Weaker solar wind from the polar coronal holes and the whole Sun

DJ McComas, RW Ebert, HA Elliott… - Geophysical …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Observations of solar wind from both large polar coronal holes (PCHs) during Ulysses' third
orbit showed that the fast solar wind was slightly slower, significantly less dense, cooler, and …

Asteroids for gravitational-wave detection

MA Fedderke, PW Graham, S Rajendran - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
A major challenge for gravitational-wave (GW) detection in the μ Hz band is engineering a
test mass (TM) with sufficiently low acceleration noise. We propose a GW detection concept …

Weakest solar wind of the space age and the current “mini” solar maximum

DJ McComas, N Angold, HA Elliott… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The last solar minimum, which extended into 2009, was especially deep and prolonged.
Since then, sunspot activity has gone through a very small peak while the heliospheric …

Bulk properties of the slow and fast solar wind and interplanetary coronal mass ejections measured by Ulysses: Three polar orbits of observations

RW Ebert, DJ McComas, HA Elliott… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
We examined plasma and magnetic field observations from all three Ulysses polar orbits of
the Sun to study the properties of the slow and fast solar wind and interplanetary coronal …

Global MHD modeling of the solar corona and inner heliosphere for the whole heliosphere interval

P Riley, R Lionello, JA Linker, Z Mikic, J Luhmann… - Solar Physics, 2011 - Springer
In an effort to understand the three-dimensional structure of the solar corona and inner
heliosphere during the Whole Heliosphere Interval (WHI), we have developed a global …

Coronal field opens at lower height during the solar cycles 22 and 23 minimum periods: IMF comparison suggests the source surface should be lowered

CO Lee, JG Luhmann, JT Hoeksema, X Sun, CN Arge… - Solar Physics, 2011 - Springer
The solar cycle 23 minimum period has been characterized by a weaker solar and
interplanetary magnetic field. This provides an ideal time to study how the strength of the …

If the Sun is so quiet, why is the Earth ringing? A comparison of two solar minimum intervals

SE Gibson, JU Kozyra, G de Toma… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Observations from the recent Whole Heliosphere Interval (WHI) solar minimum campaign
are compared to last cycle's Whole Sun Month (WSM) to demonstrate that sunspot numbers …

Total electron temperature derived from quasi-thermal noise spectroscopy in the pristine solar wind from Parker Solar Probe observations

M Liu, K Issautier, M Moncuquet… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Aims. We applied the quasi-thermal noise (QTN) method to Parker Solar Probe (PSP)
observations to derive the total electron temperature (T e). We combined a set of encounters …

Solar physics from unconventional viewpoints

SE Gibson, A Vourlidas, DM Hassler… - Frontiers in Astronomy …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
We explore new opportunities for solar physics that could be realized by future missions
providing sustained observations from vantage points away from the Sun-Earth line. These …

Quasi‐thermal noise spectroscopy: The art and the practice

N Meyer‐Vernet, K Issautier… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Quasi‐thermal noise spectroscopy is an efficient tool for measuring in situ macroscopic
plasma properties in space, using a passive wave receiver at the ports of an electric …