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Switchbacks Evolve Nonadiabatically in the Conversion Layer

  • Authors: Dominic Payne, Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, Marco Velli, Gary Zank, Yeimy Rivera

Dominic Payne et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1005 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 4.

Diagram illustrating the role of large Alfvénic fluctuations in the nonadiabatic heating of SW below 30 Rs. Large Alfvénic deflections can cause preferential heating normal to the magnetic field and counteract the expansion-driven reduction in T⊥/T∥

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