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 …

Coronal heating by MHD waves

T Van Doorsselaere, AK Srivastava, P Antolin… - Space Science …, 2020 - Springer
The heating of the solar chromosphere and corona to the observed high temperatures, imply
the presence of ongoing heating that balances the strong radiative and thermal conduction …

In-situ switchback formation in the expanding solar wind

J Squire, BDG Chandran… - The Astrophysical Journal …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent near-Sun solar-wind observations from Parker Solar Probe have found a highly
dynamic magnetic environment, permeated by abrupt radial-field reversals, or" switchbacks." …

The evolution and role of solar wind turbulence in the inner heliosphere

CHK Chen, SD Bale, JW Bonnell… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
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Turbulence in the sub-Alfvénic solar wind

GP Zank, LL Zhao, L Adhikari, D Telloni… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Parker Solar Probe (PSP) entered a region of sub-Alfvénic solar wind during
encounter 8, and we present the first detailed analysis of low-frequency turbulence …

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 …

In Situ Signature of Cyclotron Resonant Heating in the Solar Wind

TA Bowen, BDG Chandran, J Squire, SD Bale… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
The dissipation of magnetized turbulence is an important paradigm for describing heating
and energy transfer in astrophysical environments such as the solar corona and wind; …

MHD turbulence: a biased review

AA Schekochihin - Journal of Plasma Physics, 2022 - cambridge.org
This review of scaling theories of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence aims to put the
developments of the last few years in the context of the canonical time line (from Kolmogorov …

Magnetohydrodynamic waves in open coronal structures

D Banerjee, S Krishna Prasad, V Pant… - Space Science …, 2021 - Springer
Modern observatories have revealed the ubiquitous presence of magnetohydrodynamic
waves in the solar corona. The propagating waves (in contrast to the standing waves) are …

Cross helicity reversals in magnetic switchbacks

MD McManus, TA Bowen, A Mallet… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We consider 2D joint distributions of normalized residual energy, σ r (s, t), and cross helicity,
σ c (s, t), during one day of Parker Solar Probe's (PSP's) first encounter as a function of …