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1. The first coronal mass ejection observed in both visible-light and UV HI Ly-α channels of the Metis coronagraph on board Solar Orbiter

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V. Andretta, A. Bemporad, Y. De Leo, G. Jerse, F. Landini, M. Mierla, G. Naletto, M. Romoli, C. Sasso, A. Slemer, D. Spadaro, R. Susino, D.-C. Talpeanu, D. Telloni, L. Teriaca, M. Uslenghi, E. Antonucci, F. Auchère, D. Berghmans, A. Berlicki, G. Capobianco, G. E. Capuano, C. Casini, M. Casti, P. Chioetto, V. Da Deppo, M. Fabi, S. Fineschi, F. Frassati, F. Frassetto, S. Giordano, C. Grimani, P. Heinzel, A. Liberatore, E. Magli, G. Massone, M. Messerotti, D. Moses, G. Nicolini, M. Pancrazzi, M.-G. Pelizzo, P. Romano, U. Schühle, M. Stangalini, Th. Straus, C. A. Volpicelli, L. Zangrilli, P. Zuppella, L. Abbo, R. Aznar Cuadrado, R. Bruno, A. Ciaravella, R. D’Amicis, P. Lamy, A. Lanzafame, A. M. Malvezzi, P. Nicolosi, G. Nisticò, H. Peter, C. Plainaki, L. Poletto, F. Reale, S. K. Solanki, L. Strachan, G. Tondello, K. Tsinganos, M. Velli, R. Ventura, J.-C. Vial, J. Woch, G. Zimbardo, Andretta V., Bemporad A., De Leo Y., Jerse G., Landini F., Mierla M., Naletto G., Romoli M., Sasso C., Slemer A., Spadaro D., Susino R., Talpeanu D.-C., Telloni D., Teriaca L., Uslenghi M., Antonucci E., Auchere F., Berghmans D., Berlicki A., Capobianco G., Capuano G.E., Casini C., Casti M., Chioetto P., Da Deppo V., Fabi M., Fineschi S., Frassati F., Frassetto F., Giordano S., Grimani C., Heinzel P., Liberatore A., Magli E., Massone G., Messerotti M., Moses D., Nicolini G., Pancrazzi M., Pelizzo M.-G., Romano P., Schuhle U., Stangalini M., Straus T., Volpicelli C.A., Zangrilli L., Zuppella P., Abbo L., Aznar Cuadrado R., Bruno R., Ciaravella A., D'amicis R., Lamy P., Lanzafame A., Malvezzi A.M., Nicolosi P., Nistico G., Peter H., Plainaki C., Poletto L., Reale F., Solanki S.K., Strachan L., Tondello G., Tsinganos K., Velli M., Ventura R., Vial J.-C., Woch J., Zimbardo G., INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte (OAC), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (OATo), Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung (MPS), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Dipartamento di Fisica e Astronomia 'Ettore Majorana', Università degli studi di Catania [Catania], INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste (OAT), Royal Observatory of Belgium [Brussels] (ROB), Institute of Geodynamics of the Romanian Academy, Romanian Academy, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia 'Galileo Galilei', Universita degli Studi di Padova, CNR Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie [Padova] (IFN), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche [Roma] (CNR), Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia [Firenze], Università degli Studi di Firenze = University of Florence [Firenze] (UNIFI), INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania (OACT), Catholic University of Leuven - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica - Milano (IASF-MI), Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astronomical Institute [Wroclaw], University of Wrocław [Poland] (UWr), Centro di Ateneo di Studi e Attività Spaziali 'Giuseppe Colombo' (CISAS), Dipartimento di Scienze Pure et Applicate (DiSPea), Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Firenze (INFN, Sezione di Firenze), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences (ASU / CAS), Czech Academy of Sciences [Prague] (CAS), Università degli studi di Torino (UNITO), Dipartimento di Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni [Torino] (DET), Politecnico di Torino = Polytechnic of Turin (Polito), NASA Headquarters, Istituto di Elettronica e di Ingegneria dell'Informazione e delle Telecomunicazioni (IEIIT), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali - INAF (IAPS), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo (OAPa), HELIOS - LATMOS, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), Università di Pavia, Dipartimento di Fisica [Arcavacata di Rende], Università della Calabria [Arcavacata di Rende] (Unical), Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica 'Emilio Segrè' (DiFC), Università degli studi di Palermo - University of Palermo, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Department of Physics [Athens], National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), University of California [Los Angeles] (UCLA), and University of California

