Waves in the lower solar atmosphere: the dawn of next-generation solar telescopes

DB Jess, S Jafarzadeh, PH Keys, M Stangalini… - Living Reviews in Solar …, 2023‏ - Springer
Waves and oscillations have been observed in the Sun's atmosphere for over half a century.
While such phenomena have readily been observed across the entire electromagnetic …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] The solar orbiter mission-science overview

D Müller, OCS Cyr, I Zouganelis, HR Gilbert… - Astronomy & …, 2020‏ - aanda.org
Aims. Solar Orbiter, the first mission of ESA's Cosmic Vision 2015–2025 programme and a
mission of international collaboration between ESA and NASA, will explore the Sun and …

Nine outstanding questions of solar wind physics

NM Viall, JE Borovsky - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
In situ measurements of the solar wind have been available for almost 60 years, and in that
time plasma physics simulation capabilities have commenced and ground‐based solar …

First results from the solar orbiter heavy ion sensor

S Livi, ST Lepri, JM Raines, RM Dewey… - Astronomy & …, 2023‏ - aanda.org
Aims. Solar Orbiter launched in February 2020 with the goal of revealing the connections
between the Sun's interior, atmosphere, and the heliosphere. The Solar Orbiter Heavy Ion …

Observation of Alfvén wave reflection in the solar chromosphere: Ponderomotive force and first ionization potential effect

M Murabito, M Stangalini, JM Laming, D Baker… - Physical Review Letters, 2024‏ - APS
We investigate the propagation of Alfvén waves in the solar chromosphere, distinguishing
between upward and downward propagating waves. We find clear evidence for the …

How do shock waves define the space-time structure of gradual solar energetic particle events?

DV Reames - Space Science Reviews, 2023‏ - Springer
We revisit the full variety of observed temporal and spatial distributions of energetic solar
protons in “gradual” solar energetic-particle (SEP) events resulting from the spatial …

Defining the middle corona

MJ West, DB Seaton, DB Wexler, JC Raymond… - Solar Physics, 2023‏ - Springer
The middle corona, the region roughly spanning heliocentric distances from 1.5 to 6 solar
radii, encompasses almost all of the influential physical transitions and processes that …

Relating streamer flows to density and magnetic structures at the Parker solar probe

AP Rouillard, A Kouloumvakos… - The Astrophysical …, 2020‏ - iopscience.iop.org
The physical mechanisms that produce the slow solar wind are still highly debated. Parker
Solar Probe's (PSP's) second solar encounter provided a new opportunity to relate in situ …

Four distinct pathways to the element abundances in solar energetic particles

DV Reames - Space Science Reviews, 2020‏ - Springer
Based upon recent evidence from abundance patterns of chemical elements in solar
energetic particles (SEPs), and, ironically, the belated inclusion of H and He, we can …