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2023 |
Magnetic Reconnection as the Driver of the Solar Wind We present EUV solar observations showing evidence for omnipresent jetting activity driven by small-scale magnetic reconnection at the base of the solar corona. We argue that the physical mechanism that heats and drives the solar wind at its source is ubiquitous magnetic reconnection in the form of small-scale jetting activity (a.k.a. jetlets). This jetting activity, like the solar wind and the heating of the coronal plasma, is ubiquitous regardless of the solar cycle phase. Each event arises from small-scale reconnection of ... Raouafi, Nour; Stenborg, G.; Seaton, D.~B.; Wang, H.; Wang, J.; DeForest, C.~E.; Bale, S.~D.; Drake, J.~F.; Uritsky, V.~M.; Karpen, J.~T.; DeVore, C.~R.; Sterling, A.~C.; Horbury, T.~S.; Harra, L.~K.; Bourouaine, S.; Kasper, J.~C.; Kumar, P.; Phan, T.~D.; Velli, M.; Published by: \apj Published on: mar YEAR: 2023   DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/acaf6c Parker Data Used; Solar corona; Solar wind; magnetic fields; Solar magnetic reconnection; 1483; 1534; 994; 1504; Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics; Physics - Space Physics |
Small-scale EUV features as the drivers of coronal upflows in the quiet Sun Context. Coronal upflows in the quiet Sun are seen in a wide range of features, including jets and filament eruptions. The in situ measurements from Parker Solar Probe within \ensuremath\approx0.2 au have demonstrated that the solar wind is highly structured, showing abrupt and near-ubiquitous magnetic field reversals (i.e., switchbacks) on different timescales. The source of these structures has been associated with supergranular structures on the solar disc. This raises the question of whether there are additional small co ... Schwanitz, Conrad; Harra, Louise; Mandrini, Cristina; Sterling, Alphonse; Raouafi, Nour; Cormack, Cecilia; Berghmans, David; Auchère, Fr\; Barczynski, Krzysztof; Cuadrado, Regina; Buchlin, Eric; Kraaikamp, Emil; Long, David; Parenti, Susanna; Peter, Hardi; Rodriguez, Luciano; Schühle, Udo; Smith, Phil; Teriaca, Luca; Verbeeck, Cis; Zhukov, Andrei; Published by: \aap Published on: jun YEAR: 2023   DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202346036 Parker Data Used; Sun: corona; Solar wind; Sun: UV radiation |
Identifying the energy release site in a solar microflare with a jet Context. One of the main science questions of the Solar Orbiter and Parker Solar Probe missions deals with understanding how electrons in the lower solar corona are accelerated and how they subsequently access interplanetary space. \ Aims: We aim to investigate the electron acceleration and energy release sites as well as the manner in which accelerated electrons access the interplanetary space in the case of the SOL2021-02-18T18:05 event, a GOES A8 class microflare associated with a coronal jet. \ Methods: This study takes ... Battaglia, Andrea; Wang, Wen; Saqri, Jonas; Podladchikova, Tatiana; Veronig, Astrid; Collier, Hannah; Dickson, Ewan; Podladchikova, Olena; Monstein, Christian; Warmuth, Alexander; Schuller, Fr\; Harra, Louise; Krucker, Säm; Published by: \aap Published on: feb YEAR: 2023   DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202244996 Parker Data Used; Sun: flares; Sun: corona; Sun: X-rays; gamma rays; Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics; Physics - Space Physics |
2022 |
