75 citations · 75 across the 1 of their papers we have counts for
2 papers
physics.space-ph2020
Polytropic Behavior of Solar Wind Protons Observed by Parker Solar Probe
Georgios Nicolaou, George Livadiotis, Robert T. Wicks +2
A polytropic process describes the transition of a fluid from one state to another through a specific relationship between the fluid density and temperature. The value of the polyt…
astro-ph.SR2017★ 75 cited
A zone of preferential ion heating extends tens of solar radii from Sun
Justin C. Kasper, Kris G. Klein, Tristan Weber +6
The extreme temperatures and non-thermal nature of the solar corona and solar wind arise from an unidentified physical mechanism that preferentially heats certain ion species relat…