Graduate Research Opportunities in Solar and Heliospheric Physics (PDF)
Additional personnel:
- Federico Fraschetti, Associate Staff Scientist
- Jack Harvey, Affiliate, Research Scholar
- John Leibacher, Affiliate, Research Scholar
- Marcia Neugebauer, Affiliate, Research Scientist
Welcome
The Solar and Heliospheric Research Group seeks a greater understanding of the diverse plasma processes at work throughout our solar system and the universe. Research topics range from the physics of the solar interior and atmosphere to the solar wind, energetic particle transport, and acceleration processes.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Wilson, L. B., III, Stevens, M. L., Kasper, J. C., Klein, K. G., Maruca, B. A., Bale, S. D., Bowen, T. A., Pulupa, M. P., Salem, C. S. The Statistical Properties of Solar Wind Temperature Parameters Near 1 au 2018ApJS..236...41W
Kunz, M. W., Abel, I. G., Klein, K. G. Astrophysical gyrokinetics: turbulence in pressure-anisotropic plasmas at ion scales and beyond 2018JPlPh..84b7101K
Vech, D., Mallet, A., Klein, K. G., Kasper, J. C. Magnetic Reconnection May Control the Ion-scale Spectral Break of Solar Wind Turbulence 2018ApJ...855L..27V
Howes, G. G., McCubbin, A. J., Klein, K. G. Spatially localized particle energization by Landau damping in current sheets produced by strong Alfvén wave collisions 2018JPlPh..84a9005H
Verniero, J. L., Howes, G. G., Klein, K. G. Nonlinear energy transfer and current sheet development in localized Alfvén wavepacket collisions in the strong turbulence limit 2018JPlPh..84a9003V
Vech, D., Klein, K. G., Kasper, J. C. Nature of Stochastic Ion Heating in the Solar Wind: Testing the Dependence on Plasma Beta and Turbulence Amplitude 2017ApJ...850L..11V
Kasper, J. C., Klein, K. G., Weber, T., Maksimovic, M., Zaslavsky, A., Bale, S. D., Maruca, B. A., Stevens, M. L., Case, A. W. A Zone of Preferential Ion Heating Extends Tens of Solar Radii from the Sun 2017ApJ...849..126K
Klein, K. G., Kasper, J. C., Korreck, K. E., Stevens, M. L. Applying Nyquist's method for stability determination to solar wind observations 2017JGRA..122.9815K
Klein, K. G., Howes, G. G., Tenbarge, J. M. Diagnosing collisionless energy transfer using field-particle correlations: gyrokinetic turbulence 2017JPlPh..83d5301K
Klein, K. G. Characterizing fluid and kinetic instabilities using field-particle correlations on single-point time series 2017PhPl...24e5901K
Howes, G. G., Klein, K. G., Li, T. C. Diagnosing collisionless energy transfer using field-particle correlations: Vlasov-Poisson plasmas 2017JPlPh..83a7002H
Vech, D., Klein, K. G., Kasper, J. C. Nature of Stochastic Ion Heating in the Solar Wind: Testing the Dependence on Plasma Beta and Turbulence Amplitude 2017ApJ...850L..11V
Kasper, J. C., Klein, K. G., Weber, T., Maksimovic, M., Zaslavsky, A., Bale, S. D., Maruca, B. A., Stevens, M. L., Case, A. W. A Zone of Preferential Ion Heating Extends Tens of Solar Radii from the Sun 2017ApJ...849..126K
Klein, K. G., Kasper, J. C., Korreck, K. E., Stevens, M. L. Applying Nyquist's method for stability determination to solar wind observations 2017JGRA..122.9815K
Grechnev, V. V., Kiselev, V. I., Uralov, A. M., Klein, K.-L., Kochanov, A. A. The 26 December 2001 Solar Eruptive Event Responsible for GLE63: III. CME, Shock Waves, and Energetic Particles 2017SoPh..292..102G
