Publications: DR Christopher Chen

Carbone F, Sorriso-Valvo L, Telloni D, Zank G, Chen CHK, Němeček Z, Šafránková J ( 2026 ) . Information Cascade in Solar Wind Density Fluctuations . The Astrophysical Journal vol. 998 , ( 1 )

Good SW, Palmunen KJ, Chen CHK, Kilpua EKJ, Mäkelä TV, Ruohotie J, Sishtla CP, Soljento JE ( 2025 ) . Residual energy of magnetohydrodynamic shocks . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 543 , ( 4 ) 3447 - 3455 .

Koller F, Wedlund CS, Temmer M, Svenningsson I, Preisser L, Pöppelwerth A, Simon PA, Vörös Z et al. ( 2025 ) . Stability of the Earth's Dayside Magnetosheath: Effects of Upstream Solar Wind Structures and Downstream Jets . Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics vol. 130 , ( 9 )

McIntyre JR, Chen CHK, Squire J, Meyrand R, Simon PA ( 2025 ) . Evidence for the Helicity Barrier from Measurements of the Turbulence Transition Range in the Solar Wind . Physical Review X vol. 15 , ( 3 )

Simon PA, Chen CHK, Owens MJ, Sishtla C ( 2025 ) . Analog Ensemble Forecasts of Solar Wind Parameters: Quantification of the Predictability and Time‐Domain Spectral Performance . Space Weather vol. 23 , ( 7 )

Dorfman S, Abler M, Boldyrev S, Chen CHK, Greess S ( 2025 ) . Residual Energy and Broken Symmetry in Reduced Magnetohydrodynamics . The Astrophysical Journal vol. 979 , ( 2 )

Opie S, Verscharen D, Chen CHK, Owen CJ, Isenberg PA, Sorriso-Valvo L ( 2024 ) . Temperature anisotropy instabilities driven by intermittent velocity shears in the solar wind . Journal of Plasma Physics vol. 90 , ( 6 )

Larosa A, Chen CHK, McIntyre JR ( 2024 ) . Evolution of the magnetic field rotation distributions in the inner heliosphere . Astronomy & Astrophysics vol. 686 ,

Coburn JT, Verscharen D, Owen CJ, Maksimovic M, Horbury TS, Guo F, Fu X, Nicolaou G et al. ( 2024 ) . The Regulation of the Solar Wind Electron Heat Flux by Wave–Particle Interactions . The Astrophysical Journal vol. 964 , ( 1 )

Trotta D, Larosa A, Nicolaou G, Horbury TS, Matteini L, Hietala H, Blanco-Cano X, Franci L et al. ( 2024 ) . Properties of an Interplanetary Shock Observed at 0.07 and 0.7 au by Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter . The Astrophysical Journal vol. 962 , ( 2 )

Bowen TA, Bale SD, Chandran BDG, Chasapis A, Dudok de Wit T, Meyrand R ( 2024 ) . Mediation of collisionless turbulent dissipation through cyclotron resonance . Nature Astronomy vol. 8 , ( 4 ) 482 - 490 .

McIntyre JR, Chen CHK ( 2023 ) . Properties Underlying the Variation of the Magnetic Field Spectral Index in the Inner Solar Wind . The Astrophysical Journal vol. 957 , ( 2 )

Mallet A, Dorfman S, Abler M, Bowen TA ( 2023 ) . Nonlinear dynamics of small-scale Alfvén waves . Physics of Plasmas vol. 30 , ( 11 )

Good SW, Rantala OK, Chen CHK, Möstl C ( 2023 ) . Turbulence Properties of Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections in the Inner Heliosphere: Dependence on Proton Beta and Flux Rope Structure . The Astrophysical Journal Letters vol. 956 , ( 1 )

Huang J, Kasper JC, Fisk LA, Larson DE, McManus MD, Chen CHK, Martinović MM, Klein KG et al. ( 2023 ) . The Structure and Origin of Switchbacks: Parker Solar Probe Observations . The Astrophysical Journal vol. 952 , ( 1 )

