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Context. Observations by Parker Solar Probe (PSP) of electrostatic waves suggest that electrostatic instabilities, including the ion-ion-acoustic instability (IIAI) frequently observed in the inner heliosphere, play an important role in…

Pickup ions are created when interstellar neutral atoms resonantly exchange charge with the solar wind (SW) ions, especially in the supersonic part of the wind, where they carry most of the plasma pressure. Here we present numerical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-21 Nikolai V. Pogorelov , Matthew C. Bedford , Igor A. Kryukov , Gary P. Zank

A statistical analysis of interstellar He+ pickup ion measurements from SOHO/CTOF combined with magnetic field data from WIND/MFI enable quantitative study of wave-particle interactions in the inner heliosphere for the first time. Magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. Saul , E. Moebius , C. W. Smith , P. Bochsler , H. Gruenwaldt , B. Klecker , F. Ipavich

We calculate the interplanetary magnetic field path lengths traveled by electrons in solar electron events detected by the WIND 3DP instrument from $1994$ to $2016$. The velocity dispersion analysis method is applied for electrons at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-26 Lulu Zhao , Gang Li , Ming Zhang , Linghua Wang , Ashraf Moradi , Frederic Effenberger

The contribution of plumes to the solar wind has been subject to hot debate in the past decades. The EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) on board Hinode provides a unique means to deduce outflow velocities at coronal heights via direct Doppler…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Hui Fu , Lidong Xia , Bo Li , Zhenghua Huang , Fangran Jiao , Chaozhou Mou

Inclusive Proton/pion ratios show an enhancement at intermediate transverse momentum (P_{T} ~ 1.5 - 4.0 GeV/c) in central sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200 GeV Au+Au collisions compared to peripheral Au+Au and p+p collisions. This effect suggests a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Alán Dávila

The paper describes a kinetic model of pickup proton distribution in the heliosphere that considers the process of stochastic acceleration by the small-scale Alfvenic and large-scale magnetosonic fluctuations. Using this model, we…

Space Physics · Physics 2025-04-24 Igor Baliukin

We show that suprathermal particles, termed pick-up ions (PUIs), might reduce the postshock temperature of the fast wind and jets in some planetary nebulae (PNs) and in symbiotic systems. The goal is to explain the finding that the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Noam Soker , Roi Rahin , Ehud Behar , Joel H. Kastner

Pickup ions (PUIs) play a crucial role in the heliosphere, contributing to the mediation of large-scale structures such as the distant solar wind, the heliospheric termination shock (HTS), and the heliopause. While magnetic reconnection is…

Space Physics · Physics 2023-05-24 M. Nakanotani , G. P. Zank , L. -L. Zhao

A good understanding of the ionization rates of neutral species in the heliosphere is important for studies of the heliosphere and planetary atmospheres. So far, the intensities of the ionization reactions have been studied based on…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-15 M. Bzowski , M. A. Kubiak , E. Moebius , N. A. Schwadron

Observations of Interplanetary Scintillation (IPS) are an efficient remote-sensing method to study the solar wind and inner heliosphere. From 2016 to 2018, some distinctive observations of IPS sources like 3C 286 and 3C 279 were…

Space Physics · Physics 2021-05-26 Li-Jia Liu , Bo Peng , Lei Yu , Ye-Zhao Yu , Ji-Guang Lu , Bin Liu , O. Chang , M. M. Bisi , FAST Collaboration

In situ measurements of the fast solar wind reveal non-thermal distributions of electrons, protons and, minor ions extending from $0.3$ AU to the heliopause. The physical mechanisms responsible for these non-thermal properties and the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-21 Natasha L. S. Jeffrey , Michael Hahn , Daniel W. Savin , Lyndsay Fletcher

The WISPR imager on Parker Solar Probe provides a unique view the young solar wind, flying through solar wind structures at high speed. It is of interest to use WISPR image sequences to measure the velocity of both large features (such as…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-05 Samuel J. Van Kooten , Craig E. Deforest , Guillermo Stenborg , Kenny N. Kenny

The projected stellar rotational velocity ($v \sin i$) is critical for our understanding of processes related to the evolution of angular momentum in pre-main sequence stars. We present $v \sin i$ measurements of high-resolution infrared…

Interstellar neutral (ISN) hydrogen is the most abundant species in the outer heliosheath and the very local interstellar medium (VLISM). Charge exchange collisions in the outer heliosheath result in filtration, reducing the ISN hydrogen…

Recent in situ observations from Parker Solar Probe (PSP) near perihelia reveal ion beams, temperature anisotropies, and kinetic wave activity. These features are likely linked to solar wind heating and acceleration. During PSP Encounter 17…

Stochastic heating is a non-linear heating mechanism driven by the violation of magnetic moment invariance due to large-amplitude turbulent fluctuations producing diffusion of ions towards higher kinetic energies in the direction…

The event-averaged charge state of heavy ion Solar Energetic Particles (SEPs), measured at 1 AU from the Sun, typically increases with the ions' kinetic energy. The origin of this behaviour has been ascribed to processes taking place within…

Space Physics · Physics 2017-02-08 S. Dalla , M. S. Marsh , M. Battarbee

Parker Solar Probe (PSP) counts dust impacts in the near-solar region, but modelling effort is needed to understand the dust population's properties. We aim to constrain the dust cloud's properties based on the flux observed by PSP. We…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-04 Samuel Kočiščák , Audun Theodorsen , Ingrid Mann

Statistical classification of the Helios solar wind observations into several populations sorted by bulk speed has revealed an outward acceleration of the wind. The faster the wind is, the smaller is this acceleration in the 0.3 - 1 au…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-19 Dakeyo , Maksimovic , Démoulin , Halekas , Stevens