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Self-Organization through the Inner Heliosphere: Insights from Parker Solar Probe

Authors :
Mirko Stumpo
Virgilio Quattrociocchi
Simone Benella
Tommaso Alberti
Giuseppe Consolini
Source :
Atmosphere, Vol 12, Iss 3, p 321 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2021.

Abstract

The interplanetary medium variability has been extensively studied by means of different approaches showing the existence of a wide variety of dynamical features, such as self-similarity, self-organization, turbulence and intermittency, and so on. Recently, by means of Parker solar probe measurements, it has been found that solar wind magnetic field fluctuations in the inertial range show a clear transition near 0.4 AU, both in terms of spectral features and multifractal properties. This breakdown of the scaling features has been interpreted as the evidence of a dynamical phase transition. Here, by using the Klimontovich S-theorem, we investigate how the process of self-organization is under way through the inner heliosphere, going deeper into the characterization of this dynamical phase transition by measuring the evolution of entropic-based measures through the inner heliosphere.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20734433
Volume :
12
Issue :
3
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Atmosphere
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.1c06bd1925cc49b0b90ff7ab2efffa0f
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12030321