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Physics, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, [SDU.ASTR.SR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Solar and Stellar Astrophysics [astro-ph.SR], Sun: corona, Sun: coronal mass ejections (CMEs), Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Alpha (navigation), Sun: UV radiation, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, On board, Orbiter, Space and Planetary Science, law, 0103 physical sciences, Coronal mass ejection, Metis, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Coronagraph, Sun: atmosphere, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Visible spectrum, Sun: atmosphere – Sun: corona – Sun: UV radiation – Sun: coronal mass ejections (CMEs)
Abstract

Context.The Metis coronagraph on board Solar Orbiter offers a new view of coronal mass ejections (CMEs), observing them for the first time with simultaneous images acquired with a broad-band filter in the visible-light interval and with a narrow-band filter around the H ILy-αline at 121.567 nm, the so-called Metis UV channel.Aims.We show the first Metis observations of a CME, obtained on 16 and 17 January 2021. The event was also observed by the EUI/FSI imager on board Solar Orbiter, as well as by other space-based coronagraphs, such as STEREO-A/COR2 and SOHO/LASCO/C2, whose images are combined here with Metis data.Methods.Different images are analysed here to reconstruct the 3D orientation of the expanding CME flux rope using the graduated cylindrical shell model. This also allows us to identify the possible location of the source region. Measurements of the CME kinematics allow us to quantify the expected Doppler dimming in the Ly-αchannel.Results.Observations show that most CME features seen in the visible-light images are also seen in the Ly-αimages, although some features in the latter channel appear more structured than their visible-light counterparts. We estimated the expansion velocity of this event to be below 140 km s−1. Hence, these observations can be understood by assuming that Doppler dimming effects do not strongly reduce the Ly-αemission from the CME. These velocities are comparable with or smaller than the radial velocities inferred from the same data in a similar coronal structure on the east side of the Sun.Conclusions.The first observations by Metis of a CME demonstrate the capability of the instrument to provide valuable and novel information on the structure and dynamics of these coronal events. Considering also its diagnostics capabilities regarding the conditions of the ambient corona, Metis promises to significantly advance our knowledge of such phenomena.

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2021
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2. Cavezzo, the first Italian meteorite recovered by the PRISMA fireball network. Orbit, trajectory, and strewn-field

