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most citedThe Solar Orbiter Science Activity Plan: translating solar and heliospheric physics questions into action

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astro-ph.SR2021★ 41 cited

Flux ropes and dynamics of the heliospheric current sheet

V. Réville, N. Fargette, A. P. Rouillard +19

Context. Solar Orbiter and PSP jointly observed the solar wind for the first time in June 2020, capturing data from very different solar wind streams, calm and Alfvénic wind as wel…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 35 cited

Whistler waves observed by Solar Orbiter / RPW between 0.5 AU and 1 AU

M. Kretzschmar, T. Chust, V. Krasnoselskikh +29

The goal of our study is to detect and characterize the electromagnetic waves that can modify the electron distribution functions, with a special attention to whistler waves. We an…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 19 cited

Magnetic reconnection as a mechanism to produce multiple protonpopulations and beams locally in the solar wind

B. Lavraud, R. Kieokaew, N. Fargette +37

Context. Spacecraft observations early revealed frequent multiple proton populations in the solar wind. Decades of research on their origin have focused on processes such as magnet…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 74 cited

Characteristic scales of magnetic switchback patches near the Sun and their possible association with solar supergranulation and granulation

Naïs Fargette, Benoit Lavraud, Alexis Rouillard +16

Parker Solar Probe (PSP) data recorded within a heliocentric radial distance of 0.3 AU have revealed a magnetic field dominated by Alfvénic structures that undergo large local vari…

physics.space-ph2021★ 25 cited

Whistler instability driven by the sunward electron deficit in the solar wind

Laura Berčič, Daniel Verscharen, Christopher J. Owen +18

Solar wind electrons play an important role in the energy balance of the solar wind acceleration by carrying energy into interplanetary space in the form of electron heat flux. The…

physics.space-ph2021★ 4 cited

The solar-wind angular-momentum flux observed during Solar Orbiter's first orbit

Daniel Verscharen, David Stansby, Adam J. Finley +19

Aims: We present the first measurements of the solar-wind angular-momentum (AM) flux recorded by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft. Our aim is the validation of these measurements to su…

physics.space-ph2021★ 20 cited

Solar wind current sheets and deHoffmann-Teller analysis: First results of DC electric field measurements by Solar Orbiter

K. Steinvall, Yu. V. Khotyaintsev, G. Cozzani +25

Solar Orbiter was launched on February 10, 2020 with the purpose of investigating solar and heliospheric physics using a payload of instruments designed for both remote and in-situ…

physics.space-ph2021★ 29 cited

First-year ion-acoustic wave observations in the solar wind by the RPW/TDS instrument onboard Solar Orbiter

D. Píša, J. Souček, O. Santolík +21

Electric field measurements of the Time Domain Sampler (TDS) receiver, part of the Radio and Plasma Waves (RPW) instrument on board Solar Orbiter, often exhibit very intense broadb…

physics.space-ph2021★ 12 cited

Multi-spacecraft Study of the Solar Wind at Solar Minimum: Dependence on Latitude and Transient Outflows

R. Laker, T. S. Horbury, S. D. Bale +15

The recent launches of Parker Solar Probe (PSP), Solar Orbiter (SO) and BepiColombo, along with several older spacecraft, have provided the opportunity to study the solar wind at m…