Klein, K. G., Howes, G. G., Tenbarge, J. M. Diagnosing collisionless energy transfer using field-particle correlations: gyrokinetic turbulence 2017JPlPh..83d5301K
Klein, K. G. Characterizing fluid and kinetic instabilities using field-particle correlations on single-point time series 2017PhPl...24e5901K
Howes, G. G., Klein, K. G., Li, T. C. Diagnosing collisionless energy transfer using field-particle correlations: Vlasov-Poisson plasmas 2017JPlPh..83a7002H
Kóta, J., Jokipii, J. R. Transient Cosmic-ray Events beyond the Heliopause: Interpreting Voyager-1 Observations 2017ApJ...839..126K
Zeng, H., Xin, Y., Liu, S., Jokipii, J. R., Zhang, L., Zhang, S. Evolution of High-energy Particle Distribution in Mature Shell-type Supernova Remnants 2017ApJ...834..153Z
Wang, X., Giacalone, J., Yan, Y., Ding, M., Wang, N., Shan, H. Particle Acceleration in Two Converging Shocks 2017ApJ...842...74W
Li, T. C., Howes, G. G., Klein, K. G., TenBarge, J. M. Energy Dissipation and Landau Damping in Two- and Three-dimensional Plasma Turbulence 2016ApJ...832L..24L
Verscharen, D., Chandran, B. D. G., Klein, K. G., Quataert, E. Collisionless Isotropization of the Solar-wind Protons by Compressive Fluctuations and Plasma Instabilities 2016ApJ...831..128V
Klein, K. G., Howes, G. G. Measuring Collisionless Damping in Heliospheric Plasmas using Field-Particle Correlations 2016ApJ...826L..30K
Klein, K. G., Chandran, B. D. G. Evolution of The Proton Velocity Distribution due to Stochastic Heating in the Near-Sun Solar Wind 2016ApJ...820...47K
McComas, D. J., Alexander, N., Angold, N., Bale, S., Beebe, C., Birdwell, B., Boyle, M., Burgum, J. M., Burnham, J. A., Christian, E. R., Cook, W. R., Cooper, S. A., Cummings, A. C., Davis, A. J., Desai, M. I., Dickinson, J., Dirks, G., Do, D. H., Fox, N., Giacalone, J., Gold, R. E., Gurnee, R. S., Hayes, J. R., Hill, M. E., Kasper, J. C., Kecman, B., Klemic, J., Krimigis, S. M., Labrador, A. W., Layman, R. S., Leske, R. A., Livi, S., Matthaeus, W. H., McNutt, R. L., Mewaldt, R. A., Mitchell, D. G., Nelson, K. S., Parker, C., Rankin, J. S., Roelof, E. C., Schwadron, N. A., Seifert, H., Shuman, S., Stokes, M. R., Stone, E. C., Vandegriff, J. D., Velli, M., von Rosenvinge, T. T., Weidner, S. E., Wiedenbeck, M. E., Wilson, P. V Integrated Science Investigation of the Sun (ISIS): Design of the Energetic Particle Investigation 2016SSRv..204..187M
Desai, M., Giacalone, J. Large gradual solar energetic particle events 2016LRSP...13....3D
Sun, P., Jokipii, J. R., Giacalone, J. Pitch-angle Scattering of Energetic Charged Particles in Nearly Constant Magnitude Magnetic Turbulence 2016ApJ...827...16S
Riley, P., Caplan, R. M., Giacalone, J., Lario, D., Liu, Y. Properties of the Fast Forward Shock Driven by the July 23 2012 Extreme Coronal Mass Ejection 2016ApJ...819...57R
Kozai, M., Munakata, K., Kato, C., Kuwabara, T., Bieber, J. W., Evenson, P., Rockenbach, M., Lago, A. D., Schuch, N. J., Tokumaru, M., Duldig, M. L., Humble, J. E., Sabbah, I., Al Jassar, H. K., Sharma, M. M., Kóta, J. Erratum: Erratum to: The spatial density gradient of galactic cosmic rays and its solar cycle variation observed with the Global Muon Detector Network 2016EP&S...68...38K
