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Revisiting Algorithms for Generating Surrogate Time Series
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.144101 Bibcode: 2012PhRvL.109n4101R

Papadakis, I. E.; Brinkmann, W.; Gliozzi, M. +1 more

The method of surrogates is one of the key concepts of nonlinear data analysis. Here, we demonstrate that commonly used algorithms for generating surrogates often fail to generate truly linear time series. Rather, they create surrogate realizations with Fourier phase correlations leading to nondetections of nonlinearities. We argue that reliable s…

2012 Physical Review Letters
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Nonaxisymmetric Anisotropy of Solar Wind Turbulence as a Direct Test for Models of Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.085001 Bibcode: 2012PhRvL.108h5001T

Chapman, S. C.; Turner, A. J.; Gogoberidze, G.

Single point spacecraft observations of the turbulent solar wind flow exhibit a characteristic nonaxisymmetric anisotropy that depends sensitively on the perpendicular power spectral exponent. We use this nonaxisymmetric anisotropy as a function of wave vector direction to test models of MHD turbulence. Using Ulysses magnetic field observations in…

2012 Physical Review Letters
Ulysses 16
Coupling Between Whistler Waves and Ion-Scale Solitary Waves: Cluster Measurements in the Magnetotail During a Substorm
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.155005 Bibcode: 2012PhRvL.109o5005T

Le Contel, O.; Cornilleau-Wehrlin, N.; Tenerani, A. +4 more

We present a new model of self-consistent coupling between low frequency, ion-scale coherent structures with high frequency whistler waves in order to interpret Cluster data. The idea relies on the possibility of trapping whistler waves by inhomogeneous external fields where they can be spatially confined and propagate for times much longer than t…

2012 Physical Review Letters
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Comment on ``Effect of Current Sheets on the Solar Wind Magnetic Field Power Spectrum from the Ulysses Observation: From Kraichnan to Kolmogorov Scaling''
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.199501 Bibcode: 2012PhRvL.108s9501P

Perri, S.; Carbone, V.

A Comment on the Letter by G. Li et al., Phys. Rev. Lett.PRLTAO0031-9007 106, 125001 (2011)10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.125001. The authors of the Letter offer a Reply.

2012 Physical Review Letters
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