Main task Understanding fundamental processes in space plasmas: shock waves, turbulence, reconnection Applications in Sun, heliosphere, and magnetospheres Main research topics 1.Space-time structure of shocks and turbulence Theoretical model construction Comparison with multi-point observations 2.Waves and reconnection Wave mode identification Condition and mechanism of reconnection Refereed publications (since Jan 2013) Total: 15 (first author: 7) Educational activities (since Jan 2013) Lecturing at TU Braunschweig, teaching at Ilia University (Georgia) Space Plasma Physics: Heliosphere 1 IWF/ÖAW
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IWF/ÖAW
Main task Understanding fundamental processes in space plasmas: shock waves,
turbulence, reconnection Applications in Sun, heliosphere, and magnetospheres
Main research topics
1. Space-time structure of shocks and turbulence Theoretical model construction Comparison with multi-point observations
2. Waves and reconnection Wave mode identification Condition and mechanism of reconnection
Refereed publications (since Jan 2013) Total: 15 (first author: 7)
Educational activities (since Jan 2013) Lecturing at TU Braunschweig, teaching at Ilia University (Georgia)
Space Plasma Physics: Heliosphere
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IWF/ÖAW
Lead: Yasuhito Narita
Members
Staff: P. Bourdin, N. Dwivedi, C. Möstl, Z. Vörös, T. Zaqarashvili
PhD Student: T. Rollett
Cooperation within IWF
Magnetospheric dynamics (Nakamura et al.)
Heliospheric dynamics (Lammer et al.)
MMS high-frequency magnetometer data (Magnes et al.)
Solar Orbiter wave data (Steller et al.)
Key international collaboration
Germany: TU Braunschweig; Italy: INAF-IAPS Rome; Romania: ISS Bucharest; Spain: UIB; USA: Johns-Hopkins University
Who are we?
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IWF/ÖAW
CME-CME interaction
Double-CME event in July 2012
Imaging and in-situ observation
Lesson for extreme events
CME-shape and trajectory
Global shape of shocks and flux ropes
Self-Similar Expansion model
Multi-point imaging
CME prediction
Evolution scenario of CME
Prediction of CME hit on the Earth
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Shock Waves
Liu et al. (2014)
Davies et al. (2013)
IWF/ÖAW
Space-time structure
Analytic treatment of Navier-Stokes eq.
Wavenumber-frequency spectrum
Doppler shift and broadening
Breakdown of Taylor's frozen-in flow hypothesis
Impact on solar wind turbulence research
Error estimate for Kolmogorov constant
Collaboration with Johns-Hopkins Univ.
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Turbulence Theory
Narita (2014)
Wilczek et al. (2014)
IWF/ÖAW
Solar wind as a natural turbulence laboratory
Wave mode identification
Combination: Observation, simulation, and analytic theory
First-time evidence for ion Bernstein wave in the solar wind
Collaboration with TU Braunschweig
Wave Picture of Turbulence
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Narita (2014)Comisel et al. (2013)Perschke et al. (2013)
Cluster observation Numerical simulation Analytic theory