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2023

Parker Solar Probe: Four Years of Discoveries at Solar Cycle Minimum

Launched on 12 Aug. 2018, NASA s Parker Solar Probe had completed 13 of its scheduled 24 orbits around the Sun by Nov. 2022. The mission s primary science goal is to determine the structure and dynamics of the Sun s coronal magnetic field, understand how the solar corona and wind are heated and accelerated, and determine what processes accelerate energetic particles. Parker Solar Probe returned a treasure trove of science data that far exceeded quality, significance, and quantity expectations, leading to a significant number ...

Raouafi, N.~E.; Matteini, L.; Squire, J.; Badman, S.~T.; Velli, M.; Klein, K.~G.; Chen, C.~H.~K.; Matthaeus, W.~H.; Szabo, A.; Linton, M.; Allen, R.~C.; Szalay, J.~R.; Bruno, R.; Decker, R.~B.; Akhavan-Tafti, M.; Agapitov, O.~V.; Bale, S.~D.; Bandyopadhyay, R.; Battams, K.; Ber\vci\vc, L.; Bourouaine, S.; Bowen, T.~A.; Cattell, C.; Chandran, B.~D.~G.; Chhiber, R.; Cohen, C.~M.~S.; Amicis, R.; Giacalone, J.; Hess, P.; Howard, R.~A.; Horbury, T.~S.; Jagarlamudi, V.~K.; Joyce, C.~J.; Kasper, J.~C.; Kinnison, J.; Laker, R.; Liewer, P.; Malaspina, D.~M.; Mann, I.; McComas, D.~J.; Niembro-Hernandez, T.; Nieves-Chinchilla, T.; Panasenco, O.; y, Pokorn\; Pusack, A.; Pulupa, M.; Perez, J.~C.; Riley, P.; Rouillard, A.~P.; Shi, C.; Stenborg, G.; Tenerani, A.; Verniero, J.~L.; Viall, N.; Vourlidas, A.; Wood, B.~E.; Woodham, L.~D.; Woolley, T.;

Published by: ßr      Published on: feb

YEAR: 2023     DOI: 10.1007/s11214-023-00952-4

Parker Data Used; Sun; Corona; Solar wind; plasma; magnetic fields; coronal mass ejections; parker solar probe; Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics; Physics - Plasma Physics; Physics - Space Physics

2022

Extracting the Heliographic Coordinates of Coronal Rays Using Images from WISPR/Parker Solar Probe

The Wide-field Imager for Solar Probe (WISPR) onboard Parker Solar Probe (PSP), observing in white light, has a fixed angular field of view, extending from 13.5$^\ensuremath\circ$ to 108$^\ensuremath\circ$ from the Sun and approximately 50$^\ensuremath\circ$ in the transverse direction. In January 2021, on its seventh orbit, PSP crossed the heliospheric current sheet (HCS) near perihelion at a distance of 20 solar radii. At this time, WISPR observed a broad band of highly variable solar wind and multiple coronal rays. For si ...

Liewer, P.~C.; Qiu, J.; Ark, F.; Penteado, P.; Stenborg, G.; Vourlidas, A.; Hall, J.~R.; Riley, P.;

Published by: \solphys      Published on: sep

YEAR: 2022     DOI: 10.1007/s11207-022-02058-6

Parker Data Used; Corona; Coronal streamers; Coronal rays; Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Coronal Mass Ejection Deformation at 0.1 au Observed by WISPR

Although coronal mass ejections (CMEs) resembling flux ropes generally expand self-similarly, deformations along their fronts have been reported in observations and simulations. We present evidence of one CME becoming deformed after a period of self-similar expansion in the corona. The event was observed by multiple white-light imagers on 2021 January 20-22. The change in shape is evident in observations from the heliospheric imagers from the Wide-Field Imager for Solar Probe Plus (WISPR), which observed this CME for \raiseb ...

Braga, Carlos; Vourlidas, Angelos; Liewer, Paulett; Hess, Phillip; Stenborg, Guillermo; Riley, Pete;

Published by: \apj      Published on: oct

YEAR: 2022     DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac90bf

Parker Data Used; Solar coronal mass ejections; 310; Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics; Physics - Space Physics

Solar Cycle Variability in Coronal Holes and Their Effects on Solar Wind Sources

Various upstream spacecraft have now observed the solar wind conditions affecting the Earth since the 1970s, covering over four solar activity cycles. These measurements provide a long term picture of the related patterns in large scale incident plasma and magnetic field parameters of interest for both interpreting cycles in geospace effects, and understanding how the Sun controls our space environment. This paper focuses on the latter, in part to provide context at the start of the new solar cycle 25, and toward establishin ...

