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2020 |
Energy Supply for Heating the Slow Solar Wind Observed by Parker Solar Probe between 0.17 and 0.7 au Energy supply sources for the heating process in the slow solar wind remain unknown. The Parker Solar Probe (PSP) mission provides a good opportunity to study this issue. Recently, PSP observations have found that the slow solar wind experiences stronger heating inside 0.24 au. Here for the first time we measure in the slow solar wind the radial gradient of the low-frequency breaks on the magnetic trace power spectra and evaluate the associated energy supply rate. We find that the energy supply rate is consistent with the ob ... Wu, Honghong; Tu, Chuanyi; Wang, Xin; He, Jiansen; Yang, Liping; YEAR: 2020   DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/abc5b6 |
Shear-driven Transition to Isotropically Turbulent Solar Wind Outside the Alfv\ en Critical Zone Motivated by prior remote observations of a transition from striated\ solar\ coronal structures to more isotropic "flocculated" fluctuations, we propose that the dynamics of the inner\ solar\ wind just outside the Alfven critical zone, and in the vicinity of the first beta = 1 surface, is powered by the relative velocities of adjacent coronal magnetic flux tubes. We suggest that large-amplitude flow contrasts are magnetically constrained at lower altitude but shear-driven dynamics are triggered as such ... Ruffolo, D.; Matthaeus, W.; Chhiber, R.; Usmanov, A.; Yang, Y.; Bandyopadhyay, R.; Parashar, T.; Goldstein, M.; DeForest, C.; Wan, M.; Chasapis, A.; Maruca, B.; Velli, M.; Kasper, J.; YEAR: 2020   DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abb594 |
Using Stereoscopic Observations of Cometary Plasma Tails to Infer Solar Wind Speed Detection of the solar wind speed near the Sun is significant in understanding the heating and acceleration of the solar wind. Cometary plasma tails have long been used as natural probes for solar wind speed; previous solar wind speed estimates via plasma tails, however, were based on comet images from a single viewpoint, and the projection effect may influence the result. Using stereoscopic observations from the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory and the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, we three-dimensionally rec ... Cheng, Long; Zhang, Quanhao; Wang, Yuming; Li, Xiaolei; Liu, Rui; YEAR: 2020   DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab93b6 |
Morphological Reconstruction of a Small Transient Observed by Parker Solar Probe on 2018 November 5 On 2018 November 5, about 24 hr before the first close perihelion passage of Parker Solar Probe (PSP), a coronal mass ejection (CME) entered the field of view of the inner detector of the Wide-field Imager for Solar PRobe (WISPR) instrument on board PSP, with the northward component of its trajectory carrying the leading edge of the CME off the top edge of the detector about four hours after its first appearance. We connect this event to a very small jetlike transient observed from 1 au by coronagraphs on both the SOlar a ... Wood, Brian; Hess, Phillip; Howard, Russell; Stenborg, Guillermo; Wang, Yi-Ming; YEAR: 2020   DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/ab5219 Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics; Parker Data Used; parker solar probe; Physics - Space Physics; Solar Probe Plus |
2019 |
Electron Energy Partition across Interplanetary Shocks. II. Statistics A statistical analysis of 15,210 electron velocity distribution function (VDF) fits, observed within \textpm2 hr of 52 interplanetary (IP) shocks by the Wind spacecraft near 1 au, is presented. This is the second in a three-part series on electron VDFs near IP shocks. The electron velocity moment statistics for the dense, low-energy core, tenuous, hot halo, and field-aligned beam/strahl are a statistically significant list of values illustrated with both histograms and tabular lists for reference and baselines in future w ... Wilson, Lynn; Chen, Li-Jen; Wang, Shan; Schwartz, Steven; Turner, Drew; Stevens, Michael; Kasper, Justin; Osmane, Adnane; Caprioli, Damiano; Bale, Stuart; Pulupa, Marc; Salem, Chadi; Goodrich, Katherine; YEAR: 2019   DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/ab5445 Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics; Interplanetary particle acceleration; Interplanetary shocks; parker solar probe; Physics - Plasma Physics; Physics - Space Physics; Plasma astrophysics; Plasma physics; Solar coronal mass ejection shocks; Solar coronal mass ejections; Solar Probe Plus; Solar wind; Space plasmas |
