Ion Reflection at Collisionless Shocks: Quantifying the Impact of Electric and Magnetic Fields

Authors: Justin Riggs (University of Iowa), Gregory G. Howes (University of Iowa) Collisionless shocks play a central role in energy conversion in space plasmas throughoutView More

Distinguishing Erupted from Confined CMEs in Sun-as-a-Star Observations: AWSoM MHD Simulations with Automated Spectral Fitting and Doppler Shift Extraction

Authors: Tong Shi (SETI Institute), Meng Jin (Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Lab), Xianyu Liu (University of Michigan) Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) on the SunView More

Diagnostics of High-Frequency Acoustic Waves at Two Heights in the Lower Solar Atmosphere: Observational Limitations via Realistic Modeling

Authors: Jessica Hamilton (Georgia State University), Viacheslav Sadykov (Georgia State University), Irina Kitiashvili (NASA Ames Research Center, Oana Vesa (Stanford University) Investigating the propagation andView More

Minor ions as a probe of collisionless turbulent heating: extreme anisotropy and temperature inversions

Authors: Michael F. Zhang (University of Otago), Evan L. Yerger (University of New Hampshire), Matthew W. Kunz (Princeton University), Jonathan Squire (University of Otago) AlfvénicView More

PUNCH in Place: Variations on Multi-Observatory Composites

Authors: C. Gilly (NWRA) The PUNCH mission images the young solar wind across a field of view that spans several orders of magnitude in heliocentricView More

Statistical Analysis of Electrostatic Waves in Interplanetary Shocks

Authors: Xi Lu (UTD), Ivan Vasko (UTD), Zubair Shaikh (UTD), Forrest Mozer (UCB) Interplanetary shocks are ubiquitous in the heliosphere and are always associated withView More

Toward a Dynamic Chromosphere for AWSoM-R: A Field-Aligned Two-Fluid Model of Ionization and Chromospheric Evaporation

Authors: Keheng Zhu (University of Michigan), Xianyu Liu (University of Michigan), Igor Sokolov (University of Michigan), Lulu Zhao (University of Michigan) The Alfvén Wave SolarView More

Solar Radio Observing Capabilities at the Owens Valley Radio Observatory: Status Update

Authors: Bin Chen (NJIT), Sijie Yu (NJIT), Peijin Zhang (NJIT), Owen Giersch (NJIT), Caius Selhorst (NJIT), Yuqian Wei (NJIT), Jonas Flygare (Caltech), Meiqi Wang (NJIT),View More

Subpopulation Analysis and the Division of Ion Energy Flux in Collisionless Quasiperpendicular Shock Simulations

Authors: Alberto Felix (University of Iowa), Gregory Howes (University of Iowa), Collin Brown (Naval Research Laboratory), Colby Haggerty (University of Hawai’i Manoa) In collisionless supercriticalView More

Cross-scale Structuring of Coronal Mass Ejection-driven Shocks with Implications to Suprathermal to Energetic Particles

Authors: R. C. Allen (SwRI), G. C. Ho (SwRI), S. K. Vines (SwRI), M. H. Walker (JHU), S. Davis (UTSA/SwRI), G. M. Mason (APL), M.View More

First maps of Radial Velocities of Coronal Features from 1-3 Rs inferred from Proba-3/ASPIICS

Authors: Zac Bailey (Institute for Astronomy at University of Hawaii at Manoa), Shadia Habbal (Institute for Astronomy at University of Hawaii at Manoa), Colby HaggertyView More

Direct measurements of electron energization by parallel electric fields in magnetic reconnection Regis John, Gregory G. Howes, Arya S. Afshari, Daniel McGinnis Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA Magnetic reconnection converts magnetic energy into particle energy through several mechanisms whose relative importance depends on the guide field strength. Using high‑resolution measurements from the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission, we analyze a reconnection event with a moderate guide field ($B_g \approx 0.5~B_0$) and apply the field–particle correlation technique to isolate electron energization channels. We identify localized velocity space signatures of energy transfer from parallel electric field $E_\parallel$ to electrons, concentrated near the electron diffusion region. These results provide direct evidence that $E_\parallel$ play a significant role in electron energization in moderate guide‑field magnetic reconnection.

Authors: Regis John (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA) , Gregory G. Howes (Department of Physics and Astronomy,View More

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