Magnetic field diagnostics in the solar upper atmosphere

J Trujillo Bueno… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The magnetic field is the main driver of the activity in the solar upper atmosphere, but its
measurement is notoriously difficult. In order to determine the magnetic field in the …

[HTML][HTML] Defining the middle corona

MJ West, DB Seaton, DB Wexler, JC Raymond… - Solar Physics, 2023 - Springer
The middle corona, the region roughly spanning heliocentric distances from 1.5 to 6 solar
radii, encompasses almost all of the influential physical transitions and processes that …

Exploring the solar wind from its source on the corona into the inner heliosphere during the first Solar Orbiter–Parker Solar Probe quadrature

D Telloni, V Andretta, E Antonucci… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
This Letter addresses the first Solar Orbiter (SO)–Parker Solar Probe (PSP) quadrature,
occurring on 2021 January 18 to investigate the evolution of solar wind from the extended …

Modeling of Joint Parker Solar Probe–Metis/Solar Orbiter Observations

L Adhikari, GP Zank, D Telloni… - The Astrophysical Journal …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the first theoretical modeling of joint Parker Solar Probe (PSP)–Metis/Solar
Orbiter (SolO) quadrature observations. The combined observations describe the evolution …

Solar energetic particle charge states and abundances with nonthermal electrons

JY Lee, S Kahler, JC Raymond… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
An important aspect of solar energetic particle (SEP) events is their source populations.
Elemental abundance enhancements of impulsive SEP events, originating in presumed …

Coronal Heating Rate in the Slow Solar Wind

D Telloni, M Romoli, M Velli, GP Zank… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
This Letter reports the first observational estimate of the heating rate in the slowly expanding
solar corona. The analysis exploits the simultaneous remote and local observations of the …

Modeling ion beams, kinetic instabilities, and waves observed by the Parker Solar Probe near perihelia

L Ofman, SA Boardsen, LK Jian… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent in situ observations from the Parker Solar Probe (PSP) mission in the inner
heliosphere near perihelia show evidence of ion beams, temperature anisotropies, and …

Energy Budget in the Solar Corona

D Telloni, M Romoli, M Velli, GP Zank… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper addresses the first direct investigation of the energy budget in the solar corona.
Exploiting joint observations of the same coronal plasma by Parker Solar Probe and the …

Periodic solar wind structures observed in measurements of elemental and ionic composition in situ at L1

I Gershkovich, ST Lepri, NM Viall… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Mesoscale periodic structures observed in solar wind plasma serve as an important
diagnostic tool for constraining the processes that govern the formation of the solar wind …

Periodic mesoscale density structures comprise a significant fraction of the solar wind and are formed at the Sun

L Kepko, NM Viall, S DiMatteo - Journal of Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Mesoscale density structures in the solar wind are often periodic, with f∼ 0.1–5 mHz. They
are trains of advected density structures with radial length scales of∼ 100–10,000 Mm …