[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Scaling laws for the energy transfer in space plasma turbulence

R Marino, L Sorriso-Valvo - Physics Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
One characteristic trait of space plasmas is the multi-scale dynamics resulting from non-
linear transfers and conversions of various forms of energy. Routinely evidenced in a range …

Observation of a magnetic switchback in the solar corona

D Telloni, GP Zank, M Stangalini… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Switchbacks are sudden, large radial deflections of the solar wind magnetic field, widely
revealed in interplanetary space by the Parker Solar Probe. The switchbacks' formation …

[HTML][HTML] Turbulence-driven magnetic reconnection and the magnetic correlation length: Observations from Magnetospheric Multiscale in Earth's magnetosheath

JE Stawarz, JP Eastwood, TD Phan, IL Gingell… - Physics of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Turbulent plasmas generate a multitude of thin current structures that can be sites for
magnetic reconnection. The Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission has recently …

On Alfvénic slow wind: A journey from the Earth back to the Sun

R d'Amicis, D Perrone, R Bruno, M Velli - 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Comparative studies of fast and slow solar wind streams performed over the past decades
have illustrated several differences between the plasma regimes for these different flows …

The radial variation of the solar wind turbulence spectra near the kinetic break scale from Parker Solar Probe measurements

S Lotz, AE Nel, RT Wicks, OW Roberts… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
In this study we examine the radial dependence of the inertial and dissipation range indices,
as well as the spectral break separating the inertial and dissipation range in power density …

Mhd and ion kinetic waves in field-aligned flows observed by parker solar probe

LL Zhao, GP Zank, JS He, D Telloni… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Parker Solar Probe (PSP) observed predominately Alfvénic fluctuations in the solar
wind near the Sun where the magnetic field tends to be radially aligned. In this paper, two …

Impact of switchbacks on turbulent cascade and energy transfer rate in the inner heliosphere

CS Hernández, L Sorriso-Valvo… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Recent Parker Solar Probe (PSP) observations of inner heliospheric plasma have
shown an abundant presence of Alfvénic polarity reversal of the magnetic field, known as" …

[HTML][HTML] Plasma and magnetic field turbulence in the Earth's magnetosheath at ion scales

L Rakhmanova, M Riazantseva… - Frontiers in Astronomy …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Crossing the Earth's bow shock is known to crucially affect solar wind plasma including
changes in turbulent cascade. The present review summarizes results of more than 15 years …

Kinetic-scale current sheets in near-sun solar wind: properties, scale-dependent features and reconnection onset

AB Lotekar, IY Vasko, T Phan, SD Bale… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present statistical analysis of 11,200 proton kinetic-scale current sheets (CS) observed
by the Parker Solar Probe during 10 days around the first perihelion. The CS thickness λ is …