2 papers
astro-ph.SR2025
Proton specific entropy as a proxy for the charge state ratio over heliocentric distance
Jack D. Collard, Tamar Ervin, Ryan M. Dewey +10
While the fast solar wind has well-established origins in coronal holes, the source of the slow solar wind remains uncertain. Compositional metrics, such as heavy ion charge state…
physics.space-ph2025
Electric fields and waves in the Venus nightside magnetosphere
Forrest Mozer, Oleksiy Agapitov, Stuart Bale +4
On November 6, 2024, the Parker Solar Probe flew past Venus to make the first accurate electric field measurement in the nightside Venusian magnetosphere. To achieve this result, t…