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astro-ph.SR2026

Solar Orbiter SEP Dropout during a Magnetic Cloud with Evidence for Strong Connectivity Gradients

Radoslav Bucik, Raul Gomez-Herrero, Samuel T. Hart +2

We analyze an impulsive solar energetic particle (SEP) event observed by Solar Orbiter at 0.93 au on 2022 December 24 that exhibits a pronounced intensity dropout between approxima…

astro-ph.SR2026

Large ephemeral regions and their tilt angles

Rambahadur Gupta, Anu Sreedevi, Bibhuti Kumar Jha +1

The ephemeral regions (ERs), which are short-lived bipolar magnetic regions that emerge across the solar cycle but do not appear as sunspots, play a crucial role in the Sun's magne…

astro-ph.SR2026

Probing Solar Wind Structures with Solar Energetic Particle Observations from Solar Orbiter

Xiaohang Chen, Gang Li, Joe Giacalone +12

The propagation of solar energetic particles (SEPs) through the heliosphere is primarily guided by the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) which is embedded in the solar wind plasm…

astro-ph.SR2026

Energy Evolution from the Chromosphere to the Heliosphere in the 2021 October 28 Solar Eruption

Katharine K. Reeves, Daniel B. Seaton, Cynthia Cattell +20

We perform a detailed study of the energetics for a well-observed solar eruption and flare that occurred on 28 October 2021. This event included a GOES class X1.0 flare, a global E…

astro-ph.SR2026

Dynamics of the Upwind Heliosphere Due to Data-Driven, Solar Wind and Magnetic Field Variations and Implications for Wave Propagation into the Very Local Interstellar Medium

Chika Onubogu, M. Opher, E. Powell +4

We introduce an updated, time-dependent treatment to the split-tail ("croissant-like") heliosphere model with data-driven solar wind conditions at 1 au, to study the evolution of t…

astro-ph.SR2026

Parker Solar Probe observations of solar energetic particle (SEP) events with inverse velocity arrival (IVA) features

Zigong Xu, C. M. S. Cohen, R. A. Leske +21

In SEP events, velocity dispersion (VD) is characterized by the earlier arrival of faster, higher-energy particles relative to slower ones, assuming negligible acceleration time an…

astro-ph.SR2025

Direct calculation of steady-state hydrodynamic solar wind solutions with newtonian viscosity

Roger B. Scott, Stephen J. Bradshaw, Mark G. Linton +2

Steady-state solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations are known to admit solutions that are singular at the sonic point. Consequently, inviscid solar wind models require special tr…

astro-ph.SR2025

Citizen CATE 2024: Extending Totality During the 8 April 2024 Total Solar Eclipse with a Distributed Network of Community Participants

Sarah A. Kovac, Amir Caspi, Daniel B. Seaton +240

The Citizen CATE 2024 next-generation experiment placed 43 identical telescope and camera setups along the path of totality during the total solar eclipse (TSE) on 8 April 2024 to…

astro-ph.SR2025

Energy-dependent SEP Fe/O abundances during the May 2024 superstorm

G. D. Muro, C. M. S. Cohen, Z. Xu +16

During mid-May 2024, active region (AR) 13664 produced a series of M- and X-class flares along with several coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that resulted in exceptionally strong auro…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 1 cited

Active region upflows in various coronal structures and their coupling to the lower atmosphere

Yingjie Zhu, Louise Harra, Krzysztof Barczynski +13

Plasma upflows with a Doppler shift exceeding -10 km/s at active region (AR) boundaries are considered potential sources of the nascent slow solar wind. We investigate the driving…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 9 cited

Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH)

Craig E. DeForest, Sarah E. Gibson, Ronnie Killough +74

The Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission is a NASA Small Explorer to determine the cross-scale processes that unify the solar corona and heliosphere. PUN…

astro-ph.SR2025

A New Method of Deriving Doppler Velocities for Solar Orbiter SPICE

J. E. Plowman, D. M. Hassler, M. E. Molnar +7

This paper presents a follow-up to previous work on correcting PSF-induced Doppler artifacts in observations by the SPICE spectrograph on Solar Orbiter. In a previous paper, we dem…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 4 cited

