Parker solar probe: Four years of discoveries at solar cycle minimum

NE Raouafi, L Matteini, J Squire, ST Badman… - Space Science …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract 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 …

Scaling laws for the energy transfer in space plasma turbulence

R Marino, L Sorriso-Valvo - Physics Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
One characteristic trait of space plasmas is the multi-scale dynamics resulting from non-
linear transfers and conversions of various forms of energy. Routinely evidenced in a range …

Parker Solar Probe Enters the Magnetically Dominated Solar Corona

JC Kasper, KG Klein, E Lichko, J Huang, CHK Chen… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
The high temperatures and strong magnetic fields of the solar corona form streams of solar
wind that expand through the Solar System into interstellar space. At 09: 33 UT on 28 April …

Magnetic reconnection as the driver of the solar wind

NE Raouafi, G Stenborg, DB Seaton… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

A solar source of Alfvénic magnetic field switchbacks: in situ remnants of magnetic funnels on supergranulation scales

SD Bale, TS Horbury, M Velli, MI Desai… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
A Solar Source of Alfvénic Magnetic Field Switchbacks: In Situ Remnants of Magnetic Funnels
on Supergranulation Scales - IOPscience This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this site …

Switchbacks as signatures of magnetic flux ropes generated by interchange reconnection in the corona

JF Drake, O Agapitov, M Swisdak, ST Badman… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
The structure of magnetic flux ropes injected into the solar wind during reconnection in the
coronal atmosphere is explored with particle-in-cell simulations and compared with in situ …

Shear-driven transition to isotropically turbulent solar wind outside the Alfvén critical zone

D Ruffolo, WH Matthaeus, R Chhiber… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Shear-driven Transition to Isotropically Turbulent Solar Wind Outside the Alfvén Critical Zone -
IOPscience This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this site you agree to our use of …

Global circulation of the open magnetic flux of the Sun

LA Fisk, JC Kasper - The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The global circulation of the open magnetic flux of the Sun, the component of the solar
magnetic field that opens into the heliosphere, and the consequences of the global …

Observation of a magnetic switchback in the solar corona

D Telloni, GP Zank, M Stangalini… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

Characteristic scales of magnetic switchback patches near the sun and their possible association with solar supergranulation and granulation

N Fargette, B Lavraud, AP Rouillard… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Parker Solar Probe (PSP) data recorded within a heliocentric radial distance of 0.3
au have revealed a magnetic field dominated by Alfvénic structures that undergo large local …