Cross-Scale Coupling of Structures, Waves, Energy Conversion, and Particle Energization in Solar Wind Turbulence
Cross-Scale Coupling of Structures, Waves, Energy Conversion, and Particle Energization in Solar Wind Turbulence
Session ID#: 281294
Session Description:
Solar wind turbulence is characterized by a dynamic interplay of coherent structures and waves spanning MHD to kinetic scales. These cross-scale processes contribute to energy cascade and conversion into plasma heating and nonthermal populations, while regulating particle scattering, transport, and energization. Recent advances from Parker Solar Probe, Solar Orbiter, MMS, PUNCH, and IMAP, combined with modern simulations and data analysis techniques, are enabling unprecedented insights into multi-scale coupling and plasma dynamics. We invite contributions that reveal how structures and waves are generated, evolve, and interact in turbulent environments, how these multiscale processes interweave with each other, and how they mediate energy dissipation and particle dynamics. Topics include, but are not limited to, wave–particle interactions, turbulence-driven transport, and pickup-ion-driven processes. Observational, theoretical, and simulation studies across heliospheric regimes are strongly encouraged.
Co-Sponsor(s):
- NG - Nonlinear Geophysics
- P - Planetary Sciences
- SM - SPA-Magnetospheric Physics
Index Terms:
7811 Discontinuities [SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS]
7827 Kinetic and MHD theory [SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS]
7846 Plasma energization [SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS]
7863 Turbulence [SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS]
Primary Convener: Lingling Zhao, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States
Conveners: Yan Yang1, Gary P Zank2 and Prof. William H Matthaeus1, (1)University of Delaware, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Newark, DE, United States(2)Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research, Department of Space Science, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, United States
Student/Early Career Convener: Xingyu Zhu, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, United States
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