Kinetic scale turbulence and dissipation in the solar wind: key observational results and future outlook

ML Goldstein, RT Wicks, S Perri… - … Transactions of the …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Turbulence is ubiquitous in the solar wind. Turbulence causes kinetic and magnetic energy
to cascade to small scales where they are eventually dissipated, adding heat to the plasma …

Nature of subproton scale turbulence in the solar wind

CHK Chen, S Boldyrev, Q Xia, JC Perez - Physical review letters, 2013 - APS
The nature of subproton scale fluctuations in the solar wind is an open question, partly
because two similar types of electromagnetic turbulence can occur: kinetic Alfvén turbulence …

Kinetic cascade in solar-wind turbulence: 3D3V hybrid-kinetic simulations with electron inertia

SS Cerri, S Servidio, F Califano - The Astrophysical Journal …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Understanding the nature of the turbulent fluctuations below the ion gyroradius in solar-wind
(SW) turbulence is a great challenge. Recent studies have been mostly in favor of kinetic …

Collisionless shocks in partly ionized plasma with cosmic rays: microphysics of non-thermal components

AM Bykov, MA Malkov, JC Raymond… - Space Science …, 2013 - Springer
In this review we discuss some observational aspects and theoretical models of
astrophysical collisionless shocks in partly ionized plasma with the presence of non-thermal …

Subproton-scale cascades in solar wind turbulence: driven hybrid-kinetic simulations

SS Cerri, F Califano, F Jenko, D Told… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT A long-lasting debate in space plasma physics concerns the nature of
subproton-scale fluctuations in solar wind (SW) turbulence. Over the past decade, a series of …

[图书][B] Classical kinetic theory of weakly turbulent nonlinear plasma processes

PH Yoon - 2019 - books.google.com
Kinetic theory of weakly turbulent nonlinear processes in plasma helped form the foundation
of modern plasma physics. This book provides a systematic overview of the kinetic theory of …

Transition from kinetic to MHD behavior in a collisionless plasma

TN Parashar, WH Matthaeus, MA Shay… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
The study of kinetic effects in heliospheric plasmas requires representation of dynamics at
sub-proton scales, but in most cases the system is driven by magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) …

The origin of non-Maxwellian solar wind electron velocity distribution function: Connection to nanoflares in the solar corona

H Che, ML Goldstein - The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The formation of the observed core-halo feature in the solar wind electron velocity
distribution function is a long-time puzzle. In this Letter, based on the current knowledge of …

On the Fourier Contribution of Strong Current Sheets to the High‐Frequency Magnetic Power SpectralDensity of the Solar Wind

JE Borovsky, BL Burkholder - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The hypothesis is explored that the high‐frequency magnetic spectral power of the solar
wind is associated with the spatial profiles of strong current sheets (directional …

Spectral breaks of Alfvénic turbulence in a collisionless plasma

S Boldyrev, CHK Chen, Q Xia… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent observations reveal that magnetic turbulence in the nearly colisionless solar wind
plasma extends to scales smaller than the plasma microscales, such as ion gyroradius and …