Davis N, Chandran BDG, Bowen TA, Badman ST, de Wit TD, Chen CHK, Bale SD ( 2023 ) . The Evolution of the 1/f Range within a Single Fast-solar-wind Stream between 17.4 and 45.7 Solar Radii . The Astrophysical Journal vol. 950 , ( 2 )

Opie S, Verscharen D, Chen CHK, Owen CJ ( 2023 ) . The effect of variations in the magnetic field direction from turbulence on kinetic-scale instabilities . Astronomy & Astrophysics vol. 672 ,

Huang J, Kasper JC, Larson DE, McManus MD, Whittlesey P, Rahmati A, Romeo O, Klein KG et al. ( 2023 ) . Parker Solar Probe Observations of High Plasma β Solar Wind from the Streamer Belt . The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series vol. 265 , ( 2 )

Raouafi NE, Matteini L, Squire J, Badman ST, Velli M, Klein KG, Chen CHK, Matthaeus WH et al. ( 2023 ) . Parker Solar Probe: Four Years of Discoveries at Solar Cycle Minimum . Space Science Reviews vol. 219 , ( 1 )

Sorriso-Valvo L, Chen CHK, Retinò A, Verscharen D ( 2023 ) . Editorial: New challenges in space plasma physics: Open questions and future mission concepts . Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences vol. 9 ,

Opie S, Verscharen D, Chen CHK ( 2022 ) . Conditions for Proton Temperature Anisotropy to Drive Instabilities in the Solar Wind . The Astrophysical Journal vol. 941 , ( 2 )

Coburn JT, Chen CHK ( 2022 ) . A measurement of the effective mean free path of solar wind protons . Journal of Plasma Physics vol. 88 , ( 5 )

Howes GG, Verniero JL, Larson DE, Bale SD, Goetz K, Klein KG, Whittlesey PL, Livi R et al. ( 2022 ) . Revolutionizing Our Understanding of Particle Energization in Space Plasmas Using On-Board Wave-Particle Correlator Instrumentation . Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences vol. 9 ,

Chen CHK ( 2022 ) . A new way for turbulence to heat the corona . Nature Astronomy vol. 6 , ( 6 ) 637 - 638 .

Kasper JC, Klein KG, Lichko E, Huang J, Chen CHK, Badman ST, Bonnell J, Whittlesey PL et al. ( 2021 ) . Parker Solar Probe Enters the Magnetically Dominated Solar Corona . Physical Review Letters vol. 127 , ( 25 ) Article 255101 ,

Giacalone J, Burgess D, Bale SD, Desai MI, Mitchell JG, Lario D, Chen CHK, Christian ER et al. ( 2021 ) . Energetic Particles Associated with a Coronal Mass Ejection Shock Interacting with a Convected Magnetic Structure . The Astrophysical Journal vol. 921 , ( 2 ) Article 102 , 102 - 102 .

Duan D, He J, Bowen TA, Woodham LD, Chen CHK ( 2021 ) . Anisotropy of Solar Wind Turbulence in the Inner Heliosphere at Kinetic Scales: PSP Observations . The Astrophysical Journal Letters vol. 915 , ( 1 )

Verscharen D, Wicks RT, Alexandrova O, Bruno R, Burgess D, Chen CHK, D’Amicis R, De Keyser J et al. ( 2021 ) . A Case for Electron-Astrophysics . Experimental Astronomy

Perez JC, Bourouaine S, Chen CHK ( 2021 ) . Applicability of Taylor’s hypothesis during Parker Solar Probe perihelia . Astronomy & Astrophysics vol. 650 ,

Chen CHK, Chandran BDG, Woodham LD, Jones SI, Perez JC, Bourouaine S, Bowen TA, Klein KG ( 2021 ) . The near-Sun streamer belt solar wind: turbulence and solar wind acceleration . Astronomy & Astrophysics vol. 650 ,

Martinović MM, Klein KG, Huang J, Chandran BDG, Lichko E, Bowen T, Chen CHK, Matteini L et al. ( 2021 ) . Multiscale Solar Wind Turbulence Properties inside and near Switchbacks Measured by the Parker Solar Probe . The Astrophysical Journal vol. 912 , ( 1 )

