Publications of Sean Oughton ordered by citations

A list of publications authored or co-authored by Sean Oughton, derived from the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) and ordered by the numbers of citations.

Orcid ID: 0000-0002-2814-7288

386	Anisotropic Scaling of Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence Horbury, Timothy S., Forman, Miriam & Oughton, Sean, 2008, Physical Review Letters, 101, 175005
355	Coronal Heating by Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence Driven by Reflected Low-Frequency Waves Matthaeus, W. H., Zank, G. P., Oughton, S., Mullan, D. J. & Dmitruk, P., 1999, ApJ, 523, L93
304	The influence of a mean magnetic field on three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic turbulence Oughton, S., Priest, E. R. & Matthaeus, W. H., 1994, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 280, 95
279	Heating of the low-latitude solar wind by dissipation of turbulent magnetic fluctuations Smith, Charles W., Matthaeus, W. H., Zank, Gary P., Ness, Norman F., Oughton, Sean & Richardson, John D., 2001, Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, 8253
230	MHD-driven Kinetic Dissipation in the Solar Wind and Corona Leamon, R. J., Matthaeus, W. H., Smith, C. W., Zank, G. P., Mullan, D. J. & Oughton, S., 2000, ApJ, 537, 1054
230	Turbulence, Spatial Transport, and Heating of the Solar Wind Matthaeus, W. H., Zank, G. P., Smith, C. W. & Oughton, S., 1999, Physical Review Letters, 82, 3444
222	Anisotropic three-dimensional MHD turbulence Matthaeus, William H., Ghosh, Sanjoy, Oughton, Sean & Roberts, D. Aaron, 1996, Journal of Geophysical Research, 101, 7619
207	A Turbulence-Driven Model for Heating and Acceleration of the Fast Wind in Coronal Holes Verdini, A., Velli, M., Matthaeus, W. H., Oughton, S. & Dmitruk, P., 2010, ApJ, 708, L116
193	Turbulence transport throughout the heliosphere Breech, B., Matthaeus, W. H., Minnie, J., Bieber, J. W., Oughton, S., Smith, C. W. & Isenberg, P. A., 2008, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 113, A08105
176	Intermittency, nonlinear dynamics and dissipation in the solar wind and astrophysical plasmas Matthaeus, W. H., Wan, M., Servidio, S., Greco, A., Osman, K. T., Oughton, S. & Dmitruk, P., 2015, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A, 373, 20140154
172	Coronal Heating Distribution Due to Low-Frequency, Wave-driven Turbulence Dmitruk, P., Matthaeus, W. H., Milano, L. J., Oughton, S., Zank, G. P. & Mullan, D. J., 2002, ApJ, 575, 571
172	Phenomenology for the decay of energy-containing eddies in homogeneous MHD turbulence Hossain, Murshed, Gray, Perry C., Pontius, Duane H., Jr., Matthaeus, William H. & Oughton, Sean, 1995, Physics of Fluids, 7, 2886
156	Relaxation in two dimensions and the ''sinh-Poisson'' equation Montgomery, D., Matthaeus, W. H., Stribling, W. T., Martinez, D. & Oughton, S., 1992, Physics of Fluids A, 4, 3
124	Anisotropy in solar wind plasma turbulence Oughton, S., Matthaeus, W. H., Wan, M. & Osman, K. T., 2015, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A, 373, 20140152
119	Evolution of energy-containing turbulent eddies in the solar wind Matthaeus, William H., Oughton, Sean, Pontius, Duane H., Jr. & Zhou, Ye, 1994, Journal of Geophysical Research, 99, 19267
