3 papers
astro-ph.IM2025
Understanding Solar Flares and Energetic Events: Open questions, observational requirements, and instrumental needs over the coming decade
Malcolm K. Druett, Graham S. Kerr, Joel C. Allred +15
Solar flares are the largest energy-release events in the Solar System, allowing us to study fundamental physical phenomena under extreme conditions. Those include magnetic reconne…
astro-ph.IM2025
UK White Paper on Magnetic Reconnection
Alexander J. B. Russell, James A. McLaughlin, Philippa Browning +25
Magnetic reconnection powers explosive releases of magnetic energy, heating and particle acceleration throughout the plasma universe. Knowledge of this universal process is vital t…
astro-ph.SR2025
Estimating the Poynting flux of Alfvénic waves in polar coronal holes across Solar Cycle 24
Richard J. Morton, Micah J. Weberg, N. Balodhi +1
Alfvénic waves are known to be prevalent throughout the corona and solar wind. Determining the Poynting flux supplied by the waves is required for constraining their role in plasma…