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The solar magnetic structure changes over the solar cycle. It has a dipole structure during solar minimum, where the open flux extends mainly from the polar regions into the interplanetary space. During maximum, a complex structure is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-28 Minami Yoshida , Toshifumi Shimizu , Shin Toriumi

The earliest evidence on spatial distributions of solar energetic particles (SEPs) compared events from many different source longitudes on the Sun, but the early Pioneers provided the first evidence of the large areas of equal SEP…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-14 Donald V. Reames

In its first encounter at solar distances as close as r = 0.16AU, Parker Solar Probe (PSP) observed numerous local reversals, or inversions, in the heliospheric magnetic field (HMF), which were accompanied by large spikes in solar wind…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-06 Allan R Macneil , Mathew J Owens , Robert T Wicks , Mike Lockwood

Context. Solar Orbiter and PSP jointly observed the solar wind for the first time in June 2020, capturing data from very different solar wind streams, calm and Alfv\'enic wind as well as many dynamic structures. Aims. The aim here is to…

A recently reported gravito-electrostatic sheath (GES) model is procedurally applied to study the turbumagnetoactive helioseismic oscillation features on the entire bi-fluidic solar plasma system. The bounded solar interior plasma (SIP,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-22 Souvik Das , Ahmed Atteya , Pralay Kumar Karmakar

A functional form I_{max}(R)=kR^{-\alpha}, where R is the radial distance of spacecraft, was usually used to model the radial dependence of peak intensities I_{max}(R) of solar energetic particles (SEPs). In this work, the five-dimensional…

Space Physics · Physics 2017-06-20 H. -Q. He , G. Zhou , W. Wan

The solar wind consists of continuous streams of charged particles that escape into the heliosphere from the Sun, and is split into fast and slow components, with the fast wind emerging from the interiors of coronal holes. Near the ecliptic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-28 L. P. Chitta , D. B. Seaton , C. Downs , C. E. DeForest , A. K. Higginson

Energetic particle transport in the interplanetary medium is known to be affected by magnetic structures. It has been demonstrated for solar energetic particles in near-Earth orbit studies, and also for the more energetic cosmic rays. In…

Mirror modes are ubiquitous in space plasma and grow from pressure anisotropy. Together with other instabilities, they play a fundamental role in constraining the free energy contained in the plasma. This study focuses on mirror modes…

The aim of this paper is to study the plasma flows on the Mercury surface for different interplanetary magnetic field orientations on the day side of the planet. We use a single fluid MHD model in spherical coordinates to simulate the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-15 J. Varela , F. Pantellini , M. Moncuquet

We study how a high-speed solar wind stream embedded in a slow solar wind affects the transport and energy changes of solar energetic protons in interplanetary space, assuming different levels of cross-field diffusion. This is done using a…

Space Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 Nicolas Wijsen , Angels Aran , Jens Pomoell , Stefaan Poedts

By using our previous results of magnetohydrodynamical simulations for the solar wind from open flux tubes, I discuss how the solar wind in the past is different from the current solar wind. The simulations are performed in fixed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Takeru K. Suzuki

The Parker Solar Probe (PSP) mission has revealed frequent occurrences of switchbacks (SBs) and small-scale magnetic flux ropes (SMFRs) as prominent structures within the solar wind. These mesoscale features are observed across all…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-02 Kyung-Eun Choi , Oleksiy V. Agapitov , Dae-Young Lee , Forrest Mozer , Jia Huang , Lucas Colomban , Jaye L. Verniero , Nour Raouafi

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 kinetic wave activity, which are likely associated with kinetic heating…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-09 Leon Ofman , Scott A Boardsen , Lan K Jian , Jaye L Verniero , Davin Larson

The solar wind is connected to the Sun's atmosphere by flux tubes that are rooted in an ever-changing pattern of positive and negative magnetic polarities on the surface. Observations indicate that the magnetic field is filamentary and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Steven R. Cranmer , Adriaan A. van Ballegooijen , Lauren N. Woolsey

Solar energetic particles (SEPs) are an important space radiation source, especially for the space weather environment in the inner heliosphere. The energy spectrum of SEP events is crucial both for evaluating their radiation effects and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-18 Yubao Wang , Jingnan Guo

The solar wind, a continuous flow of plasma from the sun, not only shapes the near Earth space environment but also serves as a natural laboratory to study plasma turbulence in conditions that are not achievable in the lab. Starting with…

Space Physics · Physics 2022-05-03 Tulasi N. Parashar , William H. Matthaeus

The solar wind is highly structured in fast and slow flows. These two dynamical regimes remarkably differ not only for the average values of magnetic field and plasma parameters but also for the type of fluctuations they transport. Fast…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-04 R. Bruno , D. Telloni , D. DeIure , E. Pietropaolo

Observations of solar wind velocity distribution functions (VDFs) commonly reveal fine-scale structures. These features strongly influence kinetic processes such as wave damping and instability, yet their role remains poorly understood. We…

We use dual-site radio observations of interplanetary scintillation (IPS) with extremely long baselines (ELB) to examine meridional flow characteristics of the ambient fast solar wind at plane-of-sky heliocentric distances of 24-85 solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Gareth Dorrian , Andy Breen , Richard Fallows , Mario Bisi