In situ observations of large amplitude Alfvén waves heating and accelerating the solar wind
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| author | Rivera, Yeimy J. Badman, Samuel T. Stevens, Michael L. Verniero, Jaye L. Stawarz, Julia E. Shi, Chen Raines, Jim M. Paulson, Kristoff W. Owen, Christopher J. Niembro, Tatiana Louarn, Philippe Livi, Stefano A. Lepri, Susan T. Kasper, Justin C. Horbury, Timothy S. Halekas, Jasper S. Dewey, Ryan M. De Marco, Rossana Bale, Stuart D. |
| author_facet | Rivera, Yeimy J. Badman, Samuel T. Stevens, Michael L. Verniero, Jaye L. Stawarz, Julia E. Shi, Chen Raines, Jim M. Paulson, Kristoff W. Owen, Christopher J. Niembro, Tatiana Louarn, Philippe Livi, Stefano A. Lepri, Susan T. Kasper, Justin C. Horbury, Timothy S. Halekas, Jasper S. Dewey, Ryan M. De Marco, Rossana Bale, Stuart D. |
| contents | After leaving the Sun's corona, the solar wind continues to accelerate and cools, but more slowly than expected for a freely expanding adiabatic gas. We use in situ measurements from the Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter spacecrafts to investigate a stream of solar wind as it traverses the inner heliosphere. The observations show heating and acceleration of the the plasma between the outer edge of the corona and near the orbit of Venus, in connection to the presence of large amplitude Alfvén waves. Alfvén waves are perturbations in the interplanetary magnetic field that transport energy. Our calculations show the damping and mechanical work performed by the Alfvén waves is sufficient to power the heating and acceleration of the fast solar wind in the inner heliosphere. |
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| spellingShingle | In situ observations of large amplitude Alfvén waves heating and accelerating the solar wind Rivera, Yeimy J. Badman, Samuel T. Stevens, Michael L. Verniero, Jaye L. Stawarz, Julia E. Shi, Chen Raines, Jim M. Paulson, Kristoff W. Owen, Christopher J. Niembro, Tatiana Louarn, Philippe Livi, Stefano A. Lepri, Susan T. Kasper, Justin C. Horbury, Timothy S. Halekas, Jasper S. Dewey, Ryan M. De Marco, Rossana Bale, Stuart D. Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Plasma Physics Space Physics After leaving the Sun's corona, the solar wind continues to accelerate and cools, but more slowly than expected for a freely expanding adiabatic gas. We use in situ measurements from the Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter spacecrafts to investigate a stream of solar wind as it traverses the inner heliosphere. The observations show heating and acceleration of the the plasma between the outer edge of the corona and near the orbit of Venus, in connection to the presence of large amplitude Alfvén waves. Alfvén waves are perturbations in the interplanetary magnetic field that transport energy. Our calculations show the damping and mechanical work performed by the Alfvén waves is sufficient to power the heating and acceleration of the fast solar wind in the inner heliosphere. |
| title | In situ observations of large amplitude Alfvén waves heating and accelerating the solar wind |
| topic | Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Plasma Physics Space Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.00267 |