Density Fluctuations in the Solar Wind Driven by Alfvén Wave Parametric Decay
Density Fluctuations in the Solar Wind Driven by Alfvén Wave Parametric Decay
Abstract Measurements and simulations of inertial compressive turbulence in the solar wind are characterized by anti-correlated magnetic fluctuations parallel to the mean field and density structures. This signature has been interpreted as observational evidence for non-propagating pressure balanced structures, kinetic ion-acoustic waves, as well as the MHD slow-mode. Given the …