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Magnetic Field Spectral Evolution in the Inner Heliosphere

Nikos Sioulas
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Zesen Huang
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Chen Shi
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Marco Velli
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Anna Tenerani
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Trevor A. Bowen
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Stuart D. Bale
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Jia Huang
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Loukas Vlahos
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L. D. Woodham
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T. S. Horbury
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Davin Larson
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Justin Kasper
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Christopher J. Owen
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Michael L. Stevens
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Anthony Case
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Marc Pulupa
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David M. Malaspina
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J. W. Bonnell
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Roberto Livi
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Keith Goetz
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Peter R. Harvey
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Robert J. Macdowall
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Abstract

Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter data are used to investigate the radial evolution of magnetic turbulence between 0.06 ≲ R ≲ 1 au. The spectrum is studied as a function of scale, normalized to the ion inertial scale d i . In the vicinity of the Sun, the inertial range is limited to a narrow range of scales and exhibits a power-law exponent of, α B = -3/2, independent of plasma parameters. The inertial range grows with distance, progressively extending to larger spatial scales, while steepening toward a α B = -5/3 scaling. It is observed that spectra for intervals with large magnetic energy excesses and low Alfvénic content steepen significantly with distance, in contrast to highly Alfvénic intervals that retain their near-Sun scaling. The occurrence of steeper spectra in slower wind streams may be attributed to the observed positive correlation between solar wind speed and Alfvénicity.
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Nikos Sioulas, Zesen Huang, Chen Shi, Marco Velli, Anna Tenerani, et al.. Magnetic Field Spectral Evolution in the Inner Heliosphere. The Astrophysical journal letters, 2023, 943, ⟨10.3847/2041-8213/acaeff⟩. ⟨insu-04043844⟩
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