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C. A. Volpicelli, Enrico Cascone, M. Belluso, Stefano Basso, Riccardo Smareglia, Cyril Blanpain, A. Andreis, G. Monti, M. E. Bertaina, S. Masiero, Tonino Pisanu, G. Interrante, F. Lippolis, G. Tigani Sava, G. Valente, D. Barghini, Sonia Zorba, Alberto Buzzoni, V. Gagliarducci, M. Soldi, Fabio Manca, Cristina Knapic, Cristian Carli, M. Montesarchio, Giovanni Pratesi, S. Rubinetti, D. Licchelli, T. Avoscan, A. Misiano, D. Cricchio, F. Federici, P. Colombetti, M. Romeo, G. Ascione, Daniele Gardiol, Alberto Cellino, A. Gerardi, François Colas, M. Suvieri, F. Strafella, R. Di Luca, F. Bernardi, A. Nastasi, J. L. Rault, S. Jeanne, C. Simoncelli, R. Stanga, Monica Lazzarin, C. Romeni, C. Cattaneo, S. Rasetti, Albino Carbognani, A. Malgoyre, Jader Monari, P. Demaria, Carla Taricco, M. Tombelli, Gabriele Giuli, Giuseppe Leto, A. Di Dato, N. Rizzi, M. Di Carlo, R. Serra, A. Pegoraro, Sylvain Bouley, S. Pietronave, Matteo Albani, R. Baldini, D. Guidetti, F. Salvati, M. Montemaggi, G. D’Agostino, Elisa Londero, A. Zollo, Chiara Marmo, F. Mannucci, W. Riva, J. Vaubaillon, Brigitte Zanda, Mirel Birlan, M. Rigoni, P. Morini, Jérôme Gattacceca, U. Repetti, M. Pavone, R. Zagarella, G. Cremonese, S. Meucci, S. Lera, R. Bellitto, M. D’Elia, A. Balestrero, F. Affaticati, M. De Maio, T. Carriero, R. Masi, S. Mancuso, Giovanni B. Valsecchi, Emilio Molinari, N. Pugno, R. Salerno, R. Bonino, R. Pardini, Pierre Vernazza, P. Russo, A. Bussi, V. Moggi Cecchi, C. Benna, G. M. Stirpe, K. Boros, J. Lecubin, P. Bacci, Gabriele Umbriaco, M. Costa, D. Selvestrel, E. Pace, M. Di Martino, R. Vairetti, E. Colombi, L. Betti, P. Trivero, P. Volpini, Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Lille-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre européen de recherche et d'enseignement des géosciences de l'environnement (CEREGE), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Collège de France (CdF (institution))-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Collège de France (CdF (institution))-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Gardiol, D., Barghini, D., Buzzoni, A., Carbognani, A., Di Carlo, M., Di Martino, M., Knapic, C., Londero, E., Pratesi, G., Rasetti, S., Riva, W., Salerno, R., Stirpe, G. M., Valsecchi, G. B., Volpicelli, C. A., Zorba, S., Colas, F., Zanda, B., Bouley, S., Jeanne, S., Malgoyre, A., Birlan, M., Blanpain, C., Gattacceca, J., Lecubin, J., Marmo, C., Rault, J. L., Vaubaillon, J., Vernazza, P., Affaticati, F., Albani, M., Andreis, A., Ascione, G., Avoscan, T., Bacci, P., Baldini, R., Balestrero, A., Basso, S., Bellitto, R., Belluso, M., Benna, C., Bernardi, F., Bertaina, M. E., Betti, L., Bonino, R., Boros, K., Bussi, A., Carli, C., Carriero, T., Cascone, E., Cattaneo, C., Cellino, A., Colombetti, P., Colombi, E., Costa, M., Cremonese, G., Cricchio, D., D'Agostino, G., D'Elia, M., De Maio, M., Demaria, P., Di Dato, A., Di Luca, R., Federici, F., Gagliarducci, V., Gerardi, A., Giuli, G., Guidetti, D., Interrante, G., Lazzarin, M., Lera, S., Leto, G., Licchelli, D., Lippolis, F., Manca, F., Mancuso, S., Mannucci, F., Masi, R., Masiero, S., Meucci, S., Misiano, A., Moggi Cecchi, V., Molinari, E., Monari, J., Montemaggi, M., Montesarchio, M., Monti, G., Morini, P., Nastasi, A., Pace, E., Pardini, R., Pavone, M., Pegoraro, A., Pietronave, S., Pisanu, T., Pugno, N., Repetti, U., Rigoni, M., Rizzi, N., Romeni, C., Romeo, M., Rubinetti, S., Russo, P., Salvati, F., Selvestrel, D., Serra, R., Simoncelli, C., Smareglia, R., Soldi, M., Stanga, R., Strafella, F., Suvieri, M., Taricco, C., Tigani Sava, G., Tombelli, M., Trivero, P., Umbriaco, G., Vairetti, R., Valente, G., Volpini, P., Zagarella, R., Zollo, A., Gardiol D., Barghini D., Buzzoni A., Carbognani A., Di Carlo M., Di Martino M., Knapic C., Londero E., Pratesi G., Rasetti S., Riva W., Salerno R., Stirpe G.M., Valsecchi G.B., Volpicelli C.A., Zorba S., Colas F., Zanda B., Bouley S., Jeanne S., Malgoyre A., Birlan M., Blanpain C., Gattacceca J., Lecubin J., Marmo C., Rault J.L., Vaubaillon J., Vernazza P., Affaticati F., Albani M., Andreis A., Ascione G., Avoscan T., Bacci P., Baldini R., Balestrero A., Basso S., Bellitto R., Belluso M., Benna C., Bernardi F., Bertaina M.E., Betti L., Bonino R., Boros K., Bussi A., Carli C., Carriero T., Cascone E., Cattaneo C., Cellino A., Colombetti P., Colombi E., Costa M., Cremonese G., Cricchio D., D'Agostino G., D'Elia M., De Maio M., Demaria P., Di Dato A., Di Luca R., Federici F., Gagliarducci V., Gerardi A., Giuli G., Guidetti D., Interrante G., Lazzarin M., Lera S., Leto G., Licchelli D., Lippolis F., Manca F., Mancuso S., Mannucci F., Masi R., Masiero S., Meucci S., Misiano A., Moggi Cecchi V., Molinari E., Monari J., Montemaggi M., Montesarchio M., Monti G., Morini P., Nastasi A., Pace E., Pardini R., Pavone M., Pegoraro A., Pietronave S., Pisanu T., Pugno N., Repetti U., Rigoni M., Rizzi N., Romeni C., Romeo M., Rubinetti S., Russo P., Salvati F., Selvestrel D., Serra R., Simoncelli C., Smareglia R., Soldi M., Stanga R., Strafella F., Suvieri M., Taricco C., Tigani Sava G., Tombelli M., Trivero P., Umbriaco G., Vairetti R., Valente G., Volpini P., Zagarella R., Zollo A., and ITA

