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The Speed of Interplanetary Shocks Through the Magnetosheath: A Toy Model

Geophysical Research Letters
Before interacting with the magnetosphere, an interplanetary shock travels through the magnetosheath where its speed and shape are modified. Previous studies have reported widely different answers to the question of the speed of an interplanetary shock ...
C. Moissard, C. Butcher, E. Ruler, J. Richardson, B. Michotte de Welle, W. Steward, M. Pritchard, D. Gonzalez Del Valle, V. Defayet, A. Bernal, V. Cavicchi, V. David   +11 more
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Mercury’s Bow Shock and Magnetopause Variations According to MESSENGER Data

Universe
Using data from the MESSENGER spacecraft magnetometer that describes the magnetopause and the bow shock crossing points of the Mercury’s magnetosphere, we have calculated the parameters of the paraboloids of revolution approximating the obtained points ...
Dmitry Nevsky, Alexander Lavrukhin, Igor Alexeev   +2 more
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Collisionless Shocks: Contemporary State After Three Quarters of a Century of Research

Reviews of Geophysics, Volume 64, Issue 3, September 2026.
Abstract The collisionless shock research started in the late 1950s. Since then, plenty of data have been accumulated due to the large number of missions in the heliosphere, providing in situ measurements of the fields and particles. The quality of these measurements has vastly improved, especially in the last two decades.
M. Gedalin, M. Balikhin, V. Krasnoselskikh   +2 more
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TRACERS Small‐Scale Field‐Aligned Currents and Intense GPS Amplitude and Phase Scintillations in the Nightside Auroral Region

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 14, 28 July 2026.
Abstract We present conjugate observations of ionospheric small‐scale magnetic perturbations (dB) $(dB)$ and GPS scintillations from the Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) and the Canadian High Arctic Ionospheric Network (CHAIN) during a storm‐time substorm on 9 August 2025 in the nightside auroral region ...
Yangyang Shen, Robert J. Strangeway, Hao Cao, James M. Weygand, Jiashu Wu, Anthony McCaffrey, P. T. Jayachandran, Daniel Billett, Magnus F. Ivarsen, Christopher Watson, Sheng Tian, Marit Oieroset, David Miles   +12 more
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Irregular Proton Injection to High Energies at Interplanetary Shocks

The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2023
How thermal particles are accelerated to suprathermal energies is an unsolved issue, crucial for many astrophysical systems. We report novel observations of irregular, dispersive enhancements of the suprathermal particle population upstream of a high ...
Domenico Trotta, Timothy S. Horbury, David Lario, Rami Vainio, Nina Dresing, Andrew Dimmock, Joe Giacalone, Heli Hietala, Robert F. Wimmer-Schweingruber, Lars Berger, Liu Yang   +10 more
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Electrostatic Plasma Wave Excitations at the Interplanetary Shocks

The Astrophysical Journal, 2023
Abstract Over the last few decades, different types of plasma waves (e.g., the ion acoustic waves (IAWs), electrostatic solitary waves, upper/lower hybrid waves, and Langmuir waves) have been observed in the upstream, downstream, and ramp regions of the collisionless interplanetary (IP) shocks.
Manpreet Singh, Federico Fraschetti, Joe Giacalone   +2 more
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Pre‐Existing Plasmaspheric Density Structure

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 14, 28 July 2026.
Abstract We perform a basic model experiment: we run two nearly identical plasmapause simulations, differing only by their initial conditions. The first run contains initial fine‐scale and mesoscale structure, and the second run is initialized with a featureless, circular plasmapause.
J. Goldstein, M. F. Thomsen
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Martian Magnetotail Neutral Sheet Asymmetry Driven by Heavy Planetary Pickup Ions

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 13, 16 July 2026.
Abstract In the induced magnetotail of Mars, the neutral sheet is an important channel for atmospheric ion escape, yet the role of heavy planetary pickup ions in shaping its geometry has been unclear. Using three‐dimensional hybrid simulations, we demonstrate that these ions induce a global neutral sheet asymmetry via mass loading.
Jingyi Zhou, Zhenpeng Su, Kaijun Liu, Rentong Lin, Esa Kallio, Riku Jarvinen, Yuming Wang   +6 more
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Shock waves propagation in the turbulent interplanetary plasma [PDF]

Advances in Space Research, 1996
AbstractEffect of turbulence on interplanetary shock waves propagation is considered. It is shown that background turbulence results in the additional shock wave deceleration which may be comparable with the deceleration due to plasma sweeping. The turbulent deceleration is connected with the energy losses due to the strong turbulence amplification ...
Chashei, I. V., Shishov, V. I.
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Interplanetary Electric Fields for Extreme Magnetic Storms

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 13, 16 July 2026.
Abstract Using a list of sudden‐commencement storms, the ring‐current index, and 1‐h near‐Earth solar‐wind measurements from solar cycles 20–25, we develop extreme‐value statistical models relating storm intensity D=max{−Dst} $D=\max \left\{-Dst\right\}$ to the storm main‐phase maximum duskward interplanetary electric field E $E$.
Jeffrey J. Love, E. Joshua Rigler, Ian G. Richardson, Kalevi Mursula   +3 more
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