Wilson LB, Brosius AL, Gopalswamy N, Nieves‐Chinchilla T, Szabo A, Phan T, Kasper JC, Richardson IG et al. ( 2021 ) . A Quarter Century of Wind Spacecraft Discoveries . Reviews of Geophysics

Bowen TA, Bale SD, Bandyopadhyay R, Bonnell JW, Case A, Chasapis A, Chen CHK, Curry S et al. ( 2020 ) . Kinetic‐Scale Turbulence in the Venusian Magnetosheath . Geophysical Research Letters

Bourouaine S, Perez JC, Klein KG, Chen CHK, Martinović M, Kasper JC ( 2020 ) . Turbulence Characteristics of Switchback and Nonswitchback Intervals Observed by Parker Solar Probe . Astrophysical Journal Letters vol. 904 , L30 - L30 .

Zouganelis I, De Groof A, Walsh AP, Williams DR, Müller D, St Cyr OC, Auchère F, Berghmans D et al. ( 2020 ) . The Solar Orbiter Science Activity Plan . Astronomy & Astrophysics vol. 642 , A3 - A3 .

Bowen TA, Mallet A, Bale SD, Bonnell JW, Case AW, Chandran BDG, Chasapis A, Chen CHK et al. ( 2020 ) . Constraining Ion-Scale Heating and Spectral Energy Transfer in Observations of Plasma Turbulence . Physical Review Letters vol. 125 , ( 2 )

McManus MD, Bowen TA, Mallet A, Chen CHK, Chandran BDG, Bale SD, Larson DE, Dudok de Wit T et al. ( 2020 ) . Cross Helicity Reversals in Magnetic Switchbacks . The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series vol. 246 , 67 - 67 .

Bowen TA, Mallet A, Huang J, Klein KG, Malaspina DM, Stevens M, Bale SD, Bonnell JW et al. ( 2020 ) . Ion-scale Electromagnetic Waves in the Inner Heliosphere . The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series vol. 246 , 66 - 66 .

Vech D, Kasper JC, Klein KG, Huang J, Stevens ML, Chen CHK, Korreck K, Bale SD et al. ( 2020 ) . Kinetic-scale Spectral Features of Cross Helicity and Residual Energy in the Inner Heliosphere . The Astrophysical Journal Supplement vol. 246 , 52 - 52 .

Dudok de Wit T, Krasnoselskikh VV, Bale SD, Bonnell JW, Bowen TA, Chen CHK, Froment C, Goetz K et al. ( 2020 ) . Switchbacks in the Near-Sun Magnetic Field: Long Memory and Impact on the Turbulence Cascade . The Astrophysical Journal Supplement vol. 246 , 39 - 39 .

Martinovic MM, Klein KG, Kasper JC, Case AW, Korreck KE, Larson D, Livi R, Stevens M et al. ( 2020 ) . The Enhancement of Proton Stochastic Heating in the Near-Sun Solar Wind . The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series vol. 246 , 30 - 30 .

Chen CHK, Bale SD, Bonnell JW, Borovikov D, Bowen TA, Burgess D, Case AW, Chandran BDG et al. ( 2020 ) . The Evolution and Role of Solar Wind Turbulence in the Inner Heliosphere . The Astrophysical Journal Supplement vol. 246 , 53 - 53 .

Duan D, Bowen TA, Chen CHK, Mallet A, He J, Bale SD, Vech D, Kasper JC et al. ( 2020 ) . The Radial Dependence of Proton-scale Magnetic Spectral Break in Slow Solar Wind during PSP Encounter 2 . The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series vol. 246 , 55 - 55 .

Bale SD, Badman ST, Bonnell JW, Bowen TA, Burgess D, Case AW, Cattell CA, Chandran BDG et al. ( 2019 ) . Highly structured slow solar wind emerging from an equatorial coronal hole . Nature vol. 576 , ( 7786 ) 237 - 242 .