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meteoroids -methods: data analysis -techniques: image processing, 010502 geochemistry & geophysics, 01 natural sciences, Strewn field, meteorites, 0103 physical sciences, meteors, meteoroids, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, meteoroid, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Physics, Meteoroid, image processing, methods: data analysis, techniques, meteor, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, meteorite, Meteorite, Space and Planetary Science, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], data analysi [methods], Trajectory, Orbit (control theory)
Abstract

Two meteorite pieces have been recovered in Italy, near the town of Cavezzo (Modena), on 2020 January 4th. The associated fireball was observed on the evening of New Year’s Day 2020 by eight all-sky cameras of the PRISMA fireball network, a partner of FRIPON. The computed trajectory had an inclination angle of approximately 68° and a velocity at infinity of 12.8 km s−1. Together with the relatively low terminal height, estimated as 21.5 km, those values were indicating the significant possibility of a meteorite dropping event, as additionally confirmed by the non-zero residual total mass. The strewn-field was computed taking into account the presence of two bright light flashes, revealing that the meteoroid had been very likely subject to fragmentation. Three days after the event, two samples, weighing 3.1 and 52.2 g, were collected as a result of a dedicated field search and thanks to the involvement of the local people. The two pieces were immediately recognized as freshly fallen fragments of meteorite. The computed orbital elements, compared with the ones of known Near-Earth Asteroids from the NEODyS database, are compatible with one asteroid only; 2013 VC10. The estimated original mass of the meteoroid, 3.5 kg, and size, approximately 13 cm, is so far the smallest among the current 35 cases in which meteorites were recovered from precise strewn-field computation thanks to observational data. This result demonstrates the effectiveness of accurate processing of fireball network data even on challenging events generated by small size meteoroids.

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2021
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3. First light observations of the solar wind in the outer corona with the Metis coronagraph