104	Selective decay and coherent vortices in two-dimensional incompressible turbulence Matthaeus, William H., Stribling, W. Troy, Martinez, Daniel, Oughton, Sean & Montgomery, David, 1991, Physical Review Letters, 66, 2731
102	Transport of solar wind fluctuations: A two-component model Oughton, S., Matthaeus, W. H., Smith, C. W., Breech, B. & Isenberg, P. A., 2011, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 116, A08105
99	Spacecraft observations of solar wind turbulence: an overview Horbury, T. S., Forman, M. A. & Oughton, S., 2005, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 47, B703
96	Decaying, two-dimensional, Navier-Stokes turbulence at very long times Matthaeus, W. H., Stribling, W. T., Martinez, D., Oughton, S. & Montgomery, D., 1991, Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena, 51, 531
96	Electron and proton heating by solar wind turbulence Breech, B., Matthaeus, W. H., Cranmer, S. R., Kasper, J. C. & Oughton, S., 2009, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 114, A09103
94	Scaling of Anisotropy in Hydromagnetic Turbulence Matthaeus, W. H., Oughton, Sean, Ghosh, Sanjoy & Hossain, Murshed, 1998, Physical Review Letters, 81, 2056
79	Transport of cross helicity and radial evolution of Alfvénicity in the solar wind Matthaeus, W. H., Minnie, J., Breech, B., Parhi, S., Bieber, J. W. & Oughton, S., 2004, Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L12803
75	A Reduced Magnetohydrodynamic Model of Coronal Heating in Open Magnetic Regions Driven by Reflected Low-Frequency Alfvén Waves Oughton, S., Matthaeus, W. H., Dmitruk, P., Milano, L. J., Zank, G. P. & Mullan, D. J., 2001, ApJ, 551, 565
74	Radial evolution of cross helicity in high-latitude solar wind Breech, B., Matthaeus, W. H., Minnie, J., Oughton, S., Parhi, S., Bieber, J. W. & Bavassano, B., 2005, Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L06103
70	von Kármán self-preservation hypothesis for magnetohydrodynamic turbulence and its consequences for universality Wan, Minping, Oughton, Sean, Servidio, Sergio & Matthaeus, William H., 2012, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 697, 296
66	A two-component phenomenology for homogeneous magnetohydrodynamic turbulence Oughton, S., Dmitruk, P. & Matthaeus, W. H., 2006, Physics of Plasmas, 13, 042306
66	Critical Balance and the Physics of Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence Oughton, S. & Matthaeus, W. H., 2020, ApJ, 897, 37
66	A Generalized Two-component Model of Solar Wind Turbulence and ab initio Diffusion Mean-Free Paths and Drift Lengthscales of Cosmic Rays Wiengarten, T., Oughton, S., Engelbrecht, N. E., Fichtner, H., Kleimann, J. & Scherer, K., 2016, ApJ, 833, 17
59	Local Anisotropy, Higher Order Statistics, and Turbulence Spectra Matthaeus, W. H., Servidio, S., Dmitruk, P., Carbone, V., Oughton, S., Wan, M. & Osman, K. T., 2012, ApJ, 750, 103
55	Scaling of spectral anisotropy with magnetic field strength in decaying magnetohydrodynamic turbulence Oughton, Sean, Matthaeus, William H. & Ghosh, Sanjoy, 1998, Physics of Plasmas, 5, 4235
54	Nonlinear and Linear Timescales near Kinetic Scales in Solar Wind Turbulence Matthaeus, W. H., Oughton, S., Osman, K. T., Servidio, S., Wan, M., Gary, S. P., Shay, M. A., Valentini, F., Roytershteyn, V., Karimabadi, H. & Chapman, S. C., 2014, ApJ, 790, 155
53	Reduced magnetohydrodynamics and parallel spectral transfer Oughton, S., Dmitruk, P. & Matthaeus, W. H., 2004, Physics of Plasmas, 11, 2214
