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The modeling of the heliosphere requires continuous three-dimensional solar wind data. The in-situ out-of-ecliptic measurements are very rare, so that other methods of solar wind detection are needed. We use the remote-sensing data of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-27 Justyna M. Sokół , Paweł Swaczyna , Maciej Bzowski , Munetoshi Tokumaru

The solar wind undergoes significant heating as it propagates away from the Sun; the exact mechanisms responsible for this heating are not yet fully understood. We present for the first time a statistical test for one of the proposed…

Space Physics · Physics 2017-11-29 Daniel Vech , Kristopher G. Klein , Justin C. Kasper

When observed at 1 AU, slow solar wind is typically considered to have originated in source regions with magnetic topologies that are intermittently open to the heliosphere. Fast wind is typically considered to have originated in source…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-27 B. L. Alterman , Y. J. Rivera , S. T. Lepri , J. M. Raines , R. D'Amicis

We survey the electron heat flux observed by the Parker Solar Probe (PSP) in the near-Sun environment at heliocentric distances of 0.125-0.25 AU. We utilized measurements from the Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons and FIELDS…

Among the identified solar inertial modes, the high-latitude mode with azimuthal order $m=1$ (HL1) has the largest amplitude and plays a role in shaping the Sun's differential rotation profile. We aim to study the evolution of the HL1 mode…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-12 Zhi-Chao Liang , Laurent Gizon

We present the results of a study of solar wind velocity and magnetic field correlation lengths over the last 35 years. The correlation length of the magnetic field magnitude lambda(|B|) increases on average by a factor of two at solar…

Space Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 R. T. Wicks , M. J. Owens , T. S. Horbury

We present evidence that $>25$ MeV solar proton events show a clustering in time at intervals of $\approx$ six months that persisted during the rising and peak phases of Solar Cycle 24. This phenomenon is most clearly demonstrated by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Ian Richardson , Tycho von Rosenvinge , Hilary Cane

The solar wind is typically categorized as fast and slow based on the measured speed ($v_\mathrm{sw}$). The separation between these two regimes is often set between 400 and 600 km/s without a rigorous definition. Observations of the solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-19 B. L. Alterman , Y. J. Rivera , S. T. Lepri , R. M. Raines

We analyze measured proton and electron temperatures in the high-speed solar wind in order to calculate the separate rates of heat deposition for protons and electrons. When comparing with other regions of the heliosphere, the fast solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Steven R. Cranmer , William H. Matthaeus , Benjamin A. Breech , Justin C. Kasper

In the present work we utilize ACE/SWICS in-situ measurements of the properties of the solar wind outside ICMEs in order to determine whether, and to what extent are the solar wind properties affected by the solar cycle. We focus on proton…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-17 A. Cardenas-O'Toole , E. Landi

We have studied the relationship between the solar-wind speed $[V]$ and the coronal magnetic-field properties (a flux expansion factor [$f$] and photospheric magnetic-field strength [$B_{\mathrm{S}}$]) at all latitudes using data of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-19 Ken'ichi Fujiki , Munetoshi Tokumaru , Tomoya Iju , Kazuyuki Hakamada , Masayoshi Kojima

A central problem of space plasma physics is how protons and electrons are heated in a turbulent, magnetized plasma. The differential heating of charged species due to dissipation of turbulent fluctuations plays a key role in solar wind…

High quality observations of the low-degree acoustic modes (p-modes) exist for almost two complete solar cycles using the solar spectrophotometer Mark-I, located at the Observatorio del Teide (Tenerife, Spain) and operating now as part of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-16 S. J. Jiménez-Reyes , T. Corbard , P. L. Pallé , T. Roca Cortés , S. Tomczyk

An extensive analysis of Ulysses observations of the solar wind speed V from 1990 to 2008 is undertaken. It is shown that the evolution of V with heliocentric distance r depends substantially on both the heliolatitude and the solar activity…

The scope of this study is to model the solar-wind environment for the Parker Solar Probe's unprecedented distances down to 9.86 Rs in its mission phase during 2018-2025. The study is performed within the CGAUSS project which is the German…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-21 M. S. Venzmer , V. Bothmer

We study correlations of the temperature ratio (which is an indicator for perpendicular ion heating) and the differential flow of the alpha particles with the power of transverse fluctuations that have wave numbers between 0.01 and 0.1…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-14 S. Bourouaine , E. Marsch , F. M. Neubauer

The fourth orbit of Parker Solar Probe (PSP) reached heliocentric distances down to 27.9 Rs, allowing solar wind turbulence and acceleration mechanisms to be studied in situ closer to the Sun than previously possible. The turbulence…

The acceleration of the young solar wind is studied using the first 17 encounters of Parker Solar Probe. We identify wind intervals from different source regions: coronal hole (CH) interiors, streamers, and low Mach number boundary layers…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-23 Yiming Jiao , Ying D. Liu , Wenshuai Cheng , Hao Ran , Rui Wang

To study the variations in the solar wind velocity during inferior conjunctions of Mercury and Earth, we analyzed 54 events in the period 1995 to 2012 by the superimposed epoch method. We have found a noticeable increase in the velocity…

Space Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Igor F. Nikulin