Symmetries and Asymmetries in Space Physics
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 25
Special Issue Editors
Interests: solar activity; N-S asymmetry; latitudinal distribution of sunspots; sunspot motions; development and morphology of sunspot groups
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Symmetries, or the extent of deviation from them, may have diagnostic importance in various fields of space physics and space weather. The spatial asymmetries pose a permanent challenge and may also provide a clue to understanding the complexity of the underlying processes. Characteristic North–South differences in the solar magnetic field, solar wind, terrestrial magnetic field, and their interactions may have a substantial contribution to their description. The East-West asymmetries may be related, e.g., to the solar rotation or the Sun–Earth direction (dawn–dusk and noon–midnight differences, or semiannual variations); specific cases are the leading-following differences in the solar active regions. In addition to the geometric asymmetries, specific physical circumstances may also be informative, such as the magnetic flux imbalance in solar active regions.
The Special Issue aims to gain new insights into the symmetric or asymmetric properties and processes of space, space weather, plasmas, and solar activity, as well as their underlying phenomena. It would be our pleasure to receive your manuscripts for this Special Issue on the aforementioned topics regardless of whether they are observational or theoretical studies.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Judit Muraközy
Dr. Zoltán Németh
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- space physics
- space plasmas
- space weather
- solar physics
- planetary physics
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