50	The third-order law for increments in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence with constant shear Wan, M., Servidio, S., Oughton, S. & Matthaeus, W. H., 2009, Physics of Plasmas, 16, 090703
49	On the accuracy of simulations of turbulence Wan, M., Oughton, S., Servidio, S. & Matthaeus, W. H., 2010, Physics of Plasmas, 17, 082308
47	General second-rank correlation tensors for homogeneous magnetohydrodynamic turbulence Oughton, S., Rädler, K.-H. & Matthaeus, W. H., 1997, Physical Review E, 56, 2875
44	Dynamical age of solar wind turbulence in the outer heliosphere Matthaeus, William H., Smith, Charles W. & Oughton, Sean, 1998, Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 6495
41	The third-order law for magnetohydrodynamic turbulence with shear: Numerical investigation Wan, M., Servidio, S., Oughton, S. & Matthaeus, W. H., 2010, Physics of Plasmas, 17, 052307
40	Generation of X-points and secondary islands in 2D magnetohydrodynamic turbulence Wan, Minping, Matthaeus, William H., Servidio, Sergio & Oughton, Sean, 2013, Physics of Plasmas, 20, 042307
39	Generation of non-Gaussian statistics and coherent structures in ideal magnetohydrodynamics Wan, M., Oughton, S., Servidio, S. & Matthaeus, W. H., 2009, Physics of Plasmas, 16, 080703
38	Turbulence in the Outer Heliosphere Fraternale, Federico, Adhikari, Laxman, Fichtner, Horst, Kim, Tae K., Kleimann, Jens, Oughton, Sean, Pogorelov, Nikolai V., Roytershteyn, Vadim, Smith, Charles W., Usmanov, Arcadi V., Zank, Gary P. & Zhao, Lingling, 2022, Space Science Reviews, 218, 50
36	Investigation of Intermittency in Magnetohydrodynamics and Solar Wind Turbulence: Scale-dependent Kurtosis Wan, Minping, Osman, Kareem T., Matthaeus, William H. & Oughton, Sean, 2012, ApJ, 744, 171
34	Dissipation and Reconnection in Boundary-driven Reduced Magnetohydrodynamics Wan, Minping, Rappazzo, Antonio Franco, Matthaeus, William H., Servidio, Sergio & Oughton, Sean, 2014, ApJ, 797, 63
32	Linear transport of solar wind fluctuations Oughton, Sean & Matthaeus, William H., 1995, Journal of Geophysical Research, 100, 14783
31	Directional Alignment and Non-Gaussian Statistics in Solar Wind Turbulence Osman, K. T., Wan, M., Matthaeus, W. H., Breech, B. & Oughton, S., 2011, ApJ, 741, 75
31	Power Anisotropy in the Magnetic Field Power Spectral Tensor of Solar Wind Turbulence Wicks, R. T., Forman, M. A., Horbury, T. S. & Oughton, S., 2012, ApJ, 746, 103
30	Conditions for sustainment of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence driven by Alfvén waves Dmitruk, P., Matthaeus, W. H., Milano, L. J. & Oughton, S., 2001, Physics of Plasmas, 8, 2377
29	Impact of Hall effect on energy decay in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence Matthaeus, W. H., Dmitruk, P., Smith, D., Ghosh, S. & Oughton, S., 2003, Geophysical Research Letters, 30, 2104
28	Anisotropic magnetohydrodynamic spectral transfer in the diffusion approximation Matthaeus, W. H., Oughton, S. & Zhou, Y., 2009, Physical Review E, 79, 035401
28	Reduced MHD in Astrophysical Applications: Two-dimensional or Three-dimensional? Oughton, S., Matthaeus, W. H. & Dmitruk, P., 2017, ApJ, 839, 2
27	Strategies for Determining the Cascade Rate in MHD Turbulence: Isotropy, Anisotropy, and Spacecraft Sampling Wang, Yanwen, Chhiber, Rohit, Adhikari, Subash, Yang, Yan, Bandyopadhyay, Riddhi, Shay, Michael A., Oughton, Sean, Matthaeus, William H. & Cuesta, Manuel E., 2022, ApJ, 937, 76
