Parker Solar Probe Enters the Magnetically Dominated Solar Corona

J. C. Kasper; K. G. Klein; E. Lichko; Jia Huang; C. H.K. Chen; S. T. Badman; J. Bonnell; P. L. Whittlesey; R. Livi; D. Larson; M. Pulupa; A. Rahmati; D. Stansby; K. E. Korreck; M. Stevens; A. W. Case; S. D. Bale; M. Maksimovic; M. Moncuquet; K. Goetz; J. S. Halekas; D. Malaspina; Nour E. Raouafi; A. Szabo; R. Macdowall; Marco Velli; Thierry Dudok De Wit; G. P. Zank

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.255101

Parker Solar Probe Enters the Magnetically Dominated Solar Corona

J. C. Kasper, K. G. Klein, E. Lichko, Jia Huang, C. H.K. Chen, S. T. Badman, J. Bonnell, P. L. Whittlesey, R. Livi, D. Larson, M. Pulupa, A. Rahmati, D. Stansby, K. E. Korreck, M. Stevens, A. W. Case, S. D. Bale, M. Maksimovic, M. Moncuquet, K. GoetzJ. S. Halekas, D. Malaspina, Nour E. Raouafi, A. Szabo, R. Macdowall, Marco Velli, Thierry Dudok De Wit, G. P. Zank

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The high temperatures and strong magnetic fields of the solar corona form streams of solar wind that expand through the Solar System into interstellar space. At 09:33 UT on 28 April 2021 Parker Solar Probe entered the magnetized atmosphere of the Sun 13 million km above the photosphere, crossing below the Alfvén critical surface for five hours into plasma in casual contact with the Sun with an Alfvén Mach number of 0.79 and magnetic pressure dominating both ion and electron pressure. The spectrum of turbulence below the Alfvén critical surface is reported. Magnetic mapping suggests the region was a steady flow emerging on rapidly expanding coronal magnetic field lines lying above a pseudostreamer. The sub-Alfvénic nature of the flow may be due to suppressed magnetic reconnection at the base of the pseudostreamer, as evidenced by unusually low densities in this region and the magnetic mapping.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	A61
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	127
Issue number	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.255101
State	Published - Dec 17 2021

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Kasper, J. C., Klein, K. G., Lichko, E., Huang, J., Chen, C. H. K., Badman, S. T., Bonnell, J., Whittlesey, P. L., Livi, R., Larson, D., Pulupa, M., Rahmati, A., Stansby, D., Korreck, K. E., Stevens, M., Case, A. W., Bale, S. D., Maksimovic, M., Moncuquet, M., ... Zank, G. P. (2021). Parker Solar Probe Enters the Magnetically Dominated Solar Corona. Physical review letters, 127(25), Article A61. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.255101

Kasper, JC, Klein, KG, Lichko, E, Huang, J, Chen, CHK, Badman, ST, Bonnell, J, Whittlesey, PL, Livi, R, Larson, D, Pulupa, M, Rahmati, A, Stansby, D, Korreck, KE, Stevens, M, Case, AW, Bale, SD, Maksimovic, M, Moncuquet, M, Goetz, K, Halekas, JS, Malaspina, D, Raouafi, NE, Szabo, A, Macdowall, R, Velli, M, Dudok De Wit, T & Zank, GP 2021, 'Parker Solar Probe Enters the Magnetically Dominated Solar Corona', Physical review letters, vol. 127, no. 25, A61. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.255101

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