Origins of the ambient solar wind: implications for space weather

SR Cranmer, SE Gibson, P Riley - Space Science Reviews, 2017 - Springer
The Sun's outer atmosphere is heated to temperatures of millions of degrees, and solar
plasma flows out into interplanetary space at supersonic speeds. This paper reviews our …

Earth-affecting solar transients: a review of progresses in solar cycle 24

J Zhang, M Temmer, N Gopalswamy… - Progress in Earth and …, 2021 - Springer
This review article summarizes the advancement in the studies of Earth-affecting solar
transients in the last decade that encompasses most of solar cycle 24. It is a part of the effort …

Alfvén wave solar model (AWSoM): coronal heating

B van der Holst, IV Sokolov, X Meng, M **… - The Astrophysical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a new version of the Alfvén wave solar model, a global model from the upper
chromosphere to the corona and the heliosphere. The coronal heating and solar wind …

A possible direct exposure of the Earth to the cold dense interstellar medium 2–3 Myr ago

M Opher, A Loeb, JEG Peek - Nature Astronomy, 2024 - nature.com
Cold, dense clouds in the interstellar medium of our Galaxy are 4–5 orders of magnitude
denser than their diffuse counterparts. Our Solar System has most likely encountered at least …

Magnetohydrodynamic waves and coronal heating: Unifying empirical and MHD turbulence models

IV Sokolov, B Van der Holst, R Oran… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a new global model of the solar corona, including the low corona, the transition
region, and the top of the chromosphere. The realistic three-dimensional magnetic field is …

M-dwarf stellar winds: the effects of realistic magnetic geometry on rotational evolution and planets

AA Vidotto, M Jardine, J Morin, JF Donati… - Monthly Notices of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
We perform three-dimensional numerical simulations of stellar winds of early-M-dwarf stars.
Our simulations incorporate observationally reconstructed large-scale surface magnetic …

Global trends of CME deflections based on CME and solar parameters

C Kay, M Opher, RM Evans - The Astrophysical Journal, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Accurate space weather forecasting requires knowledge of the trajectory of coronal mass
ejections (CMEs), including any deflections close to the Sun or through interplanetary space …

Chromosphere to 1 AU simulation of the 2011 March 7th event: a comprehensive study of coronal mass ejection propagation

M **, WB Manchester, B Van Der Holst… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We perform and analyze the results of a global magnetohydrodynamic simulation of the fast
coronal mass ejection (CME) that occurred on 2011 March 7. The simulation is made using …

Data-constrained coronal mass ejections in a global magnetohydrodynamics model

M **, WB Manchester, B Van der Holst… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a first-principles-based coronal mass ejection (CME) model suitable for both
scientific and operational purposes by combining a global magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) …

Modeling particle acceleration and transport at a 2‐D CME‐driven shock

J Hu, G Li, X Ao, GP Zank… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We extend our earlier Particle Acceleration and Transport in the Heliosphere (PATH) model
to study particle acceleration and transport at a coronal mass ejection (CME)‐driven shock …