Luhmann, J.~G.; Li, Yan; Lee, C.~O.; Jian, L.~K.; Arge, C.~N.; Riley, P.;

Published by: Space Weather      Published on: oct

YEAR: 2022     DOI: 10.1029/2022SW003110

Parker Data Used

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

The first widespread solar energetic particle event of solar cycle 25 on 2020 November 29. Shock wave properties and the wide distribution of solar energetic particles

Context. On 2020 November 29, an eruptive event occurred in an active region located behind the eastern solar limb as seen from Earth. The event consisted of an M4.4 class flare, a coronal mass ejection, an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) wave, and a white-light (WL) shock wave. The eruption gave rise to the first widespread solar energetic particle (SEP) event of solar cycle 25, which was observed at four widely separated heliospheric locations (\ensuremath\sim230\textdegree). \ Aims: Our aim is to better understand the source of ...

Kouloumvakos, A.; Kwon, R.~Y.; ia, Rodr\; Lario, D.; Dresing, N.; Kilpua, E.~K.~J.; Vainio, R.; Török, T.; Plotnikov, I.; Rouillard, A.~P.; Downs, C.; Linker, J.~A.; Malandraki, O.~E.; Pinto, R.~F.; Riley, P.; Allen, R.~C.;

Published by: \aap      Published on: apr

YEAR: 2022     DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202142515

Parker Data Used; Sun: general; Sun: particle emission; Sun: coronal mass ejections (CMEs); shock waves

2021

Using a Heliospheric Upwinding eXtrapolation (HUX) Technique to Magnetically Connect Different Regions of the Heliosphere

Understanding how coronal structure propagates and evolves from the Sun and into the heliosphere has been thoroughly explored using sophisticated MHD models. From these, we have a reasonably good working understanding of the dynamical processes that shape the formation and evolution of stream interaction regions and rarefactions, including their locations, orientations, and structure. However, given the technical expertise required to produce, maintain, and run global MHD models, their use has been relatively restricted. In ...

Riley, Pete; Issan, Opal;

Published by: Frontiers in Physics      Published on: may

YEAR: 2021     DOI: 10.3389/fphy.2021.679497

Heliosphere (711); Solar wind streams; coronal mass ejection; Magnetohydrodynamics; space weather

Using Parker Solar Probe observations during the first four perihelia to constrain global magnetohydrodynamic models

Context. Parker Solar Probe (PSP) is providing an unprecedented view of the Sun s corona as it progressively dips closer into the solar atmosphere with each solar encounter. Each set of observations provides a unique opportunity to test and constrain global models of the solar corona and inner heliosphere and, in turn, use the model results to provide a global context for interpreting such observations.
Aims: In this study, we develop a set of global magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) model solutions of varying degrees of soph ...

Riley, Pete; Lionello, Roberto; Caplan, Ronald; Downs, Cooper; Linker, Jon; Badman, Samuel; Stevens, Michael;

Published by: Astronomy and Astrophysics      Published on: 06/2021

YEAR: 2021     DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039815

Sun: corona; Sun: heliosphere; Sun: magnetic fields; Solar wind; Sun: evolution; Interplanetary medium; Physics - Space Physics; Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics; Parker Data Used

2020

The Heliospheric Current Sheet in the Inner Heliosphere Observed by the Parker Solar Probe

The Parker Solar Probe (PSP) completed its first solar encounter in 2018 November, bringing it closer to the Sun than any previous mission. This allowed in situ investigation of the heliospheric current sheet (HCS) inside the orbit of Venus. The Parker observations reveal a well defined magnetic sector structure placing the spacecraft in a negative polarity region for most of the encounter. The observed current sheet crossings are compared to the predictions of both potential field source surface and magnetohydrodynamic m ...

