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The Silurian to Permian history of a metamorphic core complex in Lofoten, northern Scandinavian Caledonides 

Steltenpohl, Mark; Hames, Willis; Andresen, Arild (2022-09-29)
[1] The Lofoten archipelago exposes Precambrian Baltic basement and Caledonian allochthonous sequences within a 1000 km long chain of gravity and magnetic highs and structural culminations along the extended, British and ...

Simulation of pressure pulses in the bow shock and magnetosheath driven by variations in interplanetary magnetic field direction 

Lin, Y; Swift, DW; Lee, LC; 0000-0003-4012-991X (2022-10-25)
Two-dimensional (2-D) hybrid simulations are carried out to study the effects of the variation in the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) direction on the bow shock, magnetosheath, and magnetosphere. A curvilinear coordinate ...

Simulation studies of a recorder in three dimensions 

Giordano, Nicholas J. (2015-10-12)
The aeroacoustics of a recorder are explored using a direct numerical simulation based on the Navier–Stokes equations in three dimensions. The qualitative behavior is studied using spatial maps of the air pressure and ...

SIMULATION STUDY OF THE RIEMANN PROBLEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAGNETOTAIL RECONNECTION 

Lin, Y; Lee, L; 0000-0003-4012-991X (2022-10-11)
The structure of reconnection layer in the distant magnetotail is studied by solving the Riemann problem for the evolution of an initial current sheet using one-dimensional MHD and hybrid simulations. Initially, the current ...

Solar cycle variation of plasma mass density in the outer magnetosphere: Magnetoseismic analysis of toroidal standing Alfven waves detected by Geotail 

Takahashi, Kazue; Denton, Richard E.; Hirahara, Masafumi; Min, Kyungguk; Ohtani, Shin-ichi; Sanchez, Ennio; 0000-0002-2095-8529 (2020-06-05)
We study the variation of plasma mass density in the outer magnetosphere over a solar cycle using mass density estimated from the frequency of fundamental toroidal standing Alfven waves observed by the Geotail spacecraft. ...

Solar cycle variation of plasma mass density in the outer magnetosphere: Magnetoseismic analysis of toroidal standing Alfven waves detected by Geotail 

Takahashi, Kazue; Denton, Richard; Hirahara, Masafumi; Min, Kyungguk; Ohtani, Shin-ichi; Sanchez, Ennio; 0000-0002-9565-6840; 0000-0003-1434-4456 (2023-01-25)
We study the variation of plasma mass density in the outer magnetosphere over a solar cycle using mass density estimated from the frequency of fundamental toroidal standing Alfven waves observed by the Geotail spacecraft. ...

Solitary potential structures associated with ion and electron beams near 1 R-E altitude 

Bounds, SR; Pfaff, Rf; Knowlton, SF; Mozer, FS; Temerin, MA; Kletzing, CA (2020-06-30)
Small-scale solitary electric potential structures are commonly observed on auroral field lines with the Polar Electric Field Instrument (EFI). This study focuses on observations of solitary structures in the southern ...

Solitary potential structures associated with ion and electron beams near 1 R-E altitude 

Bounds, Scott; Pfaff, Robert; Knowlton, Stephen; Mozer, Forrest; Temerin, Michael; Kletzing, Craig; 0000-0002-4881-9715 (2022-10-27)
Small-scale solitary electric potential structures are commonly observed on auroral field lines with the Polar Electric Field Instrument (EFI). This study focuses on observations of solitary structures in the southern ...

Southern Two-Lined Salamander Diets in Urban and Forested Streams in Western Georgia 

Barrett, Kyle; Samoray, Stephen T.; Helms, Brian S.; Guyer, Craig; 0000-0003-4909-2690 (2022-03-03)
Streams are heavily affected by watershed urbanization as increased stormwater runoff changes their physical and chemical composition. Benthic macroinvertebrate species richness has been consistently shown to decline with ...

Spectral properties and associated plasma energization by magnetosonic waves in the Earth's magnetosphere: Particle-in-cell simulations 

Sun, Jicheng; Gao, Xinliang; Lu, Quanming; Chen, Lunjin; Liu, Xu; Wang, Xueyi; Tao, Xin; Wang, Shui; 0000-0001-5533-5981 (2020-06-01)
In this paper, we perform a 1-D particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation model consisting of three species, cold electrons, cold ions, and energetic ion ring, to investigate spectral structures of magnetosonic waves excited by ...

