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 …

The solar probe plus radio frequency spectrometer: Measurement requirements, analog design, and digital signal processing

M Pulupa, SD Bale, JW Bonnell… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The Radio Frequency Spectrometer (RFS) is a two‐channel digital receiver and
spectrometer, which will make remote sensing observations of radio waves and in situ …

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 solar orbiter radio and plasma waves (RPW) instrument

M Maksimovic, SD Bale, T Chust… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
The Radio and Plasma Waves (RPW) instrument on the ESA Solar Orbiter mission is
described in this paper. This instrument is designed to measure in-situ magnetic and electric …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

S/WAVES: The radio and plasma wave investigation on the STEREO mission

JL Bougeret, K Goetz, ML Kaiser, SD Bale… - Space Science …, 2008 - Springer
This paper introduces and describes the radio and plasma wave investigation on the
STEREO Mission: STEREO/WAVES or S/WAVES. The S/WAVES instrument includes a suite …

Solar cycle changes, geomagnetic variations, and energetic particle properties in the inner magnetosphere

DN Baker, SG Kanekal - Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial …, 2008 - Elsevier
The causes and effects of geospace variability during recent years have been studied using
coordinated measurements from an international constellation of Sun–Earth spacecraft …