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20182026
most citedHow the area of solar coronal holes affects the properties of high-speed solar wind streams near Earth -- An analytical model

24 citations · 71 across the 11 of their papers we have counts for

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11 papers

astro-ph.SR2026

Observations of stable pickup He tori in a magnetic flux rope at 0.85 au

Chaoran Gu, Lars Berger, Verena Heidrich-Meisner +3

Interstellar pickup ions originate from the neutral interstellar medium, are ionized in the heliosphere, and picked up by the solar wind. They initially form a torus-shaped velocit…

physics.space-ph2026

Anomalous cosmic rays within the inner heliosphere: Observations of helium by the High Energy Telescope onboard Solar Orbiter

Zigong Xu, Robert F. Wimmer-Schweingruber, Lars Berger +11

Radial gradients of cosmic rays are key parameters for understanding the transport of particles in space. Solar Orbiter, launched on 2020 February 10, approaches the Sun approximat…

astro-ph.SR2025

Bidirectional anisotropic solar energetic particle events observed by Solar Orbiter

Zheyi Ding, Robert F. Wimmer-Schweingruber, Yu Chen +12

Solar Energetic Particle (SEP) events are critical for understanding particle acceleration and transport in the heliosphere. While most SEP events involve outward streaming particl…

astro-ph.SR2025

Three dimensional He+ pickup ion velocity distribution functions observed with STEREO-A PLASTIC

Duncan Keilbach, Verena Heidrich-Meisner, Lars Berger +1

Freshly injected interstellar Pickup Ions (PUIs) are expected to exhibit a simple, torus-shaped velocity distribution function. The PUI velocity in the solar wind frame depends on…

astro-ph.SR2025

Challenges in identifying the coronal hole wind

Verena Heidrich-Meisner, Sophie Teichmann, Lars Berger +1

Solar wind is frequently categorized based on its respective solar source region. Two well-established categorizations of the coronal hole wind, the scheme based on the charge-stat…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 24 cited

How the area of solar coronal holes affects the properties of high-speed solar wind streams near Earth -- An analytical model

Stefan Johann Hofmeister, Eleanna Asvestari, Jingnan Guo +10

We derive a simple analytical model for the propagation of HSSs from the Sun to Earth and thereby show how the area of coronal holes and the size of their boundary regions affect t…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 13 cited

An elliptic expansion of the potential field source surface model

Martin Kruse, Verena Heidrich-Meisner, R. F. Wimmer-Schweingruber +1

Context. The potential field source surface model is frequently used as a basis for further scientific investigations where a comprehensive coronal magnetic field is of importance.…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 4 cited

Proton-proton collisional age to order solar wind types

Verena Heidrich-Meisner, Lars Berger, Robert F. Wimmer-Schweingruber

The properties of a solar wind stream are determined by its source region and by transport effects. Independently of the solar wind type, the solar wind measured in situ is always…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 5 cited

Disparity among low first ionization potential elements

Verena Heidrich-Meisner, Lars Berger, Robert F. Wimmer-Schweingruber

The elemental composition of the solar wind differs from the solar photospheric composition. Elements with low first ionization potential (FIP) appear enhanced compared to O in the…

physics.space-ph2018★ 22 cited

Observations of high and low Fe charge states in individual solar wind streams with coronal-hole origin

Verena Heidrich-Meisner, Thies Peleikis, Martin Kruse +2

The solar wind originating from coronal holes is comparatively well-understood and is characterized by lower densities and average charge states compared to the so-called slow sola…

physics.space-ph2018★ 3 cited

Evolution of an equatorial coronal hole structure and the released coronal hole wind stream: Carrington rotations 2039 to 2050

Verena Heidrich-Meisner, Thies Peleikis, Martin Kruse +2

The Sun is a highly dynamic environment that exhibits dynamic behavior on many different timescales. In particular, coronal holes exhibit temporal and spatial variability. Signatur…