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Characterizing Ion‐Scale Fluctuations Around Dipolarization Fronts in Earth's Magnetotail

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Volume 131, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract In the Earth's magnetotail bursty bulk flows are often associated with dipolarizing magnetic flux bundles. The leading edges of such earthward‐moving flux bundles are called dipolarization fronts (DF). In the present study we investigate the characteristics of ion‐scale oscillations embedded inside DFs, using observations from NASA's ...
M. Hosner, R. Nakamura, D. Schmid, E. V. Panov   +3 more
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Propagation Velocities and Growth Rates of Short Large‐Amplitude Magnetic Structures (SLAMS) in the Foreshock of Earth

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Volume 131, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract Short Large‐Amplitude Magnetic Structures (SLAMS) are believed to play important roles in the physics governing the formation of quasi‐parallel shocks. These isolated non‐linear structures, frequently observed in the foreshock, have been suggested to be building blocks for the shock and have been shown to drive shock reformation. In this work,
S. Bergman, T. Karlsson, T. K. Wong Chan
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Exploring the Impact of Self-Excited Alfvén Waves on Transonic Winds: Applications in Galactic Outflows

Universe
The impact of cosmic rays is crucial to understand the energetic plasma outflows coming out from the Galactic centers against the strong gravitational potential well.
Bilal Ramzan, Syed Nasrullah Ali Qazi, Chung-Ming Ko   +2 more
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On resistive dissipation of Alfvén waves in an isothermal atmosphere

International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, 1996
In this paper we will examine the reflection and dissipation of Alfvén waves, resulting from a uniform vertical magnetic field, in an inviscid, resistive and isothermal atmosphere.
H. Y. Alkahby
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Compression of Mercury's Dayside Magnetopause to the Surface: A Three‐Dimensional Model of Magnetospheric Structure and Dynamics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Volume 131, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract We apply a hybrid model (kinetic ions, fluid electrons) to provide context for MErcury Surface Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) observations of Disappearing Dayside Magnetosphere (DDM) events at Mercury. Such events have been observed on four occasions and are caused by Coronal Mass Ejections completely removing the ...
Georg Glebe, C. Michael Haynes, Sven Simon   +2 more
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Poloidal Field Line Resonances Driven by a Fast Wave

Geophysical Research Letters
We present numerical simulations of the excitation of resonant poloidal Alfvén waves. The resulting Alfvén waves could be loosely described as “high‐m” (m is the azimuthal wave number) in as much as the azimuthal scale of the wave is much less than the ...
Andrew Wright, Thomas Elsden, Alexander Degeling, Ian R. Mann, Louis Ozeke, Timothy Yeoman, Jasmine Sandhu, Kazue Takahashi   +7 more
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Energy Conversion Pathways Inside Kelvin‐Helmholtz Vortices

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Volume 131, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract Energy transfer, cross‐scale coupling, and dissipation in astrophysical plasmas remain fundamental unresolved problems. The velocity‐shear–driven Kelvin–Helmholtz instability (KHI), ubiquitous in plasmas, is a key multiscale mechanism enabling plasma mixing, particle energization and the solar wind–magnetosphere coupling, making it a critical ...
A. Settino, Z. Vörös, L. Sorriso‐Valvo, C. Simon‐Wedlund, O. W. Roberts, R. Nakamura   +5 more
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Characterization of Mercury's Atomic and Molecular Hydrogen Exosphere and the First Detection of H2 Ions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract From 1974 to 1975, the Mariner 10 spacecraft studied Mercury's environment during three flybys and detected hydrogen, helium, and possibly atomic oxygen in the exosphere using its ultraviolet spectrometer, but no molecular hydrogen. Based on the sensitivity of the occultation instrument, an upper limit for the H2 ${\mathrm{H}}_{2}$ surface ...
F. Weichbold, D. Schmid, H. Lammer, M. Volwerk, M. Scherf, N. V. Erkaev, A. Varsani, C. Simon Wedlund, C. Mazelle   +8 more
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Relative Contributions of Solar Wind Dynamic Pressure and Interplanetary Electric Field on the Early Positive Part of Main Phase of Geomagnetic Storms

Space Weather, Volume 24, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract The important early declining part of the main phase (MP) of geomagnetic storms in SYM‐H (and Dst) from positive main phase onset (MPO) to 0‐level of SYM‐H was somehow missed in the treatment of the storms. We included the missed part (or revised the storms) by raising the 0‐level of SYM‐H to MPO‐level, and showed that the inclusion is ...
Jijin K. Raj, N. Balan, Qing‐He Zhang, Y. Otsuka, K. Shiokawa, Zan‐Yang Xing, V. Manu, B. Nilam, Yu‐Zhang Ma, Yong Wang   +9 more
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The Energy Content of Alfvén Waves in the Stratified Solar Atmosphere

The Astrophysical Journal
Alfvén waves propagating in a vertically stratified plasma, such as those traveling from the solar photosphere to the corona, are partially reflected due to the gradient in the Alfvén speed.
Roberto Soler
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