Grošelj D, Chen CHK, Mallet A, Samtaney R, Schneider K ( 2019 ) . Kinetic Turbulence in Astrophysical Plasmas: Waves and/or Structures? . Physical Review X vol. 9 , ( 3 )

Manimaran J, Shangerganesh L, Debbouche A ( 2019 ) . Numerical Solutions for Time-Fractional Cancer Invasion System With Nonlocal Diffusion . Frontiers in Physics vol. 7 ,

Chen CHK, Klein KG ( 2019 ) . Evidence for electron Landau damping in space plasma turbulence . Nature Communications vol. 10 , ( 1 )

Roytershteyn V, Boldyrev S, Delzanno GL, Chen CHK, Loureiro NF ( 2019 ) . Numerical Study of Inertial Kinetic-Alfvén Turbulence . The Astrophysical Journal vol. 870 , ( 2 )

Wu H, Verscharen D, Wicks RT, He J ( 2019 ) . The Fluid-like and Kinetic Behavior of Kinetic Alfvén Turbulence in Space Plasma . The Astrophysical Journal vol. 870 , ( 2 )

Šafránková J, Němeček Z, Němec F, Verscharen D, Ďurovcová T ( 2019 ) . Scale-dependent Polarization of Solar Wind Velocity Fluctuations at the Inertial and Kinetic Scales . The Astrophysical Journal vol. 870 , ( 1 )

Matteini L, Stansby D ( 2019 ) . The rotation angle distribution underlying magnetic field fluctuations in the 1/f range of solar wind turbulent spectra . Nuovo Cimento Della Societa Italiana Di Fisica C vol. 42 , ( 1 )

Matteini L, Stansby D, Horbury TS ( 2018 ) . On the 1/f Spectrum in the Solar Wind and Its Connection with Magnetic Compressibility . Astrophysical Journal Letters vol. 869 , L32 - L32 .

Franci L, Hellinger P, Guarrasi M, Papini E, Verdini A, Landi S ( 2018 ) . Three-dimensional simulations of solar wind turbulence with the hybrid code CAMELIA . Journal of Physics Conference Series vol. 1031 , ( 1 )

Carbone F, Sorriso-Valvo L, Alberti T, Lepreti F, Chen CHK ( 2018 ) . Arbitrary-order Hilbert Spectral Analysis and Intermittency in Solar Wind Density Fluctuations . The Astrophysical Journal vol. 859 , ( 1 )

Chen CHK, Boldyrev S ( 2017 ) . Nature of Kinetic Scale Turbulence in the Earth's Magnetosheath . Astrophysical Journal vol. 842 , 122 - 122 .

Verscharen D, Chen CHK ( 2017 ) . On Kinetic Slow Modes, Fluid Slow Modes, and Pressure-Balanced Structures in the Solar Wind . Astrophysical Journal vol. 840 , 106 - 106 .

Sorriso-Valvo L, Carbone F, Chen CHK, Šafránková J ( 2016 ) . Multifractal Analysis of High Resolution Solar Wind Proton Density Measurements . Advances in Space Research vol. 59 , 1642 - 1651 .

Matteini L, Alexandrova O, Chen CHK ( 2016 ) . Electric and Magnetic Spectra from MHD to Electron Scales in the Magnetosheath . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 466 , 945 - 945 .

Chen CHK ( 2016 ) . Recent Progress in Astrophysical Plasma Turbulence from Solar Wind Observations . Journal of Plasma Physics vol. 82 , 535820602 - 535820602 .

Vech D ( 2016 ) . Testing the Effects of Expansion on Solar Wind Turbulence . Astrophysical Journal Letters vol. 832 , L16 - L16 .

Yates JN, Southwood DJ, Dougherty MK, Sulaiman AH, Masters A, Cowley SWH, Kivelson MG, Chen CHK et al. ( 2016 ) . Saturn's Quasiperiodic Magnetohydrodynamic Waves . Geophysical Research Letters vol. 43 , 11102 - 11102 .

Vaivads A, Retinò A, Soucek J, Khotyaintsev YV, Valentini F, Escoubet CP, Alexandrova O, André M et al. ( 2016 ) . Turbulence Heating ObserveR – satellite mission proposal . Journal of Plasma Physics vol. 82 , ( 5 )

Stansby D, Horbury TS, Chen CHK ( 2016 ) . Experimental Determination of Whistler Wave Dispersion Relation in the Solar Wind . Astrophysical Journal Letters vol. 829 , L16 - L16 .

