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astro-ph.SR2025

Coronal dimmings and what they tell us about solar and stellar coronal mass ejections

Astrid M. Veronig, Karin Dissauer, Bernhard Kliem +10

Coronal dimmings associated with coronal mass ejections (CME) from the Sun have gained much attention since the late 1990s when they were first observed in high-cadence imagery of…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 12 cited

Shock and SEP Modeling Study for the 5 September 2022 SEP Event

A. Kouloumvakos, N. Wijsen, I. C. Jebaraj +10

On September 5, 2022, during Parker Solar Probe's (PSP) 13th encounter, a fast shock wave and a related solar energetic particle (SEP) event were observed as the spacecraft approac…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 1 cited

Parker Solar Probe Observations of Energetic Particles in the Flank of a Coronal Mass Ejection Close to the Sun

N. A. Schwadron, Stuart D. Bale, J. Bonnell +32

We present an event observed by Parker Solar Probe at 0.2 au on March 2, 2022 in which imaging and \emph{in situ} measurements coincide. During this event, PSP passed through…

astro-ph.SR2024

MHD modeling of a geoeffective interplanetary CME with the magnetic topology informed by in-situ observations

E. Provornikova, V. G. Merkin, A. Vourlidas +4

Variations of the magnetic field within solar coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in the heliosphere depend on the CME`s magnetic structure as it leaves the solar corona and its subseque…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 15 cited

Internal magnetic field structures observed by PSP/WISPR in a filament related coronal mass ejection

G. M. Cappello, M. Temmer, A. Vourlidas +7

We track and investigate from white-light data taken with the Wide-field Instrument for Solar PRobe (WISPR) aboard Parker Solar Probe (PSP), localized density enhancements, reflect…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 2 cited

CME Propagation Through the Heliosphere: Status and Future of Observations and Model Development

M. Temmer, C. Scolini, I. G. Richardson +31

The ISWAT clusters H1+H2 have a focus on interplanetary space and its characteristics, especially on the large-scale co-rotating and transient structures impacting Earth. SIRs, gen…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 10 cited

How Magnetic Erosion Affects the Drag-Based Kinematics of Fast Coronal Mass Ejections

Sotiris Stamkos, Spiros Patsourakos, Angelos Vourlidas +1

In order to advance our understanding of the dynamic interactions between coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and the magnetized solar wind, we investigate the impact of magnetic erosion…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 3 cited

Constraints on the variable nature of the slow solar wind with the Wide-Field Imager on board the Parker Solar Probe

Spiros Patsourakos, Angelos Vourlidas, Alexander Nindos

In a previous work we analysed the white-light coronal brightness as a function of elongation and time from Wide-Field Imager (WISPR) observations on board the Parker Solar Probe (…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 15 cited

Understanding the deflection of the `Cartwheel CME': data analysis and modeling

Abril Sahade, Angelos Vourildas, Laura Balmaceda +1

We study the low corona evolution of the `Cartwheel' coronal mass ejection (CME; 2008-04-09) by reconstructing its 3D path and modeling it with magneto-hydrodynamic simulations. Th…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 158 cited

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…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 3 cited

SuNeRF: Validation of a 3D Global Reconstruction of the Solar Corona Using Simulated EUV Images

Kyriaki-Margarita Bintsi, Robert Jarolim, Benoit Tremblay +8

Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) light emitted by the Sun impacts satellite operations and communications and affects the habitability of planets. Currently, EUV-observing instruments are…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 6 cited

Turbulence and Anomalous Resistivity inside Near-Earth Magnetic Clouds

Debesh Bhattacharjee, Prasad Subramanian, Teresa Nieves-Chinchilla +1

We use in-situ data from the Wind spacecraft to survey the amplitude of turbulent fluctuations in the proton density and total magnetic field inside a large sample of near-Earth ma…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 1 cited

On the specific energy and pressure in near-Earth magnetic clouds

Debesh Bhattacharjee, Prasad Subramanian, Angelos Vourlidas +3

The pressure and energy density of the gas and magnetic field inside solar coronal mass ejections (in relation to that in the ambient solar wind) is thought to play an important ro…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 25 cited

Coronal mass ejection deformation at 0.1 au observed by WISPR

Carlos R. Braga, Angelos Vourlidas, Paulett C. Liewer +3

Although coronal mass ejections (CMEs) resembling flux ropes generally expand self-similarly, deformations along their fronts have been reported in observations and simulations. We…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 13 cited

Extracting the Heliographic Coordinates of Coronal Rays using Images from WISPR/Parker Solar Probe

P. C. Liewer, J. Qiu, F. Ark +5

The Wide-field Imager for Solar Probe (WISPR) onboard Parker Solar Probe (PSP), observing in white light, has a fixed angular field of view, extending from 13.5 degree to 108 degre…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 56 cited

Defining the Middle Corona

Matthew J. West, Daniel B. Seaton, David B. Wexler +31

The middle corona, the region roughly spanning heliocentric altitudes from to , encompasses almost all of the influential physical transitions and processes that…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 39 cited

Overview of the remote sensing observations from PSP solar encounter 10 with perihelion at 13.3 Rsun

Russell A. Howard, Guillermo Stenborg, Angelos Vourlidas +5

The closest perihelion pass of Parker Solar Probe (PSP), so far, occurred between 16 and 26 of November 2021 and reached ~13.29 Rsun from Sun center. This pass resulted in very uni…

astro-ph.SR2022

On modeling ICME cross-sections as static MHD columns

Debesh Bhattacharjee, Prasad Subramanian, Volker Bothmer +2

Solar coronal mass ejections are well known to expand as they propagate through the heliosphere. Despite this, their cross-sections are usually modeled as static plasma columns wit…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 29 cited

Evidence of a complex structure within the 2013 August 19 coronal mass ejection. Radial and longitudinal evolution in the inner heliosphere

L. Rodríguez-García, T. Nieves-Chinchilla, R. Gómez-Herrero +9

Context: Late on 2013 August 19, a coronal mass ejection (CME) erupted from an active region located near the far-side central meridian from Earth's perspective. The event and its…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 15 cited

Internal Structure of the 2019 April 2 CME

Brian E. Wood, Carlos R. Braga, Angelos Vourlidas

We present the first analysis of internal coronal mass ejection (CME) structure observed very close to the Sun by the Wide-field Imager for Solar PRobe (WISPR) instrument on board…

astro-ph.SR2021

Connecting the Low to High Corona: A Method to Isolate Transients in STEREO/COR1 Images

Nathalia Alzate, Huw Morgan, Nicholeen Viall +1

We present a method that isolates time-varying components from coronagraph and EUV images, allowing sub-streamer transients propagating within streamers to be tracked from the low…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 21 cited

An Observational Study of a "Rosetta-Stone" Solar Eruption

E I Mason, Spiro Antiochos, Angelos Vourlidas

This Letter reports observations of an event that connects all major classes of solar eruptions: those that erupt fully into the heliosphere versus those that fail and are confined…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 42 cited

Plasma Heating Induced by Tadpole-Like Downflows in the Flaring Solar Corona

Tanmoy Samanta, Hui Tian, Bin Chen +4

As one of the most spectacular energy release events in the solar system, solar flares are generally powered by magnetic reconnection in the solar corona. As a result of the re-arr…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 24 cited

Assessing the projection correction of Coronal Mass Ejection speeds on Time-of-Arrival prediction performance using the Effective Acceleration Model

Evangelos Paouris, Angelos Vourlidas, Athanasios Papaioannou +1

White light images of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are projections on the plane-of-sky (POS). As a result, CME kinematics are subject to projection effects. The error in the true…