25	Direct comparisons of compressible magnetohydrodynamics and reduced magnetohydrodynamics turbulence Dmitruk, Pablo, Matthaeus, William H. & Oughton, Sean, 2005, Physics of Plasmas, 12, 112304
23	On the Origin of Anisotropy in Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence: The Role of Higher-order Correlations Oughton, Sean, Wan, Minping, Servidio, Sergio & Matthaeus, William H., 2013, ApJ, 768, 10
22	Magnetic Field Line Random Walk in Models and Simulations of Reduced Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence Snodin, A. P., Ruffolo, D., Oughton, S., Servidio, S. & Matthaeus, W. H., 2013, ApJ, 779, 56
21	Transport theory and the WKB approximation for interplanetary MHD fluctuations Matthaeus, William H., Zhou, Ye, Zank, G. P. & Oughton, S., 1994, Journal of Geophysical Research, 99, 23421
18	Complexity and Diffusion of Magnetic Flux Surfaces in Anisotropic Turbulence Servidio, S., Matthaeus, W. H., Wan, M., Ruffolo, D., Rappazzo, A. F. & Oughton, S., 2014, ApJ, 785, 56
18	On the Generation of Compressible Mirror-mode Fluctuations in the Inner Heliosheath Fichtner, Horst, Kleimann, Jens, Yoon, Peter H., Scherer, Klaus, Oughton, Sean & Engelbrecht, N. Eugene, 2020, ApJ, 901, 76
17	Variance Anisotropy in Kinetic Plasmas Parashar, Tulasi N., Oughton, Sean, Matthaeus, William H. & Wan, Minping, 2016, ApJ, 824, 44
16	Variance anisotropy in compressible 3-D MHD Oughton, S., Matthaeus, W. H., Wan, Minping & Parashar, Tulasi, 2016, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 121, 5041
16	Properties of mass-loading shocks 1. Hydrodynamic considerations Zank, G. P. & Oughton, S., 1991, Journal of Geophysical Research, 96, 9439
15	Heating of the solar wind with electron and proton effects Breech, Ben, Cranmer, Steven R., Matthaeus, William H., Kasper, Justin C. & Oughton, Sean, 2010, Twelfth International Solar Wind Conference (Editors: Maksimovic, M., Issautier, K., Meyer-Vernet, N., Moncuquet, M. & Pantellini, F.), American Institute of Physics Conference Series, 1216, p. 214
14	Evolution of similarity lengths in anisotropic magnetohydrodynamic turbulence Bandyopadhyay, Riddhi, Matthaeus, William H., Oughton, Sean & Wan, Minping, 2019, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 876, 5
14	What is the Reynolds Number of the Solar Wind? Wrench, Daniel, Parashar, Tulasi N., Oughton, Sean, de Lange, Kevin & Frean, Marcus, 2024, ApJ, 961, 182
13	Propagation and dissipation of Alfvén waves in stellar atmospheres permeated by isothermal winds Verdini, A., Velli, M. & Oughton, S., 2005, A&A, 444, 233
13	Magnetic helicity in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence with a mean magnetic field Stribling, Troy, Matthaeus, William H. & Oughton, Sean, 1995, Physics of Plasmas, 2, 1437
12	The impact of small-scale turbulence on laminar magnetic reconnection Watson, P. G., Oughton, S. & Craig, I. J. D., 2007, Physics of Plasmas, 14, 032301
12	Properties of mass-loading shocks 2. Magnetohydrodynamics Zank, G. P., Oughton, S., Neubauer, F. M. & Webb, G. M., 1992, Journal of Geophysical Research, 97, 17051
11	A Three-dimensional Model for the Evolution of Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence in the Outer Heliosphere Kleimann, Jens, Oughton, Sean, Fichtner, Horst & Scherer, Klaus, 2023, ApJ, 953, 133
