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Solar-Cycle Modulation and Photospheric Magnetic Control of Turbulence in the Young Solar Wind
Yanwen Wang, Rohit Chhiber, Arcadi V. Usmanov +2
The solar wind is an outflow of solar plasma that expands from the corona to fill the heliosphere. Its turbulence provides a pathway for non-adiabatic heating and acceleration, and…
Averaging Effects on the Solar Wind Alfven Mach Number: Implications for Switchbacks and Alfven Transition
Joshua Goodwill, Subash Adhikari, Francesco Pecora +10
Averaging techniques in solar wind measurements have been a longstanding subject of debate. Using Parker Solar Probe (PSP) observations from encounters 1 to 19, we investigate how…
Dynamical Age of Alfvénic Turbulence in the Solar Wind
Rohit Chhiber, Yanwen Wang, Arcadi V. Usmanov +1
An evolving turbulent flow such as the solar wind can be meaningfully characterized by its "turbulence age" -- an estimate of the number of nonlinear times that have elapsed during…
von Karman - Howarth Similarity of Spatial Correlations and the Distribution of Correlation Lengths in Solar Photospheric Turbulence
Rohit Chhiber, Raphael Attie, William H. Matthaeus +2
Fluctuations in the Sun's photospheric magnetic field are the primary source of the turbulence that can heat and accelerate the solar atmosphere, and thus play an important role in…
Characterization of the Trans-Alfvénic Region Using Observations from Parker Solar Probe
Subash Adhikari, Riddhi Bandyopadhyay, Joshua Goodwill +14
Close to Earth the solar wind is usually super-Alfvénic, i.e. the speed of the solar wind is much larger than the Alfvén speed. However, in the lower coronal regions, the solar win…
Multi-spacecraft Measurements of the Evolving Geometry of the Solar Alfvén Surface Over Half a Solar Cycle
Samuel T. Badman, Michael L. Stevens, Stuart D. Bale +18
The geometry of a star's Alfvén surface determines stellar angular momentum loss, separates a causally distinct 'corona' and stellar wind, and potentially affects exoplanetary habi…
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…
Interplanetary magnetic correlation and low-frequency spectrum over many solar rotations
Jiaming Wang, Francesco Pecora, Rohit Chhiber +2
Fluctuations and structure across a wide range of spatial and temporal scales are frequently studied in the solar wind. The properties of the low-frequency fluctuations are of rele…
The effect of turbulence on the angular momentum of the solar wind
Rohit Chhiber, Arcadi Usmanov, William H. Matthaeus +1
The transfer of a star's angular momentum to its atmosphere is a topic of considerable and wide-ranging interest in astrophysics. This letter considers the effect of kinetic and ma…
Observed Fluctuation Enhancement and Departure from WKB Theory in Sub-Alfvénic Solar Wind
David Ruffolo, Panisara Thepthong, Peera Pongkitiwanichakul +12
Using Parker Solar Probe data from orbits 8 through 17, we examine fluctuation amplitudes throughout the critical region where the solar wind flow speed approaches and then exceeds…
Noise in the Heliosphere: A Target for PUNCH Science
Jiaming Wang, William H. Matthaeus, Rohit Chhiber +4
We present a broad review of 1/f noise observations in the heliosphere, and discuss and complement the theoretical background of generic 1/f models as relevant to NASA's PUNCH miss…
The Alfvén Transition Zone observed by the Parker Solar Probe in Young Solar Wind -- Global Properties and Model Comparisons
Rohit Chhiber, Francesco Pecora, Arcadi V Usmanov +6
The transition from subAlfvénic to superAlfvénic flow in the solar atmosphere is examined by means of Parker Solar Probe (PSP) measurements during solar encounters 8 to 14. Around…
Variation in Path Lengths of Turbulent Magnetic Field Lines and Solar Energetic Particles