Fraschetti, F. Cross-field transport in Goldreich-Sridhar magnetohydrodynamic turbulence 2016PhRvE..93a3206F
Fraschetti, F. Cross-field transport and pitch-angle anisotropy of solar energetic particles in MHD turbulence 2016ASTRP...2...63F
Neugebauer, M., Reisenfeld, D., Richardson, I. G. Comparison of algorithms for determination of solar wind regimes 2016JGRA..121.8215N
Chandran, B. D. G., Perez, J. C., Verscharen, D., Klein, K. G., Mallet, A. On the Conservation of Cross Helicity and Wave Action in Solar-wind Models with Non-WKB Alfvén Wave Reflection 2015ApJ...811...50C
Klein, K. G., Howes, G. G. Predicted impacts of proton temperature anisotropy on solar wind turbulence 2015PhPl...22c2903K
Klein, K. G., Perez, J. C., Verscharen, D., Mallet, A., Chandran, B. D. G. A Modified Version of Taylor’s Hypothesis for Solar Probe Plus Observations 2015ApJ...801L..18K
Neugebauer, M., Giacalone, J. Energetic particles, tangential discontinuities, and solar flux tubes 2015JGRA..120.8281N
Giacalone, J., Jokipii, J. R. A New Model for the Heliosphere’s “IBEX Ribbon” 2015ApJ...812L...9G
Tessein, J. A., Ruffolo, D., Matthaeus, W. H., Wan, M., Giacalone, J., Neugebauer, M. Effect of Coherent Structures on Energetic Particle Intensity in the Solar Wind at 1 AU 2015ApJ...812...68T
Sun, P., Jokipii, J. R. Charged-particle Transport in Magnetic Turbulence. I. A Globally Anisotropic Field 2015ApJ...815...65S
Schwadron, N. A., Frisch, P., Adams, F. C., Christian, E. R., Desiati, P., Funsten, H. O., Jokipii, J. R., McComas, D. J., Moebius, E., Zank, G. A Consistent Scenario for the IBEX Ribbon, Anisotropies in TeV Cosmic Rays, and the Local Interstellar Medium 2015ASTRP...2....9S
Schwadron, N. A., Lee, M. A., Gorby, M., Lugaz, N., Spence, H. E., Desai, M., Török, T., Downs, C., Linker, J., Lionello, R., Mikić, Z., Riley, P., Giacalone, J., Jokipii, J. R., Kota, J., Kozarev, K. Particle Acceleration at Low Coronal Compression Regions and Shocks 2015ApJ...810...97S
Giacalone, J., Hood, L. L. Hybrid simulation of the interaction of solar wind protons with a concentrated lunar magnetic anomaly 2015JGRA..120.4081G
Fraschetti, F., Giacalone, J. Localized enhancements of energetic particles at oblique collisionless shocks 2015MNRAS.448.3555F
Guo, F., Giacalone, J. The Acceleration of Electrons at Collisionless Shocks Moving Through a Turbulent Magnetic Field 2015ApJ...802...97G
Giacalone, J. V Diffusive Shock Acceleration of High-energy Charged Particles at Fast Interplanetary Shocks: A Parameter Survey 2015ApJ...799...80G
Klein, K. G., Howes, G. G., TenBarge, J. M. The Violation of the Taylor Hypothesis in Measurements of Solar Wind Turbulence 2014ApJ...790L..20K
Howes, G. G., Klein, K. G., TenBarge, J. M. Validity of the Taylor Hypothesis for Linear Kinetic Waves in the Weakly Collisional Solar Wind 2014ApJ...789..106H
Klein, K. G., Howes, G. G., TenBarge, J. M., Podesta, J. J. Physical Interpretation of the Angle-dependent Magnetic Helicity Spectrum in the Solar Wind: The Nature of Turbulent Fluctuations near the Proton Gyroradius Scale 2014ApJ...785..138K
