EGU23-17541
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-17541
EGU General Assembly 2023
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The interplay between Solar Wind Turbulence and magnetic Switchbacks in the inner Heliospere

Andrea Larosa, Christopher H. K. Chen, Jack McIntyre, and Vamsee K. Jagarlamudi
Andrea Larosa et al.
  • Queen Mary University of London, G. O. Jones Building, Bethnal Green, Londra E1 4NS

One of the most intriguing discoveries of the Parker Solar Probe mission is the presence of magnetic field reversals, known as Switchbacks (SBs), in the near Sun environment. Their origins are still unclear and many mechanisms for their generations have been proposed. On top of that their interactions with the background solar wind turbulence is not yet understood. In this work we investigate whether the SBs can be considered as part of the background solar wind turbulence or as a population of separate structures. We address this problem by studying the distributions of different measures of the turbulence and SBs and their radial evolution. These results are valuable for the understanding of switchbacks formation and of how turbulence affects the generation of structures in the solar wind.  

How to cite: Larosa, A., Chen, C. H. K., McIntyre, J., and Jagarlamudi, V. K.: The interplay between Solar Wind Turbulence and magnetic Switchbacks in the inner Heliospere, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-17541, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-17541, 2023.