Observation of a Magnetic Switchback in the Solar Corona Switchbacks are sudden, large radial deflections of the solar wind magnetic field, widely revealed in interplanetary space by the Parker Solar Probe. The switchbacks formation mechanism and sources are still unresolved, although candidate mechanisms include Alfv\ enic turbulence, shear-driven Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities, interchange reconnection, and geometrical effects related to the Parker spiral. This Letter presents observations from the Metis coronagraph on board a Solar Orbiter of a single large propagating S-shape ... Telloni, Daniele; Zank, Gary; Stangalini, Marco; Downs, Cooper; Liang, Haoming; Nakanotani, Masaru; Andretta, Vincenzo; Antonucci, Ester; Sorriso-Valvo, Luca; Adhikari, Laxman; Zhao, Lingling; Marino, Raffaele; Susino, Roberto; Grimani, Catia; Fabi, Michele; Amicis, Raffaella; Perrone, Denise; Bruno, Roberto; Carbone, Francesco; Mancuso, Salvatore; Romoli, Marco; Da Deppo, Vania; Fineschi, Silvano; Heinzel, Petr; Moses, John; Naletto, Giampiero; Nicolini, Gianalfredo; Spadaro, Daniele; Teriaca, Luca; Frassati, Federica; Jerse, Giovanna; Landini, Federico; Pancrazzi, Maurizio; Russano, Giuliana; Sasso, Clementina; Biondo, Ruggero; Burtovoi, Aleksandr; Capuano, Giuseppe; Casini, Chiara; Casti, Marta; Chioetto, Paolo; De Leo, Yara; Giarrusso, Marina; Liberatore, Alessandro; Berghmans, David; Auchère, Fr\; Cuadrado, Regina; Chitta, Lakshmi; Harra, Louise; Kraaikamp, Emil; Long, David; Mandal, Sudip; Parenti, Susanna; Pelouze, Gabriel; Peter, Hardi; Rodriguez, Luciano; Schühle, Udo; Schwanitz, Conrad; Smith, Phil; Verbeeck, Cis; Zhukov, Andrei; Published by: \apjl Published on: sep YEAR: 2022   DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ac8104 Parker Data Used; Solar corona; Solar magnetic reconnection; Solar magnetic fields; Magnetohydrodynamics; Solar Coronal Waves; Slow solar wind; 1483; 1504; 1503; 1964; 1995; 1873; Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics |
We examine in greater detail five events previously identified as being sources of strong transient coronal outflows in a solar polar region in Hinode/Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) Doppler data. Although relatively compact or faint and inconspicuous in Hinode/X-ray Telescope (XRT) soft-X-ray (SXR) images and in Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)/Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) EUV images, we find that all of these events are consistent with being faint coronal X-ray jets. The evidence for this is that ... Sterling, Alphonse; Schwanitz, Conrad; Harra, Louise; Raouafi, Nour; Panesar, Navdeep; Moore, Ronald; Published by: \apj Published on: nov YEAR: 2022   DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac9960 Parker Data Used; Solar filament eruptions; Solar corona; Solar x-ray emission; Solar extreme ultraviolet emission; 1981; 1483; 1536; 1493; Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics; Physics - Space Physics |
Constraining Global Coronal Models with Multiple Independent Observables Global coronal models seek to produce an accurate physical representation of the Sun s atmosphere that can be used, for example, to drive space-weather models. Assessing their accuracy is a complex task, and there are multiple observational pathways to provide constraints and tune model parameters. Here, we combine several such independent constraints, defining a model- agnostic framework for standardized comparison. We require models to predict the distribution of coronal holes at the photosphere, and neutral line topology ... Badman, Samuel; Brooks, David; Poirier, Nicolas; Warren, Harry; Petrie, Gordon; Rouillard, Alexis; Arge, Nick; Bale, Stuart; Agüero, Diego; Harra, Louise; Jones, Shaela; Kouloumvakos, Athanasios; Riley, Pete; Panasenco, Olga; Velli, Marco; Wallace, Samantha; Published by: \apj Published on: jun YEAR: 2022   DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac6610 Parker Data Used; Solar Physics; Solar corona; Solar coronal holes; Astronomical models; 1476; 1483; 1484; 86; Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics; Physics - Space Physics |
