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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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High-resolution Observations of Pickup-ion-mediated Shocks to 60 au

The Astrophysical Journal
This study provides a detailed analysis of 14 distant interplanetary shocks observed by the Solar Wind Around Pluto instrument on board New Horizons.
Bishwas L. Shrestha, David J. McComas, Eric J. Zirnstein, George Livadiotis, Heather A. Elliott, Pontus C. Brandt, Alan Stern, Andrew R. Poppe, Joel Parker, Elena Provornikova, Kelsi Singer, Anne Verbiscer, New Horizons Heliophysics Team   +12 more
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Intense Ground Magnetic Perturbations During the 2024 May and October Geomagnetic Storms

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Volume 131, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract The May and October 2024 geomagnetic storms represent two of the most intense space weather events of Solar Cycle 25. While differing in global intensity, both storms produced extreme ionospheric disturbances, including equatorward auroral expansion to mid‐latitudes and rapid geomagnetic variations (dH/dt $\text{dH}/\text{dt}$).
P. De Michelis, E. Consolini, F. Giannattasio, G. Consolini   +3 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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Imaging and Radio Signatures of Shock–Plasmoid Interaction

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Understanding how shocks interact with coronal structures is crucial for understanding the mechanisms of particle acceleration in the solar corona and inner heliosphere.
Pankaj Kumar, Judith T. Karpen, P. K. Manoharan, N. Gopalswamy   +3 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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Predicting the Arrival Time of an Interplanetary Shock Based on DSRT Spectrum Observations for the Corresponding Type II Radio Burst and a Blast Wave Theory

The Astrophysical Journal
Since fast head-on coronal mass ejections and their associated shocks represent potential hazards to the space environment of the Earth and even other planets, forecasting the arrival time of the corresponding interplanetary shock is a priority in space ...
Ran Li, Xinhua Zhao, Jingye Yan, Lin Wu, Yang Yang, Xuning Lv, Shiwei Feng, Mengsi Ruan, Nanbin Xiang, Yidan Liang   +9 more
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Toward a Dynamic Model for Topside Ionospheric Irregularities: Spherical Harmonic Decomposition

Space Weather, Volume 24, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract Ionospheric irregularities arise from highly dynamic and turbulent processes related to magnetosphere‐ionosphere coupling and can lead to electromagnetic signal distortion or loss of lock events in global navigation satellite system signals, representing a hazard associated with space weather events. For this reason, understanding and modeling
S. Mestici, P. De Michelis, G. Consolini, A. Pignalberi, R. Tozzi, F. Giannattasio, F. Berilli   +6 more
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The θBn problem: Determination of local magnetic parameters of interplanetary shocks from in situ IMF data [PDF]

Geofísica Internacional, 2001
The angle θBn is the angle between the upstream magnetic field and the shock normal direction and is important for many phenomena in interplanetary physics.
Andre Balogh, J. Américo González-Esparza   +1 more
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Corotating drift-bounce resonance of plasmaspheric electron with poloidal ULF waves

Earth and Planetary Physics, 2017
The purpose of this paper is to understand how low energy plasmaspheric electrons respond to ULF waves excited by interplanetary shocks impinging on magnetosphere. It is found that both energy and pitch angle dispersed plasmaspheric electrons with energy
Qiu-Gang Zong, YongFu Wang, Jie Ren, XuZhi Zhou, SuiYan Fu, Robert Rankin, Hui Zhang   +6 more
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