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The Wave-regulated Precursor of a Near-parallel Interplanetary Shock Observed by Parker Solar Probe

  • Authors: I. C. Jebaraj, L. Colomban, O. V. Agapitov, M. Gedalin, M. A. Malkov, A. Kouloumvakos, E. Husidic, S. Mondal, S. Yadav, N. Wijsen

I. C. Jebaraj et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 .

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Wave diagnostics for the upstream interval 05:45–07:13 UT on 2023 March 13. Panels (a1)–(a4) (left column) and (b1)–(b4) (right column) are time–frequency spectrograms over the full interval; panels (c1)–(c3) (bottom row) are ﹩{B}_{w}^{2}﹩-weighted occurrence maps in (θkBf) integrated over the inner foreshock (06:15–07:13 UT). (a1) Wavelet magnetic wave amplitude Bw (nT). (a2) Signed ellipticity ϵ (positive for right-hand, negative for left-hand). (a3) ∣ϵ∣. (a4) Propagation angle θkB between the minimum-variance direction and the local mean field (deg). (b1) Spacecraft-frame phase velocity Vφ = 2πf/k (km s−1). (b2) Signed shock-normal Poynting flux Sn (au). (b3) Magnetic compressibility CB. (b4) Density–field cross-phase Φ(δnδB∣) (deg). (c1) RH occurrence map (ϵ ≥ +0.7). (c2) LH occurrence map (ϵ ≤ −0.7). (c3) LP occurrence map (∣ϵ∣ ≤ 0.3).

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