Searching for a Solar Source of Magnetic-Field Switchbacks in Parker Solar Probe s First Encounter Parker Solar Probe observations show ubiquitous magnetic-field reversals closer to the Sun, often referred to as switchbacks . The switchbacks have been observed before in the solar wind near 1 AU and beyond, but their occurrence was historically rare. PSP measurements below \ensuremath\sim 0.2 AU show that switchbacks are, however, the most prominent structures in the young solar wind. In this work, we analyze remote-sensing observations of a small equatorial coronal hole to which PSP was connected during the perihel ... de Pablos, D.; Samanta, T.; Badman, S.~T.; Schwanitz, C.; Bahauddin, S.~M.; Harra, L.~K.; Petrie, G.; Cormack, Mac; Mandrini, C.~H.; Raouafi, N.~E.; Pillet, Martinez; Velli, M.; Published by: \solphys Published on: jul YEAR: 2022   DOI: 10.1007/s11207-022-02022-4 |
ICARUS: in-situ studies of the solar corona beyond Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter The primary scientific goal of ICARUS (Investigation of Coronal AcceleRation and heating of solar wind Up to the Sun), a mother- daughter satellite mission, proposed in response to the ESA Voyage 2050 Call, will be to determine how the magnetic field and plasma dynamics in the outer solar atmosphere give rise to the corona, the solar wind, and the entire heliosphere. Reaching this goal will be a Rosetta Stone step, with results that are broadly applicable within the fields of space plasma physics and astrophysics. Within ... Krasnoselskikh, Vladimir; Tsurutani, Bruce; de Wit, Thierry; Walker, Simon; Balikhin, Michael; Balat-Pichelin, Marianne; Velli, Marco; Bale, Stuart; Maksimovic, Milan; Agapitov, Oleksiy; Baumjohann, Wolfgang; Berthomier, Matthieu; Bruno, Roberto; Cranmer, Steven; De Pontieu, Bart; Meneses, Domingos; Eastwood, Jonathan; Erdélyi, Robertus; Ergun, Robert; Fedun, Viktor; Ganushkina, Natalia; Greco, Antonella; Harra, Louise; Henri, Pierre; Horbury, Timothy; Hudson, Hugh; Kasper, Justin; Khotyaintsev, Yuri; Kretzschmar, Matthieu; Krucker, Säm; Kucharek, Harald; Langevin, Yves; Lavraud, Beno\^\it; Lebreton, Jean-Pierre; Lepri, Susan; Liemohn, Michael; Louarn, Philippe; Moebius, Eberhard; Mozer, Forrest; Němeček, Zdeněk; Panasenco, Olga; Retino, Alessandro; Safrankova, Jana; Scudder, Jack; Servidio, Sergio; Sorriso-Valvo, Luca; Sou\vcek, Jan; Szabo, Adam; Vaivads, Andris; Vekstein, Grigory; Vörös, Zoltan; Zaqarashvili, Teimuraz; Zimbardo, Gaetano; Fedorov, Andrei; Published by: Experimental Astronomy Published on: dec YEAR: 2022   DOI: 10.1007/s10686-022-09878-1 Parker Data Used; Solar wind; Heliophysics; Solar atmosphere; Space mission |
2021 |
Probing Upflowing Regions in the Quiet Sun and Coronal Holes Recent observations from Parker Solar Probe have revealed that the solar wind has a highly variable structure. How this complex behaviour is formed in the solar corona is not yet known, since it requires omnipresent fluctuations, which constantly emit material to feed the wind. In this article we analyse 14 upflow regions in the solar corona to find potential sources for plasma flow. The upflow regions are derived from spectroscopic data from the EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) on board Hinode determining their Doppler veloci ... Schwanitz, Conrad; Harra, Louise; Raouafi, Nour; Sterling, Alphonse; Vacas, Alejandro; Iniesta, Jose; arez, David; Hara, Hirohisa; Published by: \solphys Published on: dec YEAR: 2021   DOI: 10.1007/s11207-021-01915-0 Parker Data Used; Corona; structures; Coronal holes; Jets; Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics |
The Formation and Lifetime of Outflows in a Solar Active Region Active regions are thought to be one contributor to the slow solar wind. Upflows in EUV coronal spectral lines are routinely observed at their boundaries, and provide the most direct way for upflowing material to escape into the heliosphere. The mechanisms that form and drive these upflows, however, remain to be fully characterized. It is unclear how quickly they form, or how long they exist during their lifetimes. They could be initiated low in the atmosphere during magnetic flux emergence, or as a response to processes occ ... Brooks, David; Harra, Louise; Bale, Stuart; Barczynski, Krzysztof; Mandrini, Cristina; Polito, Vanessa; Warren, Harry; Published by: \apj Published on: aug YEAR: 2021   DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac0917 Solar Physics; Slow solar wind; Solar active regions; Solar energetic particles; 1476; 1873; 1974; 1491; Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics; Parker Data Used |
