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 …

The solar probe plus mission: humanity's first visit to our star

NJ Fox, MC Velli, SD Bale, R Decker, A Driesman… - Space Science …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Solar Probe Plus (SPP) will be the first spacecraft to fly into the low solar corona.
SPP's main science goal is to determine the structure and dynamics of the Sun's coronal …

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 …

The solar probe cup on the Parker Solar Probe

AW Case, JC Kasper, ML Stevens… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Solar Probe Cup (SPC) is a Faraday cup instrument on board NASA's Parker Solar
Probe (PSP) spacecraft designed to make rapid measurements of thermal coronal and solar …

The FIELDS instrument suite for Solar Probe Plus: measuring the coronal plasma and magnetic field, plasma waves and turbulence, and radio signatures of solar …

SD Bale, K Goetz, PR Harvey, P Turin, JW Bonnell… - Space science …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract NASA's Solar Probe Plus (SPP) mission will make the first in situ measurements of
the solar corona and the birthplace of the solar wind. The FIELDS instrument suite on SPP …

Prediction and Verification of Parker Solar Probe Solar Wind Sources at 13.3 R

ST Badman, P Riley, SI Jones, TK Kim… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Drawing connections between heliospheric spacecraft and solar wind sources is a vital step
in understanding the evolution of the solar corona into the solar wind and contextualizing in …

Understanding coronal heating and solar wind acceleration: Case for in situ near‐Sun measurements

DJ McComas, M Velli, WS Lewis… - Reviews of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The solar wind has been measured directly from 0.3 AU outward, and the Sun's atmosphere
has been imaged from the photosphere out through the corona. These observations have …

Solar wind electrons alphas and protons (SWEAP) investigation: Design of the solar wind and coronal plasma instrument suite for solar probe plus

JC Kasper, R Abiad, G Austin, M Balat-Pichelin… - Space Science …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract The Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons (SWEAP) Investigation on Solar
Probe Plus is a four sensor instrument suite that provides complete measurements of the …

The origins of hot plasma in the solar corona

B De Pontieu, SW McIntosh, M Carlsson, VH Hansteen… - Science, 2011 - science.org
The Sun's outer atmosphere, or corona, is heated to millions of degrees, considerably hotter
than its surface or photosphere. Explanations for this enigma typically invoke the deposition …

Solar sources of impulsive solar energetic particle events and their magnetic field connection to the Earth

NV Nitta, DV Reames, ML DeRosa, Y Liu… - The Astrophysical …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper investigates the solar origin of impulsive solar energetic particle (SEP) events,
often referred to as 3 He-rich flares, by attempting to locate the source regions of 117 events …