Šafránková J, Nemecek Z, Nemec F, Prech L ( 2016 ) . Power Spectral Density of Fluctuations of Bulk and Thermal Speeds in the Solar Wind . Astrophysical Journal vol. 825 , 121 - 121 .

Chen CHK, Matteini L, Schekochihin AA, Stevens ML, Kunz MW ( 2016 ) . Multi-Species Measurements of the Firehose and Mirror Instability Thresholds in the Solar Wind . The Astrophysical Journal Letters vol. 825 , L26 - L26 .

Mallet A, Schekochihin AA, Chen CHK, Horbury TS, Wicks RT ( 2016 ) . Measures of Three-Dimensional Anisotropy and Intermittency in Strong Alfvénic Turbulence . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 459 , 2130 - 2130 .

Bale SD, Goetz K, Harvey PR, Turin P, Bonnell JW, Dudok de Wit T, Ergun RE, MacDowall RJ et al. ( 2016 ) . The FIELDS Instrument Suite for Solar Probe Plus: Measuring the Coronal Plasma and Magnetic Field, Plasma Waves and Turbulence, and Radio Signatures of Solar Transients . Space Science Reviews vol. 204 , 49 - 49 .

Pitna A, Šafránková J, Nemecek Z, Němec F, Přech L, Zastenker GN ( 2016 ) . Density Fluctuations Upstream and Downstream of Interplanetary Shocks . Astrophysical Journal vol. 819 , 41 - 41 .

Zhdankin V, Boldyrev S ( 2016 ) . Intermittency of Energy Dissipation in Alfvénic Turbulence . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters vol. 457 , L69 - L69 .

Yan L, He J, Zhang L, Tu C, Marsch E, Wang X ( 2016 ) . Spectral Anisotropy of Elsässer Variables in Two-Dimensional Wave-Vector Space as Observed in the Fast Solar Wind Turbulence . Astrophysical Journal Letters vol. 816 , L24 - L24 .

He J, Tu C, Marsch E, Wang L, Pei Z, Salem CS ( 2015 ) . Proton Heating in Solar Wind Compressible Turbulence with Collisions between Counter-Propagating Waves . Astrophysical Journal Letters vol. 813 , L30 - L30 .

Chen CHK, Matteini L, Burgess D, Horbury TS ( 2015 ) . Magnetic Field Rotations in the Solar Wind at Kinetic Scales . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters vol. 453 , L64 - L64 .

Kunz MW, Schekochihin AA, Chen CHK, Cowley SC ( 2015 ) . Inertial-Range Kinetic Turbulence in Pressure-Anisotropic Astrophysical Plasmas . Journal of Plasma Physics vol. 81 , 325810501 - 325810501 .

Boldyrev S, Xia Q ( 2015 ) . Spectral Breaks of Alfvenic Turbulence in a Collisionless Plasma . Astrophysical Journal vol. 806 , 238 - 238 .

Tong Y, Bale SD, Chen CHK ( 2015 ) . Effects of Electron Drifts on the Collisionless Damping of Kinetic Alfvén Waves in the Solar Wind . Astrophysical Journal Letters vol. 804 , L36 - L36 .

Šafránková J, Nemecek Z, Nemec F, Přech L, Pitňa A ( 2015 ) . Solar Wind Density Spectra around the Ion Spectral Break . Astrophysical Journal vol. 803 , 107 - 107 .

Chen CHK, Leung L, Boldyrev S, Maruca BA ( 2014 ) . Ion-Scale Spectral Break of Solar Wind Turbulence at High and Low Beta . Geophysical Research Letters vol. 41 , 8081 - 8081 .

Chen CHK, Sorriso-Valvo L, Šafránková J ( 2014 ) . Intermittency of Solar Wind Density Fluctuations from Ion to Electron Scales . Astrophysical Journal Letters vol. 789 , L8 - L8 .

Wicks RT, Roberts DA, Mallet A ( 2013 ) . Correlations at Large Scales and the Onset of Turbulence in the Fast Solar Wind . Astrophysical Journal vol. 778 , 177 - 177 .