The active region source of a type III radio storm observed by Parker Solar Probe during encounter 2 Context. We investigated the source of a type III radio burst storm during encounter 2 of NASA s Parker Solar Probe (PSP) mission. Harra, L.; Brooks, D.; Bale, S.; Mandrini, C.; Barczynski, K.; Sharma, R.; Badman, S.; Domínguez, Vargas; Pulupa, M.; Published by: Astronomy and Astrophysics Published on: 06/2021 YEAR: 2021   DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039514 Sun: corona; Solar wind; Sun: radio radiation; Sun: abundances; Sun: atmosphere; Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics; Physics - Space Physics; Parker Data Used |
Upflows in the Upper Solar Atmosphere Spectroscopic observations at extreme- and far-ultraviolet wavelengths have revealed systematic upflows in the solar transition region and corona. These upflows are best seen in the network structures of the quiet Sun and coronal holes, boundaries of active regions, and dimming regions associated with coronal mass ejections. They have been intensively studied in the past two decades because they are likely to be closely related to the formation of the solar wind and heating of the upper solar atmosphere. We present an overvi ... Tian, Hui; Harra, Louise; Baker, Deborah; Brooks, David; Xia, Lidong; Published by: Solar Physics Published on: 03/2021 YEAR: 2021   DOI: 10.1007/s11207-021-01792-7 Active regions; velocity field; Coronal holes; coronal mass ejections; low coronal signatures; Heating; coronal; Spectral line; broadening; Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics |
2020 |
Context. The launch of\ Parker\ Solar\ Probe\ (PSP) in 2018, followed by\ Solar\ Orbiter (SO) in February 2020, has opened a new window in the exploration of\ solar\ magnetic activity and the origin of the heliosphere. These missions, together with other space observatories dedicated to\ solar\ observations, such as the\ Solar\ Dynamics Observatory, Hinode, IRIS, STEREO, and SOHO, with complementary in situ observations from WIND and ACE, and ground based multi-w ... Velli, M.; Harra, L.; Vourlidas, A.; Schwadron, N.; Panasenco, O.; Liewer, P.; Müller, D.; Zouganelis, I.; St Cyr, O.; Gilbert, H.; Nieves-Chinchilla, T.; Auchère, F.; Berghmans, D.; Fludra, A.; Horbury, T.; Howard, R.; Krucker, S.; Maksimovic, M.; Owen, C.; iguez-Pacheco, Rodr\; Romoli, M.; Solanki, S.; Wimmer-Schweingruber, R.; Bale, S.; Kasper, J.; McComas, D.; Raouafi, N.; Martinez-Pillet, V.; Walsh, A.; De Groof, A.; Williams, D.; Published by: Astronomy \& Astrophysics Published on: 09/2020 YEAR: 2020   DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038245 Parker Data Used; parker solar probe; Solar Probe Plus; Solar wind; solar-terrestrial relations; Sun: atmosphere; Sun: corona; Sun: heliosphere; Sun: magnetic fields |
2016 |
Slow Solar Wind: Observations and Modeling While it is certain that the fast solar wind originates from coronal holes, where and how the slow solar wind (SSW) is formed remains an outstanding question in solar physics even in the post-SOHO era. The quest for the SSW origin forms a major objective for the planned future missions such as the Solar Orbiter and Solar Probe Plus. Nonetheless, results from spacecraft data, combined with theoretical modeling, have helped to investigate many aspects of the SSW. Fundamental physical properties of the coronal plasma have be ... Abbo, L.; Ofman, L.; Antiochos, S.; Hansteen, V.; Harra, L.; Ko, Y.-K.; Lapenta, G.; Li, B.; Riley, P.; Strachan, L.; von Steiger, R.; Wang, Y.-M.; Published by: Space Science Reviews Published on: 11/2016 YEAR: 2016   DOI: 10.1007/s11214-016-0264-1 Corona; Coronal streamers; MHD and kinetic models; parker solar probe; Solar Probe Plus; Solar wind; Sun |
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