissipation range in the solar wind

GG Howes, SC Cowley, W Dorland… - Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
This paper studies the turbulent cascade of magnetic energy in weakly collisional
magnetized plasmas. A cascade model is presented, based on the assumptions of local …

Ion‐scale spectral break of solar wind turbulence at high and low beta

CHK Chen, L Leung, S Boldyrev… - Geophysical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The power spectrum of magnetic fluctuations in the solar wind at 1 AU displays a break
between two power laws in the range of spacecraft‐frame frequencies 0.1 to 1 Hz. These …

Driving and Dissipation of Solar-Wind Turbulence: What is the Evidence?

CW Smith, BJ Vasquez - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Fifty years of solar wind observations have provided extensive data that drives an evolving
view of the fundamental nature and dynamics of the magnetic, velocity, and density …

Dependence of the dissipation range spectrum of interplanetary magnetic fluctuationson the rate of energy cascade

CW Smith, K Hamilton, BJ Vasquez… - The Astrophysical …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate the nature of turbulent magnetic dissipation in the solar wind. We employ a
database describing the spectra of over 800 intervals of interplanetary magnetic field and …

Evaluation of the turbulent energy cascade rates from the upper inertial range in the solar wind at 1 AU

BJ Vasquez, CW Smith, K Hamilton… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
We construct a database from ACE spacecraft measurements of solar wind magnetic field
fluctuations at 1 AU which resolves∼ 2 decades in frequency at the high end of the inertial …

Solar winds driven by nonlinear low‐frequency Alfvén waves from the photosphere: Parametric study for fast/slow winds and disappearance of solar winds

TK Suzuki, S Inutsuka - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
We investigate how properties of the corona and solar wind in open coronal holes depend
on properties of magnetic fields and their footpoint motions at the surface. We perform one …

Short‐wavelength turbulence in the solar wind: Linear theory of whistler and kinetic Alfvén fluctuations

SP Gary, CW Smith - Journal of Geophysical Research: Space …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
There is a debate as to the identity of the fluctuations which constitute the relatively high‐
frequency plasma turbulence observed in the solar wind. One school holds that these …