A Tale of Two Shocks

Robert F. Wimmer-Schweingruber, Domenico Trotta, Rungployphan Kieokaew +23

Energetic particles in interplanetary space are normally measured at time scales that are long compared to the ion gyroperiod. Such observations by necessity average out the microp…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 6 cited

Evidence of Time-Dependent Diffusive Shock Acceleration in the 2022 September 5 Solar Energetic Particle Event

Xiaohang Chen, Lulu Zhao, Joe Giacalone +15

On 2022 September 5, a large solar energetic particle (SEP) event was detected by Parker Solar Probe (PSP) and Solar Orbiter (SolO), at heliocentric distances of 0.07 and 0.71 au,…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 4 cited

Quantifying Uncertainties in Solar Wind Forecasting Due to Incomplete Solar Magnetic Field Information

Stephan G. Heinemann, Jens Pomoell, Ronald M. Caplan +5

Solar wind forecasting plays a crucial role in space weather prediction, yet significant uncertainties persist due to incomplete magnetic field observations of the Sun. Isolating t…

astro-ph.SR2025

Structure and Dynamics of the Sun's Interior Revealed by Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager

Alexander Kosovichev, Sarbani Basu, Yuto Bekki +43

High-resolution helioseismology observations with the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) onboard Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) provide a unique three-dimensional view of the…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 5 cited

Energy partitioning between thermal and non-thermal electrons and ions in magnetotail reconnection

Abhishek Rajhans, Mitsuo Oka, Marit Øieroset +9

Magnetic reconnection is an explosive energy release event. It plays an important role in accelerating particles to high non-thermal energies. These particles often exhibit energy…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 9 cited

Investigation of Inverse Velocity Dispersion in a Solar Energetic Particle Event Observed by Solar Orbiter

Zheyi Ding, F. Robert Wimmer-Schweingruber, Alexander Kollhoff +15

Inverse velocity dispersion (IVD) events, characterized by higher-energy particles arriving later than lower-energy particles, challenge the classical understanding of SEP events a…

astro-ph.SR2025

FIP Bias Evolution in an Emerging Active Region as observed in SPICE Synoptic Observations

T. Varesano, D. M. Hassler, N. Zambrana Prado +6

We investigate the time evolution of relative elemental abundances in the context of the first ionization potential effect focusing on an active region. Our aim is to characterize…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 21 cited

Revisiting Christoph Scheiner's Sunspot Records: a New Perspective on Solar Activity of the Early Telescopic Era

V. M. S. Carrasco, A. Muñoz-Jaramillo, M. C. Gallego +1

Christoph Scheiner was one of the most outstanding astronomers in the history of the sunspot observations. His book, Rosa Ursina, is the reference work regarding the study of the e…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 9 cited

On the transition from Slow to Fast Wind as Observed in Composition Observations

B. L. Alterman, Y. J. Rivera, S. T. Lepri +1

The solar wind is typically categorized as fast and slow based on the measured speed (). The separation between these two regimes is often set between 400 and 600 km…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 2 cited

Forecasting Shock-associated Energetic Particle Intensities in the Inner Heliosphere: A Proof-of-Concept Capability for the PUNCH Mission

Maher A. Dayeh, Michael J. Starkey, Heather A. Elliott +4

Solar energetic particles (SEPs) associated with shocks driven by fast coronal mass ejections (CMEs) or shocks developed by corotating interaction regions (CIRs) often extend to hi…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 18 cited

Coronal hole picoflare jets are progenitors of both fast and Alfvénic slow solar wind

L. P. Chitta, Z. Huang, R. D'Amicis +19

Solar wind, classified by its bulk speed and the Alfvénic nature of its fluctuations, generates the heliosphere. The elusive physical processes responsible for the generation of th…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 5 cited

Radial Evolution of ICME-Associated Particle Acceleration Observed by Solar Orbiter and ACE

Malik H. Walker, Robert C. Allen, Gang Li +5

On 2022 March 10, a coronal mass ejection (CME) erupted from the Sun, resulting in Solar Orbiter observations at 0.45 au of both dispersive solar energetic particles arriving prior…