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

190 citations · 751 across the 35 of their papers we have counts for

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36 papers

astro-ph.SR2026

Measured energy exchange in coronal hole solar wind from its solar origins to the heliosphere

Yeimy J. Rivera, Alin R. Paraschiv, Samuel T. Badman +33

Coordinated ground- and space-based remote observations are used to provide a comprehensive, multi-perspective view of the solar atmosphere that we connect with in situ measurement…

astro-ph.SR2026

PRICM3: A novel Polarization Ratio framework for three-dimensional CME reconstruction

Yara De Leo, Manuela Temmer, Fernando M. López +15

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are inherently three-dimensional (3D), but traditional white-light coronagraphs provide only two-dimensional (2D) projections. While the Polarization…

astro-ph.SR2026

A view of the evolution of a CME and the associated wave-trains at high spatial and temporal resolution

G. Russano, Y. De Leo, F. Frassati +13

Context. Studying the kinematic and dynamic evolution of fast eruptive events from the middle to high solar corona is a primary objective of the Metis coronagraph on Solar Orbiter.…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 4 cited

First detection of acoustic-like flux in the middle solar corona

V. Andretta, L. Abbo, G. Jerse +28

Waves are thought to play a significant role in the heating of the solar atmosphere and the acceleration of the wind. Among the many types of waves observed in the Sun, the so-call…

astro-ph.SR2025

Investigating Solar Wind Outflows from Open-Closed Magnetic Field Structures Using Coordinated Solar Orbiter and Hinode Observations

Nawin Ngampoopun, Roberto Susino, David H. Brooks +13

ESA/NASA's Solar Orbiter (SO) allows us to study the solar corona at closer distances and from different perspectives, which helps us to gain significant insights into the origins…

astro-ph.SR2025

Metis Observations of Alfvénic Outflows Driven by Interchange Reconnection in a Pseudostreamer

P. Romano, P. Wyper, V. Andretta +33

This study presents observations of a large pseudostreamer solar eruption and, in particular, the post-eruption relaxation phase, as captured by Metis onboard the Solar Orbiter on…

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

Study of solar brightness profiles in the 18-26 GHz frequency range with INAF radio telescopes II. Evidence for coronal emission

M. Marongiu, A. Pellizzoni, S. Righini +43

One of the most important objectives of solar physics is the physical understanding of the solar atmosphere, the structure of which is also described in terms of the density (N) an…

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

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…

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★ 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★ 18 cited

A Coronal Mass Ejection followed by a prominence eruption and a plasma blob as observed by Solar Orbiter

A. Bemporad, V. Andretta, R. Susino +26

On February 12, 2021 two subsequent eruptions occurred above the West limb, as seen along the Sun-Earth line. The first event was a typical slow Coronal Mass Ejection (CME), follow…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 8 cited

Sky Brightness evaluation at Concordia Station - Dome C, Antarctica for ground-based observations of the Solar Corona

Alessandro Liberatore, Gerardo Capobianco, Silvano Fineschi +4

The evaluation of sky characteristics plays a fundamental role for many astrophysical experiments and ground-based observations. In solar physics, the main requirement for such obs…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 8 cited

Implications of spicule activity on coronal loop heating and catastrophic cooling

V. N. Nived, E. Scullion, J. G. Doyle +6

We report on the properties of coronal loop foot-point heating with observations at the highest resolution, from the CRisp Imaging Spectro-Polarimeter (CRISP) located at the Swedis…

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★ 8 cited

Effects of the chromospheric Lyα line profile shape on the determination of the solar wind HI outflow velocity using the Doppler dimming technique

G. E. Capuano, S. Dolei, D. Spadaro +15

The determination of solar wind outflow velocity is fundamental in order to probe the mechanisms of wind acceleration in the corona. We aim to study, via the Doppler dimming techni…

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…

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.SR2021★ 1 cited

SWELTO -- Space WEather Laboratory in Turin Observatory

A. Bemporad, L. Abbo, D. Barghini +20

SWELTO -- Space WEather Laboratory in Turin Observatory is a conceptual framework where new ideas for the analysis of space-based and ground-based data are developed and tested. Th…