11	Fluctuations, Dissipation and Heating in the Corona Matthaeus, W. H., Zank, G. P., Leamon, R. J., Smith, C. W., Mullan, D. J. & Oughton, S., 1999, Space Science Reviews, 87, 269
10	Nonlocality and the critical Reynolds numbers of the minimum state magnetohydrodynamic turbulence Zhou, Ye & Oughton, Sean, 2011, Physics of Plasmas, 18, 072304
9	A detailed examination of anisotropy and timescales in three-dimensional incompressible magnetohydrodynamic turbulence Chhiber, Rohit, Matthaeus, William H., Oughton, Sean & Parashar, Tulasi N., 2020, Physics of Plasmas, 27, 062308
9	What can we infer about the underlying physics from burst distributions observed in an RMHD simulation? Watkins, N. W., Oughton, S. & Freeman, M. P., 2001, Planetary and Space Science, 49, 1233
7	Mass-loading and parallel magnetized shocks Zank, G. P., Oughton, S., Neubauer, F. M. & Webb, G. M., 1991, Geophysical Research Letters, 18, 1809
5	The third-order law for magnetohydrodynamic turbulence with constant shear Wan, M., Oughton, S., Servidio, S. & Matthaeus, W. H., 2010, Twelfth International Solar Wind Conference (Editors: Maksimovic, M., Issautier, K., Meyer-Vernet, N., Moncuquet, M. & Pantellini, F.), American Institute of Physics Conference Series, 1216, p. 172
4	Solar Wind Turbulent Heating by Interstellar Pickup Protons: 2-Component Model Isenberg, Philip A., Oughton, Sean, Smith, Charles W. & Matthaeus, William H., 2010, Pickup Ions Throughout the Heliosphere and Beyond (Editors: Le Roux, Jakobus, Zank, Gary P., Coates, Andrew J. & Florinski, Vladimir), American Institute of Physics Conference Series, 1302, p. 180
3	Statistical properties of solar wind discontinuities, intermittent turbulence, and rapid emergence of non-Gaussian distributions Greco, A., Matthaeus, W. H., Servidio, S., Dmitruk, P., Wan, M., Oughton, S. & Chuychai, P., 2010, Twelfth International Solar Wind Conference (Editors: Maksimovic, M., Issautier, K., Meyer-Vernet, N., Moncuquet, M. & Pantellini, F.), American Institute of Physics Conference Series, 1216, p. 202
3	Reply Matthaeus, William H., Oughton, Sean, Pontius, Duane H. & Zhou, Ye, 1995, Journal of Geophysical Research, 100, 12329
3	Kinetic helicity and MHD turbulence Oughton, Sean & Prandi, Rossella, 2000, Journal of Plasma Physics, 64, 179
3	Energy flux decomposition in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence Capocci, Damiano, Johnson, Perry L., Oughton, Sean, Biferale, Luca & Linkmann, Moritz, 2025, Journal of Plasma Physics, 91, E11
3	Estimation of Effective Viscosity to Quantify Collisional Behavior in Collisionless Plasma Adhikari, Subash, González, Carlos A., Yang, Yan, Oughton, Sean, Pecora, Francesco, Bandyopadhyay, Riddhi & Matthaeus, William H., 2025, ApJ, 992, 180
3	New exact Betchov-like relation for the helicity flux in homogeneous turbulence Capocci, Damiano, Johnson, Perry L., Oughton, Sean, Biferale, Luca & Linkmann, Moritz, 2023, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 963, R1
2	Scaling anisotropy of the power in parallel and perpendicular components of the solar wind magnetic field Forman, Miriam A., Wicks, Robert T., Horbury, Timothy S. & Oughton, Sean, 2013, Solar Wind 13 (Editors: Zank, Gary P., Borovsky, Joe, Bruno, Roberto, Cirtain, Jonathan, Cranmer, Steve, Elliott, Heather, Giacalone, Joe, Gonzalez, Walter, Li, Gang, Marsch, Eckart, Moebius, Ebehard, Pogorelov, Nick, Spann, Jim & Verkhoglyadova, Olga), American Institute of Physics Conference Series, 1539, p. 167
