Search Results - "Kasper, J. C."
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The Solar Probe Plus Mission: Humanity’s First Visit to Our Star
Published in Space science reviews (01-12-2016)“…Solar Probe Plus (SPP) will be the first spacecraft to fly into the low solar corona. SPP’s main science goal is to determine the structure and dynamics of the…”
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Majority of Solar Wind Intervals Support Ion-Driven Instabilities
Published in Physical review letters (18-05-2018)“…We perform a statistical assessment of solar wind stability at 1 AU against ion sources of free energy using Nyquist's instability criterion. In contrast to…”
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Shear-driven Transition to Isotropically Turbulent Solar Wind Outside the Alfvén Critical Zone
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-10-2020)“…Abstract Motivated by prior remote observations of a transition from striated solar coronal structures to more isotropic “flocculated” fluctuations, we propose…”
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Parker Solar Probe Enters the Magnetically Dominated Solar Corona
Published in Physical review letters (17-12-2021)“…The high temperatures and strong magnetic fields of the solar corona form streams of solar wind that expand through the Solar System into interstellar space…”
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What are the relative roles of heating and cooling in generating solar wind temperature anisotropies?
Published in Physical review letters (11-11-2011)“…Temperature anisotropy in the solar wind results from a combination of mechanisms of anisotropic heating (e.g., cyclotron-resonant heating and dissipation of…”
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COMPRESSIVE COHERENT STRUCTURES AT ION SCALES IN THE SLOW SOLAR WIND
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-08-2016)“…ABSTRACT We present a study of magnetic field fluctuations in a slow solar wind stream, close to ion scales, where an increase of the level of magnetic…”
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Magnetic Reconnection as the Driver of the Solar Wind
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-03-2023)“…We present EUV solar observations showing evidence for omnipresent jetting activity driven by small-scale magnetic reconnection at the base of the solar…”
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Revisiting the structure of low‐Mach number, low‐beta, quasi‐perpendicular shocks
Published in Journal of geophysical research. Space physics (01-09-2017)“…A study of the structure of 145 low‐Mach number (M≤3), low‐beta (β≤1), quasi‐perpendicular interplanetary collisionless shock waves observed by the Wind…”
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Magnetic fluctuation power near proton temperature anisotropy instability thresholds in the solar wind
Published in Physical review letters (20-11-2009)“…The proton temperature anisotropy in the solar wind is known to be constrained by the theoretical thresholds for pressure-anisotropy-driven instabilities…”
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Characterization of Turbulent Fluctuations in the Sub-Alfvénic Solar Wind
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-05-2024)“…Abstract Parker Solar Probe (PSP) observed sub-Alfvénic solar wind intervals during encounters 8–14, and low-frequency magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence in…”
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EVOLUTION OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN HELIUM ABUNDANCE, MINOR ION CHARGE STATE, AND SOLAR WIND SPEED OVER THE SOLAR CYCLE
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-02-2012)“…The changing relationships between solar wind speed, helium abundance, and minor ion charge state are examined over solar cycle 23. Observations of the…”
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Constraining Ion-Scale Heating and Spectral Energy Transfer in Observations of Plasma Turbulence
Published in Physical review letters (10-07-2020)“…We perform a statistical study of the turbulent power spectrum at inertial and kinetic scales observed during the first perihelion encounter of the Parker…”
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Interplanetary dust detection by radio antennas: Mass calibration and fluxes measured by STEREO/WAVES
Published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics (01-05-2012)“…We analyze dust impacts recorded by the S/WAVES radio instrument onboard the two STEREO spacecraft near 1 A.U. during the period 2007–2010. The impact of a…”
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Large-amplitude electrostatic waves observed at a supercritical interplanetary shock
Published in Journal of Geophysical Research (01-12-2010)“…We present the first observations at an interplanetary shock of large-amplitude (> 100 mV/m pk-pk) solitary waves and large-amplitude (approx.30 mV/m pk-pk)…”
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Observations of electromagnetic whistler precursors at supercritical interplanetary shocks
Published in Geophysical research letters (01-04-2012)“…We present observations of electromagnetic precursor waves, identified as whistler mode waves, at supercritical interplanetary shocks using the Wind search…”
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Quantifying the Energy Budget in the Solar Wind from 13.3 to 100 Solar Radii
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-07-2023)“…A variety of energy sources, ranging from dynamic processes, such as magnetic reconnection and waves, to quasi steady terms, such as plasma pressure, may…”
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Estimates of Proton and Electron Heating Rates Extended to the Near-Sun Environment
Published in Astrophysical journal. Letters (01-10-2023)“…Abstract A central problem of space plasma physics is how protons and electrons are heated in a turbulent, magnetized plasma. The differential heating of…”
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Observations of the 2022 September 5 Solar Energetic Particle Event at 15 Solar Radii
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-05-2024)“…Abstract On 2022 September 5, Parker Solar Probe (Parker) observed a large solar energetic particle (SEP) event at the unprecedented distance of only 15 R S…”
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New Observations of Solar Wind 1/f Turbulence Spectrum from Parker Solar Probe
Published in Astrophysical journal. Letters (01-06-2023)“…Abstract The trace magnetic power spectrum in the solar wind is known to be characterized by a double power law at scales much larger than the proton…”
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Likely Common Coronal Source of Solar Wind and 3He-enriched Energetic Particles: Uncoupled Transport from the Low Corona to 0.2 au
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-04-2024)“…Parker Solar Probe (PSP) observations of a small dispersive event on 2022 February 27 and 28 indicate scatter-free propagation as the dominant transport…”
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