Spectral properties and associated plasma energization by magnetosonic waves in the Earth's magnetosphere: Particle-in-cell simulations 

Sun, Jicheng; Gao, Xinliang; Lu, Quanming; Chen, Lunjin; Liu, Xu; Wang, Xueyi; Tao, Xin; Wang, Shui; 0000-0003-2489-3571; 0000-0002-7211-0546; 0000-0002-5059-5394; 0000-0003-3041-2682 (2022-12-01)
In this paper, we perform a 1-D particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation model consisting of three species, cold electrons, cold ions, and energetic ion ring, to investigate spectral structures of magnetosonic waves excited by ...

Spin splittings from first-order symmetry-adapted perturbation theory without single-exchange approximation 

Waldrop, Jonathan; Patkowski, Konrad; 0000-0003-0442-193X; 0000-0002-4468-207X (2020-05-20)
The recently proposed spin-flip symmetry-adapted perturbation theory (SF-SAPT) first-order exchange energy [Patkowski et al., J. Chem. Phys. 148, 164110 (2018)] enables the standard open-shell SAPT approach to treat arbitrary ...

Statistical correlation of low-altitude ENA emissions with geomagnetic activity from IMAGE/MENA observations 

Mackler, D. A.; Jahn, J-M; Perez, J. D.; Pollock, C. J.; Valek, P. W. (2020-06-03)
Plasma sheet particles transported Earthward during times of active magnetospheric convection can interact with exospheric/thermospheric neutrals through charge exchange. The resulting Energetic Neutral Atoms (ENAs) are ...

Statistical correlation of low-altitude ENA emissions with geomagnetic activity from IMAGE/MENA observations 

Mackler, D; Jahn, J; Perez, J; Pollock, C; Valek, P; 0000-0002-2318-8750 (2022-12-02)
Plasma sheet particles transported Earthward during times of active magnetospheric convection can interact with exospheric/thermospheric neutrals through charge exchange. The resulting Energetic Neutral Atoms (ENAs) are ...

Statistical Study of Foreshock Transients in the Midtail Foreshock 

Liu, Terry; Zhang, Hui; Wang, Chih-Ping; Angelopoulos, Vassilis; Vu, Andrew; Wang, Xueyi; Lin, Yu; 0000-0001-5346-7112; 0000-0003-1778-4289; 0000-0003-2393-6808 (2022-11-08)
In the dayside foreshock, many foreshock transients have been observed and simulated. Because of their strong dynamic pressure perturbations, foreshock transients can disturb the local bow shock, magnetosheath, magnetopause, ...

Statistically Determining the Spatial Extent of Relativistic Electron Precipitation Events Using 2-s Polar-Orbiting Satellite Data 

Gasque, L. Claire; Millan, Robyn; Shekhar, Sapna; 0000-0002-9000-7630; 0000-0002-2815-4998 (2022-10-27)
Relativistic electron precipitation (REP) from the outer radiation belt into Earth's atmosphere poses risks for satellites and affects Earth's climate, producing ozone-destroying compounds. Characterizing the spatial extent ...

Stellar Blend Image Classification Using Computationally Efficient Gaussian Processes (MuyGPs) 

Bidese, Rafael; Eleh, Chinedu; Zhang, Yunli; Molinari, Roberto; Billor, Nedret; Priest, Benjamin; Goumiri, Imene; Muyskens, Amanda; Dunton, Alec (2024-04-05)
Stellar blends are a challenge in visualizing celestial bodies and are typically disambiguated through expensive methods. To address this, we propose an automated pipeline to distinguish single stars and blended stars ...

Structure and Coalescence of Magnetopause Flux Ropes and Their Dependence on IMF Clock Angle: Three-Dimensional Global Hybrid Simulations 

Guo, Jin; Lu, San; Lu, Quanming; Lin, Yu; Wang, Xueyi; Huang, Kai; Wang, Rongsheng; Wang, Shui; 0000-0003-3041-2682; 0000-0002-9950-1029 (2022-11-01)
Flux ropes are ubiquitous at Earth's magnetopause and play important roles in energy transport between the solar wind and Earth's magnetosphere. In this study, structure and coalescence of the magnetopause flux ropes formed ...

Study of EMIC wave excitation using direct ion measurements 

Min, Kyungguk; Liu, Kaijun; Wygant, John R.; 0000-0002-2095-8529; 0000-0001-5882-1328 (2020-06-05)
With data from Van Allen Probes, we investigate electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) wave excitation using simultaneously observed ion distributions. Strong He band waves occurred while the spacecraft was moving through ...

A study of the electromagnetic proton cyclotron instability as a generation mechanism for EMIC waves in the Earth's magnetosphere using SCATHA data 

Nguyen, Son; Perez, J; Fennell, Joseph (2022-10-04)
Using 59 days of magnetic field data from SCATHA, a study of the electromagnetic proton cyclotron instability as a generation mechanism for EMIC waves in the Earth's magnetosphere has been conducted. From 1181 events found, ...