2	Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence and the associated spatial diffusion tensor of cosmic rays in dynamical galactic halos Kleimann, J., Fichtner, H., Stein, M., Dettmar, R.-J., Bomans, D. J. & Oughton, S., 2025, A&A, 699, A92
2	Constraining Solar Wind Transport Model Parameters Using Bayesian Analysis Bishop, Mark A., Oughton, Sean, Parashar, Tulasi N. & Perrott, Yvette C., 2025, ApJ, 979, 211
2	Energy dynamics in linear MHD with ion parallel viscosity Oughton, Sean, 1997, Journal of Plasma Physics, 58, 571
1	Factors controlling the statistics of magnetic reconnection in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence Khan, M. B., Shay, M. A., Oughton, S., Matthaeus, W. H., Haggerty, C. C., Adhikari, S., Cassak, P. A., Fordin, S., O'Donnell, D., Yang, Y., Bandyopadhyay, R. & Roy, S., 2026, Physical Review E, 113, 015207
1	A Two-component Transport Model for Solar Wind Fluctuations: Waves plus Quasi-2D Turbulence Oughton, Sean, Matthaeus, William H., Smith, Charles W. & Breech, Ben, 2010, Twelfth International Solar Wind Conference (Editors: Maksimovic, M., Issautier, K., Meyer-Vernet, N., Moncuquet, M. & Pantellini, F.), American Institute of Physics Conference Series, 1216, p. 210
0	Complexity in astroplasmas Chapman, Sandra, Freeman, Mervyn & Oughton, Sean, 2001, Astronomy and Geophysics, 42, 2.22
0	Finite Reynolds number effect on substantial inertial range in incompressible magnetohydrodynamic turbulence Ye, Yuchen, Yang, Yan, Jiang, Bin, Li, Cheng, Wan, Minping, Shi, Yipeng & Oughton, Sean, 2025, Physical Review Fluids, 10, 103703
0	Particle Transport from First Principles in the Early Heliosphere: κ1 Ceti as a Case Study for the Young Sun Engelbrecht, N. Eugene, Herbst, Konstantin, Scherer, Klaus, Oughton, Sean & Airapetian, Vladimir S., 2026, ApJ, 998, 45
0	Angular Dependence of Third-order Law in Anisotropic MHD Turbulence Jiang, Bin, Gao, Zhuoran, Yang, Yan, Pecora, Francesco, Gao, Kai, Li, Cheng, Oughton, Sean, Matthaeus, William H. & Wan, Minping, 2026, ApJ, 1000, 71
0	Direct power spectral density estimation from structure functions without Fourier transforms Bishop, Mark A., Oughton, Sean, Parashar, Tulasi N. & Perrott, Yvette C., 2026, Physics of Fluids, 38, 025107
0	Topological and dynamic characteristics in forced anisotropic magnetohydrodynamic turbulence Gao, Kai, Jiang, Bin, Li, Cheng, Yang, Yan, Zhou, Kangcheng, Matthaeus, William H., Oughton, Sean & Wan, Minping, 2026, Physics of Plasmas, 33, 032304
0	Separate Exact Laws of Kinetic and Magnetic Energy Cascade in Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence Li, C., Yang, Y., Matthaeus, W. H., Jiang, B., Oughton, Sean, Wan, M. & Chen, S., 2026, Physical Review Letters, 136, 064001
0	Solar wind fluctuations and the von Kármán-Howarth equations: The role of fourth-order correlations Oughton, Sean, Wan, Minping, Matthaeus, William H. & Servidio, Sergio, 2013, Solar Wind 13 (Editors: Zank, Gary P., Borovsky, Joe, Bruno, Roberto, Cirtain, Jonathan, Cranmer, Steve, Elliott, Heather, Giacalone, Joe, Gonzalez, Walter, Li, Gang, Marsch, Eckart, Moebius, Ebehard, Pogorelov, Nick, Spann, Jim & Verkhoglyadova, Olga), American Institute of Physics Conference Series, 1539, p. 251