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20142024
most citedMetis: the Solar Orbiter visible light and ultraviolet coronal imager

190 citations · 990 across the 34 of their papers we have counts for

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34 papers

astro-ph.SR2024

Characterization of Turbulent Fluctuations in the Sub-Alfvenic Solar Wind

Gary P. Zank, Lingling Zhao, Laxman Adhikari +8

Parker Solar Probe (PSP) observed sub-Alfvenic solar wind intervals during encounters 8 - 14, and low-frequency magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in these regions may differ from that…

physics.space-ph2024

Forecasting Geoffective Events from Solar Wind Data and Evaluating the Most Predictive Features through Machine Learning Approaches

Sabrina Guastavino, Katsiaryna Bahamazava, Emma Perracchione +8

This study addresses the prediction of geomagnetic disturbances by exploiting machine learning techniques. Specifically, the Long-Short Term Memory recurrent neural network, which…

astro-ph.SR2024

Comparative study of the kinetic properties of proton and alpha beams in the Alfvénic wind observed by SWA-PAS onboard Solar Orbiter

Roberto Bruno, Rossana DeMarco, Raffaella D Amicis +12

The problems of heating and acceleration of solar wind particles are of significant and enduring interest in astrophysics. The interactions between waves and particles are crucial…

astro-ph.SR2023

Eruptive events with exceptionally bright emission in HI Ly-alpha observed by the Metis coronagraph

G. Russano, V. Andretta, Y. De Leo +29

Metis, the coronagraph on board Solar Orbiter, provides for the first time coronagraphic imaging in the ultraviolet HI Ly-alpha line and, simultaneously, in polarized visible light…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 4 cited

Particle monitoring capability of the Solar Orbiter Metis coronagraph through the increasing phase of solar cycle 25

Catia Grimani, Vincenzo Andretta, Ester Antonucci +26

Context. Galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) and solar particles with energies greater than tens of MeV penetrate spacecraft and instruments hosted aboard space missions. The Solar Orbiter…

astro-ph.SR2023

Coronal Heating Rate in the Slow Solar Wind

Daniele Telloni, Marco Romoli, Marco Velli +59

This Letter reports the first observational estimate of the heating rate in the slowly expanding solar corona. The analysis exploits the simultaneous remote and local observations…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 1 cited

Physics-driven machine learning for the prediction of coronal mass ejections' travel times

Sabrina Guastavino, Valentina Candiani, Alessandro Bemporad +7

Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) correspond to dramatic expulsions of plasma and magnetic field from the solar corona into the heliosphere. CMEs are scientifically relevant because th…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 3 cited

Does Turbulence along the Coronal Current Sheet Drive Ion Cyclotron Waves?

Daniele Telloni, Gary P. Zank, Laxman Adhikari +32

Evidence for the presence of ion cyclotron waves, driven by turbulence, at the boundaries of the current sheet is reported in this paper. By exploiting the full potential of the jo…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 17 cited

Slow wind belt in the quiet solar corona

E. Antonucci, C. Downs, G. E. Capuano +16

The slow solar wind belt in the quiet corona, observed with the Metis coronagraph on board Solar Orbiter on May 15, 2020, during the activity minimum of the cycle 24, in a field of…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 15 cited

In-flight validation of Metis Visible-light Polarimeter Coronagraph on board Solar Orbiter

A. Liberatore, S. Fineschi, M. Casti +21

Context. The Metis coronagraph is one of the remote-sensing instruments of the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter mission. Metis is aimed at the study of the solar atmosphere and solar wind by…

physics.plasm-ph2022★ 10 cited

Efficient kinetic Lattice Boltzmann simulation of three-dimensional Hall-MHD Turbulence

Raffaello Foldes, Emmanuel Lévêque, Raffaele Marino +4

Simulating plasmas in the Hall-MagnetoHydroDynamics (Hall-MHD) regime represents a valuable {approach for the investigation of} complex non-linear dynamics developing in astrophysi…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 1 cited

Connecting Solar Orbiter remote-sensing observations and Parker Solar Probe in-situ measurements with a numerical MHD reconstruction of the Parker spiral

