The importance of plasma waves to the evolution of the solar wind and to the evolutions and interactions of the multiple particle populations of the Earth’s magnetosphere is overwhelming. Two giants in the field recently passed - Peter Gary and Richard Thorne largely established the complexities of plasma waves, plasma instabilities, wave-particle interactions, and the dissipation of turbulence. They opened the eyes of the space-research community to the impact of plasma waves in the solar wind and in the Earth’s magnetosphere. It is time to honor their hard work, their accomplishments, and their leadership and to extend their research legacies into the future.
The goals of this Research Topic are (1) to celebrate the scientific achievements of Richard Thorne, Peter Gary, and the entire space-plasma-physics research community, (2) to showcase state-of-the-art research findings, and (3) to take an assessment (a) of the present state of knowledge and (b) of where the research community goes in the future.
This Research Topic calls for Original Research articles revealing new research findings that extend the pioneering work of Peter Gary and Richard Thorne on the physics of plasma waves and the impact of plasma waves in space physics. This Research Topic also calls for focused Review articles that assess the present state of knowledge and how it was accomplished and this Research Topic also calls for Perspective articles on outstanding questions and pathways for future research directions.
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Dr Yuri Shprits is affiliated with the small company Space Science Innovations, Inc.. The Guest Editors declare no competing interests with regards to the Topic subject.
The cover image for this Research Topic was adapted from:
Richard Mansergh Thorne (2010). "Radiation belt dynamics: The importance of wave-particle interactions" Geophysical Research Letters . Available at:https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2010GL044990
The importance of plasma waves to the evolution of the solar wind and to the evolutions and interactions of the multiple particle populations of the Earth’s magnetosphere is overwhelming. Two giants in the field recently passed - Peter Gary and Richard Thorne largely established the complexities of plasma waves, plasma instabilities, wave-particle interactions, and the dissipation of turbulence. They opened the eyes of the space-research community to the impact of plasma waves in the solar wind and in the Earth’s magnetosphere. It is time to honor their hard work, their accomplishments, and their leadership and to extend their research legacies into the future.
The goals of this Research Topic are (1) to celebrate the scientific achievements of Richard Thorne, Peter Gary, and the entire space-plasma-physics research community, (2) to showcase state-of-the-art research findings, and (3) to take an assessment (a) of the present state of knowledge and (b) of where the research community goes in the future.
This Research Topic calls for Original Research articles revealing new research findings that extend the pioneering work of Peter Gary and Richard Thorne on the physics of plasma waves and the impact of plasma waves in space physics. This Research Topic also calls for focused Review articles that assess the present state of knowledge and how it was accomplished and this Research Topic also calls for Perspective articles on outstanding questions and pathways for future research directions.
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Dr Yuri Shprits is affiliated with the small company Space Science Innovations, Inc.. The Guest Editors declare no competing interests with regards to the Topic subject.
The cover image for this Research Topic was adapted from:
Richard Mansergh Thorne (2010). "Radiation belt dynamics: The importance of wave-particle interactions" Geophysical Research Letters . Available at:https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2010GL044990