Wirin Sonsrettee, Piyanate Chuychai, Achara Seripienlert +5
Modeling of time profiles of solar energetic particle (SEP) observations often considers transport along a large-scale magnetic field with a fixed path length from the source to th…
The Sun's Alfven Surface: Recent Insights and Prospects for the Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH)
Steven R. Cranmer, Rohit Chhiber, Chris R. Gilly +7
The solar wind is the extension of the Sun's hot and ionized corona, and it exists in a state of continuous expansion into interplanetary space. The radial distance at which the wi…
Compressible Turbulence in the Near-Sun Solar Wind: Parker Solar Probe's First Eight Perihelia
Manuel Enrique Cuesta, Rohit Chhiber, Xiangrong Fu +10
Many questions remain about the compressibility of solar wind turbulence with respect to its origins and properties. Low plasma beta (ratio of thermal to magnetic pressure) environ…
Parker Solar Probe: Four Years of Discoveries at Solar Cycle Minimum
N. E. Raouafi, L. Matteini, J. Squire +54
Launched on 12 Aug. 2018, NASA's Parker Solar Probe had completed 13 of its scheduled 24 orbits around the Sun by Nov. 2022. The mission's primary science goal is to determine the…
Magnetic field intermittency in the solar wind: PSP and SolO observations ranging from the Alfven region out to 1 AU
Nikos Sioulas, Zesen Huang, Marco Velli +17
and data are utilized to investigate magnetic field intermittency in the solar wind (SW). Small-scale intermittency is observed to radially strengthen…
Anisotropic Magnetic Turbulence in the Inner Heliosphere -- Radial Evolution of Distributions observed by Parker Solar Probe
Rohit Chhiber
Observations from Parker Solar Probe's first five orbits are used to investigate the helioradial evolution of probability density functions (PDFs) of fluctuations of magnetic field…
Isotropization and Evolution of Energy-Containing Eddies in Solar Wind Turbulence: Parker Solar Probe, Helios 1, ACE, WIND, and Voyager 1
Manuel Enrique Cuesta, Rohit Chhiber, Sohom Roy +6
We examine the radial evolution of correlation lengths perpendicular (\(λ_C^{\perp}\)) and parallel (\(λ_C^{\parallel}\)) to the magnetic-field direction, computed from solar wind…
Magnetic Switchback Occurrence Rates in the Inner Heliosphere: Parker Solar Probe and 1 au
Francesco Pecora, William H. Matthaeus, Leonardo Primavera +4
The subject of switchbacks, defined either as large angular deflections or polarity reversals of the magnetic field, has generated substantial interest in the space physics communi…
Statistical analysis of intermittency and its association with proton heating in the near Sun environment
Nikos Sioulas, Marco Velli, Rohit Chhiber +9
We use data from the first six encounters of Parker Solar Probe and employ the Partial Variance of Increments () method to study the statistical properties of coherent structu…
An Extended and Fragmented Alfvén Zone in the Young Solar Wind
Rohit Chhiber, William H. Matthaeus, Arcadi V. Usmanov +2
Motivated by theoretical, numerical, and observational evidence, we explore the possibility that the critical transition between sub-Alfvénic flow and super-Alfvénic flow in the so…
Domains of Magnetic Pressure Balance in Parker Solar Probe Observations of the Solar Wind
David Ruffolo, Nawin Ngampoopun, Yash R. Bhora +4
The Parker Solar Probe (PSP) spacecraft is performing the first in situ exploration of the solar wind within 0.2 au of the Sun. Initial observations confirmed the Alfvénic nature o…
Magnetic Field Line Random Walk and Solar Energetic Particle Path Lengths: Stochastic Theory and PSP/ISoIS Observation
R. Chhiber, W. H. Matthaeus, C. M. S. Cohen +21
Context:In 2020 May-June, six solar energetic ion events were observed by the Parker Solar Probe/ISoIS instrument suite at 0.35 AU from the Sun. From standard velocity-dispersion a…