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F. Reale, Giuseppe Tondello, Daniele Telloni, P. Zuppella, Jean-Claude Vial, D. Moses, Luca Teriaca, Giampiero Naletto, Marco Romoli, Petr Heinzel, Federico Landini, Piergiorgio Nicolosi, Udo Schühle, Michela Uslenghi, Maurizio Pancrazzi, Silvano Fineschi, Rita Ventura, Leonard Strachan, Raffaella D'Amicis, Alessandro Liberatore, Christina Plainaki, Mauro Messerotti, Enrico Magli, Marco Stangalini, C.A. Volpicelli, Roberto Bruno, Alessandro Bemporad, Giuseppe Massone, F. Frassetto, R. Aznar Cuadrado, A. Berlicki, F. Auchere, Paolo Romano, G. Capuano, A. M. Malvezzi, Silvio Giordano, Y. De Leo, V. Da Deppo, T. Straus, Kanaris Tsinganos, Alessandra Slemer, Sami K. Solanki, Hardi Peter, V. Andretta, Cooper Downs, Daniele Spadaro, Gerardo Capobianco, A. C. Lanzafame, Gianalfredo Nicolini, Roberto Susino, Clementina Sasso, L. Zangrilli, Marco Velli, M. Casti, E. Antonucci, Angela Ciaravella, Giuseppe Nisticò, Catia Grimani, Lucia Abbo, G. Jerse, M. Fabi, Federica Frassati, Luca Poletto, Philippe Lamy, Y. M. Wang, Joachim Woch, M. G. Pelizzo, G. Zimbardo, Università degli Studi di Firenze = University of Florence [Firenze] (UNIFI), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte (OAC), Università degli studi di Catania [Catania], INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania (OACT), CNR Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie [Padova] (IFN), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche [Roma] (CNR), Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung (MPS), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Predictive Sciences Inc., INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (OATo), Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences (ASU / CAS), Czech Academy of Sciences [Prague] (CAS), Università degli studi di Torino (UNITO), Universita degli Studi di Padova, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica - Milano (IASF-MI), Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Catholic University of America, Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', Università degli studi di Trieste, Politecnico di Torino = Polytechnic of Turin (Polito), NASA Headquarters, Institute of Electronics, Computer and Telecommunication Engineering (IEIIT-CNR), Politecnico di Torino = Polytechnic of Turin (Polito)-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche [Torino] (CNR), Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astronomical Institute [Wroclaw], University of Wrocław [Poland] (UWr), Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali - INAF (IAPS), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo (OAPa), HELIOS - LATMOS, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), Università di Pavia, Università della Calabria [Arcavacata di Rende] (Unical), Università degli studi di Palermo - University of Palermo, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), University of California [Los Angeles] (UCLA), University of California, Romoli M., Antonucci E., Andretta V., Capuano G.E., Da Deppo V., De Leo Y., Downs C., Fineschi S., Heinzel P., Landini F., Liberatore A., Naletto G., Nicolini G., Pancrazzi M., Sasso C., Spadaro D., Susino R., Telloni D., Teriaca L., Uslenghi M., Wang Y.-M., Bemporad A., Capobianco G., Casti M., Fabi M., Frassati F., Frassetto F., Giordano S., Grimani C., Jerse G., Magli E., Massone G., Messerotti M., Moses D., Pelizzo M.-G., Romano P., Schuhle U., Slemer A., Stangalini M., Straus T., Volpicelli C.A., Zangrilli L., Zuppella P., Abbo L., Auchere F., Aznar Cuadrado R., Berlicki A., Bruno R., Ciaravella A., D'amicis R., Lamy P., Lanzafame A., Malvezzi A.M., Nicolosi P., Nistico G., Peter H., Plainaki C., Poletto L., Reale F., Solanki S.K., Strachan L., Tondello G., Tsinganos K., Velli M., Ventura R., Vial J.-C., Woch J., and Zimbardo G.

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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Solar wind, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Wind speed, law.invention, symbols.namesake, Sun: corona – solar wind – Sun: UV radiation, law, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Coronagraph, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Physics, [SDU.ASTR.SR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Solar and Stellar Astrophysics [astro-ph.SR], Sun: corona, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Plasma, Solar wind, Sun: corona, Sun: UV radiation, Sun: UV radiation, Corona, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Temporal resolution, Physics::Space Physics, symbols, Outflow, Doppler effect
Abstract

In this work, we present an investigation of the wind in the solar corona that has been initiated by observations of the resonantly scattered ultraviolet emission of the coronal plasma obtained with UVCS-SOHO, designed to measure the wind outflow speed by applying Doppler dimming diagnostics. Metis on Solar Orbiter complements the UVCS spectroscopic observations that were performed during solar activity cycle 23 by simultaneously imaging the polarized visible light and the H I Lyman-α corona in order to obtain high spatial and temporal resolution maps of the outward velocity of the continuously expanding solar atmosphere. The Metis observations, taken on May 15, 2020, provide the first H I Lyman-α images of the extended corona and the first instantaneous map of the speed of the coronal plasma outflows during the minimum of solar activity and allow us to identify the layer where the slow wind flow is observed. The polarized visible light (580–640 nm) and the ultraviolet H I Lyα (121.6 nm) coronal emissions, obtained with the two Metis channels, were combined in order to measure the dimming of the UV emission relative to a static corona. This effect is caused by the outward motion of the coronal plasma along the direction of incidence of the chromospheric photons on the coronal neutral hydrogen. The plasma outflow velocity was then derived as a function of the measured Doppler dimming. The static corona UV emission was simulated on the basis of the plasma electron density inferred from the polarized visible light. This study leads to the identification, in the velocity maps of the solar corona, of the high-density layer about ±10° wide, centered on the extension of a quiet equatorial streamer present at the east limb – the coronal origin of the heliospheric current sheet – where the slowest wind flows at about 160 ± 18 km s−1 from 4 R⊙ to 6 R⊙. Beyond the boundaries of the high-density layer, the wind velocity rapidly increases, marking the transition between slow and fast wind in the corona.

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2021
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