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 multi-scale nature of the solar wind

D Verscharen, KG Klein, BA Maruca - Living Reviews in Solar Physics, 2019 - Springer
The solar wind is a magnetized plasma and as such exhibits collective plasma behavior
associated with its characteristic spatial and temporal scales. The characteristic length …

Magnetic reconnection as the driver of the solar wind

NE Raouafi, G Stenborg, DB Seaton… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present EUV solar observations showing evidence for omnipresent jetting activity driven
by small-scale magnetic reconnection at the base of the solar corona. We argue that the …

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 …

Turbulence transport in the solar corona: Theory, modeling, and Parker Solar Probe

GP Zank, LL Zhao, L Adhikari, D Telloni… - Physics of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
A primary goal of the Parker Solar Probe (PSP) Mission is to answer the outstanding
question of how the solar corona plasma is heated to the high temperatures needed for the …

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 …

The solar orbiter magnetometer

TS Horbury, H O'brien, IC Blazquez, M Bendyk… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
The magnetometer instrument on the Solar Orbiter mission is designed to measure the
magnetic field local to the spacecraft continuously for the entire mission duration. The need …

Direct observations of a complex coronal web driving highly structured slow solar wind

LP Chitta, DB Seaton, C Downs, CE DeForest… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The solar wind consists of continuous streams of charged particles that escape into the
heliosphere from the Sun, and is split into fast and slow components, with the fast wind …

Enhanced energy transfer rate in solar wind turbulence observed near the sun from parker solar probe

R Bandyopadhyay, ML Goldstein… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Direct evidence of an inertial-range turbulent energy cascade has been provided by
spacecraft observations in heliospheric plasmas. In the solar wind, the average value of the …

Enhanced proton parallel temperature inside patches of switchbacks in the inner heliosphere

LD Woodham, TS Horbury, L Matteini… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. Switchbacks are discrete angular deflections in the solar wind magnetic field that
have been observed throughout the heliosphere. Recent observations by Parker Solar …