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Parker Solar Probe Enters the Magnetically Dominated Solar Corona by Kasper, J C, Klein, K G, Lichko, E, Huang, Jia, Chen, C H K, Badman, S T, Bonnell, J, Whittlesey, P L, Livi, R, Larson, D, Pulupa, M, Rahmati, A, Stansby, D, Korreck, K E, Stevens, M, Case, A W, Bale, S D, Maksimovic, M, Moncuquet, M, Goetz, K, Halekas, J S, Malaspina, D, Raouafi, Nour E, Szabo, A, MacDowall, R, Velli, Marco, Dudok de Wit, Thierry, Zank, G P

“…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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Faltering Steps Into the Galaxy: The Boundary Regions of the Heliosphere by Zank, G.P

“…The interaction of the heliosphere with the local interstellar medium (LISM) results in a complicated series of boundary regions. The Voyager 1 and 2…”
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Theory and Transport of Nearly Incompressible Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence by Zank, G. P., Adhikari, L., Hunana, P., Shiota, D., Bruno, R., Telloni, D.

“…The theory of nearly incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (NI MHD) was developed largely in the early 1990s, together with an important extension to…”
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Electron Acceleration from Expanding Magnetic Vortices During Reconnection with a Guide Field by Che, H., Zank, G. P.

“…Magnetic reconnection is believed to be responsible for the acceleration of energetic electrons with a power-law spectrum in the solar wind and solar flares…”
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The Origin of Switchbacks in the Solar Corona: Linear Theory by Zank, G. P., Nakanotani, M., Zhao, L.-L., Adhikari, L., Kasper, J.

“…Abstract The origin, structure, and propagation characteristics of a switchback are compelling questions posed by Parker Solar Probe (PSP) observations of…”
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Compressible and Incompressible Magnetic Turbulence Observed in the Very Local Interstellar Medium by Voyager 1 by Zank, G. P., Nakanotani, M., Webb, G. M.

“…Voyager 1 observed Kolmogorov-like (k−5/3) compressible turbulence just upwind of the heliopause. Subsequent measurements by Voyager 1 further from the…”
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A Solar Coronal Hole and Fast Solar Wind Turbulence Model and First-orbit Parker Solar Probe (PSP) Observations by Adhikari, L., Zank, G. P., Zhao, L.-L.

“…Abstract We propose a turbulence-driven solar wind model for a fast solar wind flow in an open coronal hole where the solar wind flow and the magnetic field…”
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On the Parallel and Oblique Firehose Instability in Fluid Models by Hunana, P., Zank, G. P.

“…A brief analysis of the proton parallel and oblique firehose instability is presented from a fluid perspective, and the results are compared with kinetic…”
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Spectral Anisotropy in 2D plus Slab Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence in the Solar Wind and Upper Corona by Zank, G. P., Nakanotani, M., Zhao, L.-L., Adhikari, L., Telloni, D.

“…The 2D + slab superposition model of solar wind turbulence has its theoretical foundations in nearly incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (NI MHD) in the plasma…”
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Self-consistent Energetic Particle Acceleration by Contracting and Reconnecting Small-scale Flux Ropes: The Governing Equations by le Roux, J. A., Zank, G. P., Khabarova, O. V.

“…Previous application of our focused transport equation for energetic ion test particle acceleration by numerous active small-scale flux ropes to solar wind…”
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The Role of Magnetic Reconnection-associated Processes in Local Particle Acceleration in the Solar Wind by Adhikari, L., Khabarova, O., Zank, G. P., Zhao, L.-L.

“…Recent studies of unusual or atypical energetic particle flux events (AEPEs) observed at 1 au show that another mechanism, different from diffusive shock…”
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Turbulence-dominated Shock Waves: 2D Hybrid Kinetic Simulations by Nakanotani, M., Zank, G. P., Zhao, L.-L.

“…Abstract We investigate the interaction of turbulence with shock waves by performing 2D hybrid kinetic simulations. We inject force-free magnetic fields…”
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The Transport of Low-frequency Turbulence in Astrophysical Flows. I. Governing Equations by Zank, G. P, Dosch, A, Hunana, P, Florinski, V, Matthaeus, W. H, Webb, G. M

“…Numerous problems in space physics and astrophysics require a detailed understanding of the transport and dissipation of low-frequency turbulence in an…”
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A KINETIC TRANSPORT THEORY FOR PARTICLE ACCELERATION AND TRANSPORT IN REGIONS OF MULTIPLE CONTRACTING AND RECONNECTING INERTIAL-SCALE FLUX ROPES by le Roux, J A, Zank, G P, Webb, G M, Khabarova, O

“…Simulations of particle acceleration in turbulent plasma regions with multiple contracting and merging (reconnecting) magnetic islands emphasize the key role…”
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Theory and Transport of Nearly Incompressible Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence. IV. Solar Coronal Turbulence by Zank, G. P., Adhikari, L., Hunana, P., Tiwari, S. K., Moore, R., Shiota, D., Bruno, R., Telloni, D.

“…A new model describing the transport and evolution of turbulence in the quiet solar corona is presented. In the low plasma beta environment, transverse…”
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II. Transport of Nearly Incompressible Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence from 1 to 75 au by Adhikari, L., Zank, G. P., Hunana, P., Shiota, D., Bruno, R., Hu, Q., Telloni, D.

“…The thermal plasma beta in the solar wind and the solar corona is of the order of and . Zank et al. developed 2D and slab turbulence transport model equations…”
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The Pickup Ion-mediated Solar Wind by Zank, G. P., Adhikari, L., Zhao, L.-L., Mostafavi, P., Zirnstein, E. J., McComas, D. J.

“…The New Horizons Solar Wind Around Pluto (NH SWAP) instrument has provided the first direct observations of interstellar and He pickup ions (PUIs) at distances…”
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Particle-in-cell simulations – ion beam instabilities and the generation of Alfvén and whistler waves in low β plasma by Che, H, Benz, A O, Zank, G P

“…ABSTRACT Ion beam-driven instabilities in a collisionless space plasma with low β, i.e. low plasma and magnetic pressure ratio, are investigated using…”
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A Focused Transport-based Kinetic Fractional Diffusion-advection Equation for Energetic Particle Trapping and Reconnection-related Acceleration by Small-scale Magnetic Flux Ropes in the Solar Wind by le Roux, J. A., Zank, G. P.

“…Abstract Analysis of energetic particle inner heliospheric spacecraft data increasingly suggests the existence of anomalous diffusion phenomena that should be…”
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The Origin of Compressible Magnetic Turbulence in the Very Local Interstellar Medium by Zank, G. P., Du, S., Hunana, P.

“…Voyager 1 observed compressible magnetic turbulence in the very local interstellar medium (VLISM). We show that inner heliosheath (IHS) fast- and slow-mode…”
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