Ruggero Biondo, Alessandro Bemporad, Paolo Pagano +21

As a key feature, NASA's Parker Solar Probe (PSP) and ESA-NASA's Solar Orbiter (SO) missions cooperate to trace solar wind and transients from their sources on the Sun to the inner…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 9 cited

First analysis of in-situ observation of surface Alfvén waves in ICME flux rope

Anil Raghav, Omkar Dhamane, Zubair Shaikh +8

Alfvén waves (AWs) are inevitable in space and astrophysical plasma. Their crucial role in various physical processes, occurring in plasma, has triggered intense research in solar-…

astro-ph.IM2022

Interplanetary medium monitoring with LISA: lessons from LISA Pathfinder

A. Cesarini, C. Grimani, S. Benella +4

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) of the European Space Agency (ESA) will be the first low-frequency gravitational-wave observatory orbiting the Sun at 1 AU. The LISA P…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 56 cited

Observation of Magnetic Switchback in the Solar Corona

Daniele Telloni, Gary P. Zank, Marco Stangalini +49

Switchbacks are sudden, large radial deflections of the solar wind magnetic field, widely revealed in interplanetary space by the Parker Solar Probe. The switchbacks' formation mec…

astro-ph.SR2022

Turbulence in the Sub-Alfvénic Solar Wind

G. P. Zank, L. -L. Zhao, L. Adhikri +5

Parker Solar Probe (PSP) entered a region of the sub-Alfvenic solar wind during encounter 8 and we present the first detailed analysis of low-frequency turbulence properties in thi…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 32 cited

Exploring the Solar Wind from its Source on the Corona into the Inner Heliosphere during the First Solar Orbiter - Parker Solar Probe Quadrature

Daniele Telloni, Vincenzo Andretta, Ester Antonucci +68

This Letter addresses the first Solar Orbiter (SO) -- Parker Solar Probe (PSP) quadrature, occurring on January 18, 2021, to investigate the evolution of solar wind from the extend…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 39 cited

Turbulent cascade and energy transfer rate in a solar coronal mass ejection

Luca Sorriso-Valvo, Emiliya Yordanova, Andrew P. Dimmock +1

Turbulence properties are examined before, during and after a coronal mass ejection (CME) detected by the6Wind spacecraft on July 2012. The power-law scaling of the structure funct…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 50 cited

First light observations of the solar wind in the outer corona with the Metis coronagraph

M. Romoli, E. Antonucci, V. Andretta +65

The investigation of the wind in the solar corona initiated with the observations of the resonantly scattered UV emission of the coronal plasma obtained with UVCS-SOHO, designed to…

physics.space-ph2021

Statistical study of electron density turbulence and ion-cyclotron waves in the inner heliosphere: Solar Orbiter observations

F. Carbone, L. Sorriso-Valvo, Yu. V. Khotyaintsev +27

The recently released spacecraft potential measured by the RPW instrument on-board Solar Orbiter has been used to estimate the solar wind electron density in the inner heliosphere.…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 10 cited

Cosmic-ray flux predictions and observations for and with Metis on board Solar Orbiter

C. Grimani, V. Andretta, P. Chioetto +41

The Metis coronagraph is one of the remote sensing instruments hosted on board the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter mission. Metis is devoted to carry out the first simultaneous imaging of t…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 15 cited

Recurrent galactic cosmic-ray flux modulation in L1 and geomagnetic activity during the declining phase of the solar cycle 24

Catia Grimani, Andrea Cesarini, Michele Fabi +3

Galactic cosmic-ray (GCR) flux short-term variations (1 month) in the inner heliosphere are mainly associated with the passage of high-speed solar wind streams (HSS) and interpl…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 56 cited

Detection of small magnetic flux ropes from the third and fourth Parker Solar Probe encounters

L. -L. Zhao, G. P. Zank, Q. Hu +22

We systematically search for magnetic flux rope structures in the solar wind to within the closest distance to the Sun of 0.13 AU, using data from the third and fourth orbits of th…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 41 cited

Coherent events at ion scales in the inner Heliosphere: \textit{Parker Solar Probe} observations during the first Encounter

Denise Perrone, Roberto Bruno, Raffaella D'Amicis +7

\textit{Parker Solar Probe} has shown the ubiquitous presence of strong magnetic field deflections, namely switchbacks, during its first perihelion where it was embedded in a highl…