By assuming that the solar wind flow is spherically symmetric and that the flow speed becomes constant beyond some critical distance r = R 0 (neglecting solar gravitation and acceleration by high coronal temperature), the large-scale solar wind magnetic field lines are distorted into a Parker spiral configuration, which is usually simplified to an Archimedes spiral. Using magnetic field observations near Mercury, Venus, and Earth during solar maximum of Solar Cycle 24, we statistically surveyed the Parker spira ... Chang, Qing; Xu, Xiaojun; Xu, Qi; Zhong, Jun; Xu, Jiaying; Wang, Jing; Zhang, Tielong; YEAR: 2019   DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab412a parker solar probe; planets and satellites: magnetic fields; Solar Probe Plus; Solar wind; Sun: activity; Sun: magnetic fields |
Quasi Thermal Noise Spectroscopy for Van Allen Probes Quasi thermal fluctuations in the Langmuir/upper-hybrid frequency range are pervasively observed in space plasmas including the radiation belt and the ring current region of inner magnetosphere as well as the solar wind. The quasi thermal noise spectroscopy may be employed in order to determine the electron density and temperature as well as to diagnose the properties of energetic electrons when direct measurements are not available. However, when employing the technique, one must carefully take the spacecraft orientation ... Yoon, Peter; Hwang, Junga; Kim, Hyangpyo; Seough, Jungjoon; YEAR: 2019   DOI: 10.1029/2019JA026460 (n + 1/2)fce; antenna geometry; parker solar probe; quasi-thermal; radiation belt; Solar Probe Plus; upper hybrid; Van Allen Probes |
2018 |
Electromagnetic Thermal Noise in Upper-Hybrid Frequency Range The inner magnetosphere including the radiation belt and ring current environment is replete with high-frequency fluctuations with peak intensity occurring near upper-hybrid frequency and/or multiple harmonic electron cyclotron frequencies above and below the upper-hybrid frequency. Past and contemporary spacecraft missions, including the Van Allen Probes, were designed to detect the electric field spectrum only for these high-frequency fluctuations. Making use of the recently formulated generalized theory of electromagne ... Yoon, Peter; Hwang, Junga; opez, Rodrigo; Kim, Sunjung; Lee, Jaejin; YEAR: 2018   DOI: 10.1029/2018JA025459 electromagnetic; parker solar probe; Solar Probe Plus; thermal noise; upper hybrid |
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.; 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 |
The Wide-Field Imager for Solar Probe Plus (WISPR) Vourlidas, Angelos; Howard, Russell; Plunkett, Simon; Korendyke, Clarence; Thernisien, Arnaud; Wang, Dennis; Rich, Nathan; Carter, Michael; Chua, Damien; Socker, Dennis; Linton, Mark; Morrill, Jeff; Lynch, Sean; Thurn, Adam; Van Duyne, Peter; Hagood, Robert; Clifford, Greg; Grey, Phares; Velli, Marco; Liewer, Paulett; Hall, Jeffrey; DeJong, Eric; Mikic, Zoran; Rochus, Pierre; Mazy, Emanuel; Bothmer, Volker; Rodmann, Jens; YEAR: 2016   DOI: 10.1007/s11214-014-0114-y Heliospheric imager; Imaging; Parker Data Used; Solar corona; Solar Probe Plus; Solar wind; Thomson scattering |
2013 |
Korendyke, Clarence; Vourlidas, Angelos; Plunkett, Simon; Howard, Russell; Wang, Dennis; Marshall, Cheryl; Waczynski, Augustyn; Janesick, James; Elliott, Thomas; Tun, Samuel; Tower, John; Grygon, Mark; Keller, David; Clifford, Gregory; YEAR: 2013   DOI: 10.1117/12.2027655 |
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