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 …

Turbulent generation of magnetic switchbacks in the Alfvénic solar wind

M Shoda, BDG Chandran… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
One of the most important early results from the Parker Solar Probe (PSP) is the ubiquitous
presence of magnetic switchbacks, whose origin is under debate. Using a three-dimensional …

Evolution of switchbacks in the inner heliosphere

A Tenerani, N Sioulas, L Matteini… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We analyze magnetic field data from the first six encounters of Parker Solar Probe, three
Helios fast streams and two Ulysses south polar passes covering heliocentric distances …

Occurrence and evolution of switchbacks in the inner heliosphere: Parker solar probe observations

VK Jagarlamudi, NE Raouafi… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Since its launch in 2018, the Parker Solar Probe (PSP) mission revealed the presence of
numerous fascinating phenomena occurring closer to the Sun, such as the presence of …

Evolution of large-amplitude Alfvén waves and generation of switchbacks in the expanding solar wind

A Mallet, J Squire, BDG Chandran… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Motivated by recent Parker Solar Probe (PSP) observations of" switchbacks"(abrupt,
large-amplitude reversals in the radial magnetic field, which exhibit Alfvénic correlations) …

Direct evidence for magnetic reconnection at the boundaries of magnetic switchbacks with Parker Solar Probe

C Froment, V Krasnoselskikh, TD de Wit… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. The first encounters of Parker Solar Probe (PSP) with the Sun revealed the
presence of ubiquitous localised magnetic deflections in the inner heliosphere; these …

New observations of solar wind 1/f turbulence spectrum from Parker Solar Probe

Z Huang, N Sioulas, C Shi, M Velli… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The trace magnetic power spectrum in the solar wind is known to be characterized by a
double power law at scales much larger than the proton gyro-radius, with flatter spectral …

Properties of an Interplanetary Shock Observed at 0.07 and 0.7 au by Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter

D Trotta, A Larosa, G Nicolaou… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Parker Solar Probe (PSP) and Solar Orbiter (SolO) missions opened a new
observational window in the inner heliosphere, which is finally accessible to direct …

Nature, Generation, and Dissipation of Alfvénic Kinks/Switchbacks Observed by Parker Solar Probe and WIND

C Hou, X Zhu, R Zhuo, J He… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The discovery of very prominent magnetic kinks/switchbacks in the solar wind within 0.3 au
has become a scientific highlight of the Parker Solar Probe (PSP) mission. This discovery …