Schwadron, N. A., Gorby, M., Török, T., Downs, C., Linker, J., Lionello, R., Mikić, Z., Riley, P., Giacalone, J., Chandran, B., Germaschewski, K., Isenberg, P. A., Lee, M. A., Lugaz, N., Smith, S., Spence, H. E., Desai, M., Kasper, J., Kozarev, K., Korreck, K., Stevens, M., Cooper, J., MacNeice, P. Synthesis of 3-D Coronal-Solar Wind Energetic Particle Acceleration Modules 2014SpWea..12..323S
Guo, F., Giacalone, J. Small-scale Gradients of Charged Particles in the Heliospheric Magnetic Field 2014ApJ...780...16G
Jokipii, J. R., Kóta, J. Interpretation of the Disturbance in Galactic Cosmic Rays Observed on Voyager 1 beyond the Heliopause 2014ApJ...794L...4J
Schwadron, N. A., Adams, F. C., Christian, E. R., Desiati, P., Frisch, P., Funsten, H. O., Jokipii, J. R., McComas, D. J., Moebius, E., Zank, G. P. Global Anisotropies in TeV Cosmic Rays Related to the Sun’s Local Galactic Environment from IBEX 2014Sci...343..988S
Kóta, J., Jokipii, J. R. Are Cosmic Rays Modulated beyond the Heliopause? 2014ApJ...782...24K
Kozai, M., Munakata, K., Kato, C., Kuwabara, T., Bieber, J. W., Evenson, P., Rockenbach, M., Lago, A. D., Schuch, N. J., Tokumaru, M., Duldig, M. L., Humble, J. E., Sabbah, I., Al Jassar, H. K., Sharma, M. M., Kóta, J. The spatial density gradient of galactic cosmic rays and its solar cycle variation observed with the Global Muon Detector Network 2014EP&S...66..151K
Munakata, K., Kozai, M., Kato, C., Kóta, J. Long-term Variation of the Solar Diurnal Anisotropy of Galactic Cosmic Rays Observed with the Nagoya Multi-directional Muon Detector 2014ApJ...791...22M
Fraschetti, F. Vortical field amplification and particle acceleration at rippled shocks 2014NIMPA.742..169F
Matteini, L., Horbury, T. S., Neugebauer, M., Goldstein, B. E. Dependence of solar wind speed on the local magnetic field orientation: Role of Alfvénic fluctuations 2014GeoRL..41..259M
Klein, K. G. The kinetic plasma physics of solar wind turbulence 2013PhDT.......261K
Chen, C. H. K., Howes, G. G., Bonnell, J. W., Mozer, F. S., Klein, K. G., Bale, S. D. Kinetic scale density fluctuations in the solar wind 2013AIPC.1539..143C
Fraschetti, F. Turbulent Amplification of a Magnetic Field Driven by the Dynamo Effect at Rippled Shocks 2013ApJ...770...84F
Florinski, V., Jokipii, J. R., Alouani-Bibi, F., le Roux, J. A. Energetic Particle Anisotropies at the Heliospheric Boundary 2013ApJ...776L..37F
Tessein, J. A., Matthaeus, W. H., Wan, M., Osman, K. T., Ruffolo, D., Giacalone, J. V Association of Suprathermal Particles with Coherent Structures and Shocks 2013ApJ...776L...8T
Giacalone, J. Cosmic-Ray Transport and Interaction with Shocks 2013SSRv..176...73G
Zank, G. P., Borovsky, J., Bruno, R., Cirtain, J., Cranmer, S., Elliott, H., Giacalone, J., Gonzalez, W., Li, G., Marsch, E., Moebius, E., Pogorelov, N., Spann, J., Verkhoglyadova, O. SOLAR WIND 13: Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Solar Wind Conference 2013AIPC.1539.....Z
Jokipii, J. R. The Heliospheric Termination Shock 2013SSRv..176..115J
Kóta, J. Theory and Modeling of Galactic Cosmic Rays: Trends and Prospects 2013SSRv..176..391K
Neugebauer, M. V Propagating Shocks 2013SSRv..176..125N
Matteini, L., Hellinger, P., Goldstein, B. E., Landi, S., Velli, M., Neugebauer, M. Signatures of kinetic instabilities in the solar wind 2013JGRA..118.2771M
Neugebauer, M., Goldstein, B. E. Double-proton beams and magnetic switchbacks in the solar wind 2013AIPC.1539...46N