Alexandrova O, Chen CHK, Sorriso-Valvo L ( 2013 ) . Solar Wind Turbulence and the Role of Ion Instabilities . Space Science Reviews vol. 178 , 101 - 101 .

Chen CHK, Howes GG, Bonnell JW, Klein KG ( 2013 ) . Kinetic Scale Density Fluctuations in the Solar Wind . AIP Conference Proceedings vol. 1539 , 143 - 146 .

Chen CHK, Bale SD, Maruca BA ( 2013 ) . Residual Energy Spectrum of Solar Wind Turbulence . Astrophysical Journal vol. 770 , 125 - 125 .

Chen CHK, Boldyrev S, Xia Q, Perez JC ( 2013 ) . Nature of Subproton Scale Turbulence in the Solar Wind . Physical Review Letters vol. 110 , 225002 - 225002 .

Bale SD, Pulupa M, Salem C, Quataert E ( 2013 ) . Electron Heat Conduction in the Solar Wind: Transition from Spitzer-Härm to the Collisionless Limit . Astrophysical Journal Letters vol. 769 , L22 - L22 .

Chen CHK ( 2013 ) . Parallel Electric Field Spectrum of Solar Wind Turbulence . Astrophysical Journal Letters vol. 768 , L10 - L10 .

Wicks RT, Mallet A, Horbury TS, Schekochihin AA ( 2013 ) . Alignment and Scaling of Large-Scale Fluctuations in the Solar Wind . Physical Review Letters vol. 110 , 025003 - 025003 .

Chen CHK, Mallet A, Schekochihin AA, Horbury TS, Wicks RT ( 2012 ) . Three-Dimensional Structure of Solar Wind Turbulence . Astrophysical Journal vol. 758 , 120 - 120 .

Klein KG, Howes GG, Bale SD, CHEN CHK ( 2012 ) . Using Synthetic Spacecraft Data to Interpret Compressible Fluctuations in Solar Wind Turbulence . Astrophysical Journal vol. 755 , 159 - 159 .

Chen CHK, Salem CS, Bonnell JW ( 2012 ) . Density Fluctuation Spectrum of Solar Wind Turbulence between Ion and Electron Scales . Physical Review Letters vol. 109 , 035001 - 035001 .

Howes GG, Bale SD, Klein KG, CHEN CHK ( 2012 ) . The Slow-mode Nature of Compressible Wave Power in Solar Wind Turbulence . Astrophysical Journal Letters vol. 753 , L19 - L19 .

Salem CS, Howes GG, Sundkvist D, Bale SD, CHEN CHK ( 2012 ) . Identification of Kinetic Alfvén Wave Turbulence in the Solar Wind . Astrophysical Journal Letters vol. 745 , L9 - L9 .

Horbury TS, Wicks RT ( 2011 ) . Anisotropy in Space Plasma Turbulence: Solar Wind Observations . Space Science Reviews vol. 172 , 325 - 342 .

Chen CHK, Mallet A, Schekochihin AA ( 2011 ) . Anisotropy of Alfvénic Turbulence in the Solar Wind and Numerical Simulations . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 415 , 3219 - 3226 .

Chen CHK, Bale SD ( 2011 ) . Frame Dependence of the Electric Field Spectrum of Solar Wind Turbulence . Astrophysical Journal Letters vol. 737 , L41 - L41 .

Wicks RT, Horbury TS, Schekochihin AA ( 2011 ) . Anisotropy of Imbalanced Alfvénic Turbulence in Fast Solar Wind . Physical Review Letters vol. 106 , 045001 - 045001 .

Wicks RT, Horbury TS, Chen CHK ( 2010 ) . Power and Spectral Index Anisotropy of the Entire Inertial Range of Turbulence in the Fast Solar Wind . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters vol. 407 , L31 - L31 .

Chen CHK, Horbury TS, Schekochihin AA, Wicks RT, Alexandrova O ( 2010 ) . Anisotropy of Solar Wind Turbulence between Ion and Electron Scales . Physical Review Letters vol. 104 , 255002 - 255002 .

Chen CHK, Wicks RT ( 2010 ) . Interpreting Power Anisotropy Measurements in Plasma Turbulence . Astrophysical Journal Letters vol. 711 , L83 - L83 .