Szabo, Adam; Larson, Davin; Whittlesey, Phyllis; Stevens, Michael; Lavraud, Benoit; Phan, Tai; Wallace, Samantha; Jones-Mecholsky, Shaela; Arge, Charles; Badman, Samuel; Odstrcil, Dusan; Pogorelov, Nikolai; Kim, Tae; Riley, Pete; Henney, Carl; Bale, Stuart; Bonnell, John; Case, Antony; de Wit, Thierry; Goetz, Keith; Harvey, Peter; Kasper, Justin; Korreck, Kelly; Koval, Andriy; Livi, Roberto; MacDowall, Robert; Malaspina, David; Pulupa, Marc;

Published by: The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series      Published on: 02/2020

YEAR: 2020     DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/ab5dac

Parker Data Used; parker solar probe; Solar Probe Plus

2019

Validation of MHD Model Predictions of the Corona with LASCO-C2 Polarized Brightness Images

Progress in our understanding of the solar corona requires that the results of advanced magnetohydrodynamic models driven by measured magnetic fields, and particularly the underlying heating models, be thoroughly compared with coronal observations. The comparison has so far mainly concerned the global morphology of the corona, synthetic images calculated from the models being compared with observed images. We go one step further by performing detailed quantitative comparisons between the calculated polarized radiance p B ...

Lamy, Philippe; Floyd, Olivier; Mikic, Zoran; Riley, Pete;

Published by: Solar Physics      Published on: 11/2019

YEAR: 2019     DOI: 10.1007/s11207-019-1549-9

Corona; Eclipses; LASCO; Magnetohydrodynamics; Observations; Parker Data Used; parker solar probe; quiet; Solar Probe Plus

Towards Construction of a Solar Wind Reanalysis Dataset: Application to the First Perihelion Pass of Parker Solar Probe

Accurate reconstruction of global solar-wind structure is essential for connecting remote and in situ observations of solar plasma, and hence understanding formation and release of solar wind. Information can routinely be obtained from photospheric magnetograms, via coronal and solar-wind modelling, and directly from in situ observations, typically at large heliocentric distances (most commonly near 1 AU). Magnetogram-constrained modelling has the benefit of reconstructing global solar-wind structure, but with relatively lar ...

Owens, Mathew; Lang, Matthew; Riley, Pete; Stansby, David;

Published by: SOLAR PHYSICS      Published on: 06/2019

YEAR: 2019     DOI: 10.1007/s11207-019-1479-6

Parker Data Used

Predicting the Structure of the Solar Corona and Inner Heliosphere during Parker Solar Probe \textquoterights First Perihelion Pass

NASA\textquoterights Parker Solar Probe (PSP) spacecraft reached its first perihelion of 35.7 solar radii on 2018 November 5. To aid in mission planning, and in anticipation of the unprecedented measurements to be returned, in late October, we developed a three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) solution for the solar corona and inner heliosphere, driven by the then available observations of the Sun\textquoterights photospheric magnetic field. Our model incorporates a wave-turbulence-driven model to heat the corona. He ...

Riley, Pete; Downs, Cooper; Linker, Jon; Mikic, Zoran; Lionello, Roberto; Caplan, Ronald;

Published by: The Astrophysical Journal      Published on: 04/2019

YEAR: 2019     DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ab0ec3

Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics; magnetohydrodynamics: MHD; Parker Data Used; parker solar probe; Physics - Space Physics; Solar Probe Plus; Solar wind; Sun: corona; Sun: heliosphere; Sun: magnetic fields; waves

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

2015

3D ELECTRON DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS IN THE SOLAR CORONA DURING SOLAR MINIMA: ASSESSMENT FOR MORE REALISTIC SOLAR WIND MODELING

Knowledge of the electron density distribution in the solar corona put constraints on the magnetic field configurations for coronal modeling and on initial conditions for solar wind modeling. We work with polarized SOHO/LASCO-C2 images from the last two recent minima of solar activity (1996-1997 and 2008-2010), devoid of coronal mass ejections. The goals are to derive the 4D electron density distributions in the corona by applying a newly developed time-dependent tomographic reconstruction method and to compare the result ...

de Patoul, Judith; Foullon, Claire; Riley, Pete;

Published by: The Astrophysical Journal      Published on: 11/2015

YEAR: 2015     DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/814/1/68

Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics; parker solar probe; Solar Probe Plus; Solar wind; Sun: corona; Sun: evolution; Sun: fundamental parameters; Sun: rotation



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