Imaging plasma density structures in the soft X-rays generated by solar wind charge exchange with neutrals

DG Sibeck, R Allen, H Aryan, D Bodewits… - Space Science …, 2018 - Springer
Both heliophysics and planetary physics seek to understand the complex nature of the solar
wind's interaction with solar system obstacles like Earth's magnetosphere, the ionospheres …

Methods to derive the magnetopause from soft X-ray images by the SMILE mission

C Wang, T Sun - Geoscience Letters, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) is a novel self-
standing mission dedicated to observing the solar wind–magnetosphere coupling via …

Global-scale magnetosphere convection driven by dayside magnetic reconnection

L Dai, M Zhu, Y Ren, W Gonzalez, C Wang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Plasma convection on a global scale is a fundamental feature of planetary magnetosphere.
The Dungey cycle explains that steady-state convection within the closed part of the …

[HTML][HTML] A space hurricane over the Earth's polar ionosphere

QH Zhang, YL Zhang, C Wang, K Oksavik… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
In Earth's low atmosphere, hurricanes are destructive due to their great size, strong spiral
winds with shears, and intense rain/precipitation. However, disturbances resembling …

GIC due to storm sudden commencement in low‐latitude high‐voltage power network in China: Observation and simulation

JJ Zhang, C Wang, TR Sun, CM Liu… - Space Weather, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The impact of geomagnetically induced currents (GICs) on the power networks at middle
and low latitudes has attracted attention in recent years with the increase of large‐scale …

Driving Saturn's magnetospheric periodicities from the upper atmosphere/ionosphere

X Jia, MG Kivelson, TI Gombosi - Journal of Geophysical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Saturn's magnetospheric structure and the intensity of radio frequency emissions from its
immediate surroundings are modulated at close to the planet's rotation period. Analogous …

Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics of Saturn's magnetosphere: A global MHD simulation

X Jia, KC Hansen, TI Gombosi… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We investigate the solar wind interaction with Saturn's magnetosphere by using a global
magnetohydrodynamic simulation driven by an idealized time‐varying solar wind input that …

Investigation of storm time magnetotail and ion injection using three‐dimensional global hybrid simulation

Y Lin, XY Wang, S Lu, JD Perez… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Dynamics of the near‐Earth magnetotail associated with substorms during a period of
extended southward interplanetary magnetic field is studied using a three‐dimensional (3 …

Deriving the magnetopause position from the soft X‐ray image by using the tangent fitting approach

T Sun, C Wang, HK Connor… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Imaging is one of the essential techniques to observe astronomical structures. While
analyzing the observed images, it is a challenge in many scientific fields to reconstruct the 3 …

Multiple transpolar auroral arcs reveal insight about coupling processes in the Earth's magnetotail

QH Zhang, YL Zhang, C Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
A distinct class of aurora, called transpolar auroral arc (TPA)(in some cases called “theta”
aurora), appears in the extremely high-latitude ionosphere of the Earth when interplanetary …