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The topology of the coronal magnetic field produces a strong impact on the properties of the solar corona and presumably on the origin of the slow solar wind. To advance our understanding of this impact, we revisit the concept of so-called…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-04 R. Lionello , V. S. Titov , Z. Mikić , J. A. Linker

We investigate the origin of mesoscale structures in the solar wind called microstreams defined as enhancements in solar wind speed and temperature that last several hours. They were first clearly detected in Helios and Ulysses solar wind…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-24 Bahaeddine Gannouni , Victor Réville , Alexis Rouillard

Although it is widely accepted that photospheric motions provide the energy source and that the magnetic field must play a key role in the process, the detailed mechanisms responsible for heating the Sun's corona and accelerating the solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-12 Roberto Lionello , Marco Velli , Cooper Downs , Jon A. Linker , Zoran Mikić

Three of the most important and most puzzling features of the Sun's atmosphere are the smoothness of the closed field corona, the accumulation of magnetic shear at photospheric polarity inversion lines (PIL), and the complexity of the slow…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 S. K. Antiochos

The high-cadence, comprehensive view of the solar corona by SDO/AIA shows many events that are widely separated in space while occurring close together in time. In some cases, sets of coronal events are evidently causally related, while in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 C. J. Schrijver , A. M. Title , A. R. Yeates , M. L. DeRosa

Characterising the large-scale structure and plasma properties of the inner corona is crucial to understand the source and subsequent expansion of the solar wind and related space weather effects. Here we apply a new coronal rotational…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-22 Huw Morgan , Anthony C. Cook

The origin of the Sun's slow wind and its inherent variability remain unknown, but there is increasing evidence that interactions between closed and open magnetic flux in the corona play a major role. This paper studies the dynamic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-01 Sahel Dey , David I. Pontin , Spiro K. Antiochos

We update the SOHO/SWAN H Lyman-alpha brightness analysis to cover the 1996-2008 time interval. A forward model applied to the intensity maps provides the latitude and time dependence of the interstellar Hydrogen ionisation rate over more…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-03-23 Rosine Lallement , Eric Quemerais , Philippe Lamy , Jean-Loup Bertaux , Stephane Ferron , Walter Schmidt

The role of small-scale coronal eruptive phenomena in the generation and heating of the solar wind remains an open question. Here, we investigate the role played by coronal jets in forming the solar wind by testing whether temporal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-28 Diego de Pablos , David M. Long , Christopher J. Owen , Gherardo Valori , Georgios Nicolaou , Louise K. Harra

Extreme-ultraviolet images from the Solar Dynamics Observatory often show looplike fine structure to be present where no minority-polarity flux is visible in magnetograms, suggesting that the rate of ephemeral region (ER) emergence inside…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-14 Y. -M. Wang

The higher charge states found in slow ($<$400km s$^{-1}$) solar wind streams compared to fast streams have supported the hypothesis that the slow wind originates in closed coronal loops, and released intermittently through reconnection.…

Hinode observations have provided a new view of outflows from the Sun. These have been focussed in particular on flows emanating from the edges of active regions. These flows are long lasting and seem to exist to some extent in every active…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-01-24 Louise Harra

Two states of the slow solar wind are identified from in-situ measurements by Parker Solar Probe (PSP) inside 50 solar radii from the Sun. At such distances the wind measured at PSP has not yet undergone significant transformation related…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-07 Léa Griton , Alexis P. Rouillard , Nicolas Poirier , Karine Issautier , Michel Moncuquet , Rui Pinto

Solar filaments, also called solar prominences when appearing above the solar limb, are cold, dense materials suspended in the hot tenuous solar corona, consisting of numerous long, fibril-like threads. These threads are the key to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-29 Y. H. Zhou , P. F. Chen , J. Hong , C. Fang

Accurate forecasting of the solar wind has grown in importance as society becomes increasingly dependent on technology that is susceptible to space weather events. This work describes an inner boundary condition for ambient solar wind…

Space Physics · Physics 2022-07-22 Kaine A. Bunting , Huw Morgan

Fast and slow solar wind have distinct properties linked to their solar sources.Alfv\'enic slow wind complicates the usual speed-based classification, especially at intermediate speeds. Solar Orbiter's Solar Wind Analyzer (SWA) offers…

One of the primary science objectives of Parker Solar Probe (PSP) is to determine the structures and dynamics of the plasma and magnetic fields at the sources of the solar wind. However, establishing the connection between {\it in situ}…

We utilize observations from the Parker Solar Probe (PSP) to study the radial evolution of the solar wind in the inner heliosphere. We analyze electron velocity distribution functions observed by the Solar Wind Electrons, Alphas, and…

Using the newly developed code \emph{Menura}, we present the first global picture of the interaction between a turbulent solar wind and a planetary obstacle in our solar system, namely a comet. This first publication aims at shedding lights…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-22 Behar Etienne , Henri Pierre

The Parker Solar Probe (PSP) mission presents a unique opportunity to study the near-Sun solar wind closer than any previous spacecraft. During its fourth and fifth solar encounters, PSP had the same orbital trajectory, meaning that solar…