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 …

Mesoscale structure in the solar wind

NM Viall, CE DeForest, L Kepko - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Structures in the solar wind result from two basic mechanisms: structures injected or
imposed directly by the Sun, and structures formed through processing en route as the solar …

On the mesoscale structure of coronal mass ejections at Mercury's orbit: BepiColombo and Parker Solar Probe observations

E Palmerio, F Carcaboso, LY Khoo… - The Astrophysical …, 2024‏ - iopscience.iop.org
On 2022 February 15, an impressive filament eruption was observed off the solar eastern
limb from three remote-sensing viewpoints, namely, Earth, STEREO-A, and Solar Orbiter. In …

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 …

Multiple subscale magnetic reconnection embedded inside a heliospheric current sheet reconnection exhaust: evidence for flux rope merging

TD Phan, JF Drake, D Larson, M Oieroset… - The Astrophysical …, 2024‏ - iopscience.iop.org
We report observations of multiple subscale reconnecting current sheets embedded inside a
large-scale heliospheric current sheet (HCS) reconnection exhaust. The discovery was …

Coronal hole detection and open magnetic flux

JA Linker, SG Heinemann, M Temmer… - The Astrophysical …, 2021‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Many scientists use coronal hole (CH) detections to infer open magnetic flux. Detection
techniques differ in the areas that they assign as open, and may obtain different values for …

Parker Solar Probe observations of solar wind energetic proton beams produced by magnetic reconnection in the near‐Sun heliospheric current sheet

TD Phan, JL Verniero, D Larson… - Geophysical …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
We report observations of reconnection exhausts in the Heliospheric Current Sheet (HCS)
during Parker Solar Probe Encounters 08 and 07, at 16 Rs and 20 Rs, respectively …

Evidence of Continuous Reconnection along a Helmet Streamer Current Sheet Observed by WISPR on Parker Solar Probe

PC Liewer, BM Gallagher, G Stenborg… - The Astrophysical …, 2024‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Parker Solar Probe's second solar encounter from 2019 March 30 to April 11
occurred during a period when the corona had a simple magnetic structure and relatively flat …

Flux rope and dynamics of the heliospheric current sheet-study of the parker solar probe and solar orbiter conjunction of June 2020

V Réville, N Fargette, AP Rouillard, B Lavraud… - Astronomy & …, 2022‏ - aanda.org
Context. Solar Orbiter and Parker Solar Probe jointly observed the solar wind for the first
time in June 2020, capturing data from very different solar wind streams: calm, Alfvénic wind …

Prevalence of magnetic reconnection in the near-Sun heliospheric current sheet

TD Phan, B Lavraud, JS Halekas, M Øieroset… - Astronomy & …, 2021‏ - aanda.org
During three of its first five orbits around the Sun, Parker Solar Probe (PSP) crossed the
large-scale heliospheric current sheet (HCS) multiple times and provided unprecedented …