Research Interests
Turbulence and nonlinear dynamics in conducting fluids and space physics.

Publications - 2013

Articles in Refereed Journals

Oughton, S., Wan, M., Servidio, S., and Matthaeus, W.H. (2013) On the origin of anisotropy in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence: The role of higher-order correlations Astrophys. J. 768:10, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/768/1/10.

Publications - 2012

Articles in Refereed Journals

Matthaeus, W.H., Servidio, S., Dmitruk, P., Carbone, V., Oughton, S., Wan, M., and Osman, K.T. (2012) Local anisotropy, higher order statistics, and turbulence spectra Astrophys. J. 750:103, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/750/2/103.

Wan, M., Osman, K.T., Matthaeus, W.H., and Oughton, S. (2012) Investigation of intermittency in magnetohydrodynamics and solar wind turbulence: Scale-dependent kurtosis Astrophys. J. 744:171, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/744/2/171.

Wan, M., Oughton, S., Servidio, S., and Matthaeus, W.H. (2012) von Kármán self-preservation hypothesis for magnetohydrodynamic turbulence and its consequences for universality J. Fluid Mech. 697:296-315, doi:10.1017/jfm.2012.61.

Wicks, R.T., Forman, M.A., Horbury, T.S., and Oughton, S. (2012) Power anisotropy in the magnetic field power spectral tensor of solar wind turbulence Astrophys. J. 746:103, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/746/1/103.

Publications - 2011

Articles in Refereed Journals

Osman, K.T., Wan, M., Matthaeus, W.H., Breech, B. and Oughton, S. (2011) Directional alignment and non-Gaussian statistics in solar wind turbulence Astrophys. J. 741:75, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/75.

Oughton, S., Matthaeus, W.H., Smith, C.W., Breech, B. and Isenberg, P.A. (2011) Transport of solar wind fluctuations: A two-component model J. Geophys. Res. 116:A08105, doi:10.1029/2010JA016365 (2011).

Zhou, Y. and Oughton, S. (2011) Nonlocality and the critical Reynolds numbers of the minimum state magnetohydrodynamic turbulence Phys. Plasmas 18:072304, doi:10.1063/1.3606473.

Publications - 2010

Articles in Refereed Journals

Verdini, A., Velli, M., Matthaeus, W.H., Oughton, S. and Dmitruk, P. (2010) A turbulence-driven model for heating and acceleration of the fast wind in coronal holes Astrophys. J. 708, L116-L120, doi:10.1088/2041-8205/708/2/L116.

Wan, M., Oughton, S., Servidio, S. and Matthaeus, W.H. (2010) On the accuracy of simulations of turbulence Phys. Plasmas 17 :082308, doi:10.1063/1.3474957.

Wan, M., Servidio, S., Oughton, S. and Matthaeus, W.H. (2010) The third-order law for magnetohydrodynamic turbulence with shear: Numerical investigation Phys. Plasmas 17 (5):052307, doi:10.1063/1.3398481.

Conference Proceedings

Breech, B., Cranmer, S.R., Matthaeus, W.H., Kasper, J.C. and Oughton, S. (2010) Heating of the solar wind with electron and proton effects In Twelfth International Solar Wind Conference (eds. M. Maksimovic, K. Issautier, N. Meyer-Vernet, M. Moncuquet, and F. Pantellini), vol. CP1216, pp. 214-217. AIP, Melville, New York.

Greco, A., Matthaeus, W.H., Servidio, S., Dmitruk, P., Wan, M., Oughton, S. and Chuychai, P. (2010) Statistical properties of solar wind discontinuities, intermittent turbulence, and rapid emergence of non-Gaussian distributions In Twelfth International Solar Wind Conference (eds. M. Maksimovic, K. Issautier, N. Meyer-Vernet, M. Moncuquet, and F. Pantellini), vol. CP1216, pp. 202-205. AIP, Melville, New York.

Isenberg, P.A., Oughton, S., Smith, C.W. and Matthaeus, W.H. (2010) Solar wind turbulent heating by interstellar pickup protons: 2-component model In 9th Annual International Astrophysics Conference: Pickup Ions Throughout the Heliosphere and Beyond (eds. J. le Roux, G.P. Zank, A.J. Coates, and V. Florinski), vol. 1302, pp. 180-185. AIP, doi:10.1063/1.3529967.

Oughton, S., Matthaeus, W.H., Smith, C.W. and Breech, B. (2010) A two-component transport model for solar wind fluctuations: Waves plus quasi-2d turbulence In Twelfth International Solar Wind Conference (eds. M. Maksimovic, K. Issautier, N. Meyer-Vernet, M. Moncuquet, and F. Pantellini), vol. CP1216, pp. 210-213. AIP, Melville, New York.

Wan, M., Oughton, S., Servidio, S. and Matthaeus, W.H. (2010) The third-order law for magnetohydrodynamic turbulence with constant shear Twelfth Int. Solar Wind Conf. vol. CP1216, pp. 172-175. AIP, Melville, New York.

Publications - 2009

Articles in Refereed Journals

Breech, B., Matthaeus, W.H., Cranmer, S.R., Kasper, J.C. and Oughton, S. (2009) Electron and proton heating by solar wind turbulence J. Geophys. Res. 114:A09103, doi:10.1029/2009JA014354.

Matthaeus, W.H., Oughton, S. and Zhou, Y. (2009) Anisotropic magnetohydrodynamic spectral transfer in the diffusion approximation Phys. Rev. E 79:035401, doi:10.1103.

Wan, M., Oughton, S., Servidio S. and Matthaeus W.H. (2009) Generation of non-Gaussian statistics and coherent structures in ideal MHD Phys. Plasmas 16:080703, doi:10.1063/1.3206949.

Wan, M., Oughton, S., Servidio, S. and Matthaeus, W.H. (2009) Generation of non-Gaussian statistics and coherent structures in ideal MHD Phys. Plasmas 16:080703, doi:10.1063/1.3206949.

Wan, M., Servidio, S., Oughton, S. and Matthaeus, W.H. (2009) The third-order law for increments in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence with constant shear Phys. Plasmas 16:090703, doi:10.1063/1.3240333.

Wan, M., Servidio, S., Oughton, S., and Matthaeus, W.H. (2009) The third-order law for increments in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence with constant shear Phys. Plasmas 16:090703, doi:10.1063/1.3240333.