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1. Coronal Heating Rate in the Slow Solar Wind

Author

Telloni, Daniele, Romoli, Marco, Velli, Marco, Zank, Gary P., Adhikari, Laxman, Downs, Cooper, Burtovoi, Aleksandr, Susino, Roberto, Spadaro, Daniele, Zhao, Lingling, Liberatore, Alessandro, Shi, Chen, De Leo, Yara, Abbo, Lucia, Frassati, Federica, Jerse, Giovanna, Landini, Federico, Nicolini, Gianalfredo, Pancrazzi, Maurizio, Russano, Giuliana, Sasso, Clementina, Andretta, Vincenzo, Da Deppo, Vania, Fineschi, Silvano, Grimani, Catia, Heinzel, Petr, Moses, John D., Naletto, Giampiero, Stangalini, Marco, Teriaca, Luca, Uslenghi, Michela, Berlicki, Arkadiusz, Bruno, Roberto, Capobianco, Gerardo, Capuano, Giuseppe E., Casini, Chiara, Casti, Marta, Chioetto, Paolo, Corso, Alain J., D'Amicis, Raffaella, Fabi, Michele, Frassetto, Fabio, Giarrusso, Marina, Giordano, Silvio, Guglielmino, Salvo L., Magli, Enrico, Massone, Giuseppe, Messerotti, Mauro, Nisticò, Giuseppe, Pelizzo, Maria G., Reale, Fabio, Romano, Paolo, Schühle, Udo, Solanki, Sami K., Straus, Thomas, Ventura, Rita, Volpicelli, Cosimo A., Zangrilli, Luca, Zimbardo, Gaetano, Zuppella, Paola, Bale, Stuart D., and Kasper, Justin C.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Physics - Space Physics, FOS: Physical sciences, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
Abstract

This Letter reports the first observational estimate of the heating rate in the slowly expanding solar corona. The analysis exploits the simultaneous remote and local observations of the same coronal plasma volume with the Solar Orbiter/Metis and the Parker Solar Probe instruments, respectively, and relies on the basic solar wind magnetohydrodynamic equations. As expected, energy losses are a minor fraction of the solar wind energy flux, since most of the energy dissipation that feeds the heating and acceleration of the coronal flow occurs much closer to the Sun than the heights probed in the present study, which range from 6.3 to 13.3 solar radii. The energy deposited to the supersonic wind is then used to explain the observed slight residual wind acceleration and to maintain the plasma in a non-adiabatic state. As derived in the Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin limit, the present energy transfer rate estimates provide a lower limit, which can be very useful in refining the turbulence-based modeling of coronal heating and subsequent solar wind acceleration.

Published
2023
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2. Exploring the Solar Wind from Its Source on the Corona into the Inner Heliosphere during the First Solar Orbiter-Parker Solar Probe Quadrature

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Froment, C., Krasnoselskikh, V., Agapitov, O., Fargette, N., Lavraud, B., Larosa, A., Kretzschmar, M., Jagarlamudi, V., Velli, Marco, Malaspina, David, Whittlesey, Phyllis, Bale, Stuart, Case, Anthony, Goetz, Keith, Kasper, Justin, Korreck, Kelly, Larson, Davin, MacDowall, Robert, Mozer, F., Pulupa, Marc, Revillet, C., Stevens, Michael, Telloni, Daniele, Andretta, Vincenzo, Antonucci, Ester, Bemporad, Alessandro, Capuano, Giuseppe, Fineschi, Silvano, Giordano, Silvio, Habbal, Shadia, Perrone, Denise, Pinto, Rui, Sorriso-Valvo, Luca, Spadaro, Daniele, Susino, Roberto, Woodham, Lloyd, Zank, Gary, Romoli, Marco, Auchère, Frédéric, Bruno, Roberto, Capobianco, Gerardo, Casini, Chiara, Casti, Marta, Chioetto, Paolo, Corso, Alain, Da Deppo, Vania, De Leo, Yara, Dudok De Wit, Thierry, Frassati, Federica, Frassetto, Fabio, Guglielmino, Salvo, Harvey, Peter, Heinzel, Petr, Jerse, Giovanna, Landini, Federico, Liberatore, Alessandro, Livi, Roberto, Magli, Enrico, Massone, Giuseppe, Messerotti, Mauro, Moses, John, Naletto, Giampiero, Nicolini, Gianalfredo, Nisticò, Giuseppe, Panasenco, Olga, Pancrazzi, Maurizio, Pelizzo, Maria, Reale, Fabio, Romano, Paolo, Sasso, Clementina, Schühle, Udo, Stangalini, Marco, Strachan, Leonard, Straus, Thomas, Teriaca, Luca, Uslenghi, Michela, Verscharen, Daniel, Volpicelli, Cosimo, Zangrilli, Luca, Zimbardo, Gaetano, Zuppella, Paola, Telloni, Daniele, Andretta, Vincenzo, Antonucci, Ester, Bemporad, Alessandro, Capuano, Giuseppe E., Fineschi, Silvano, Giordano, Silvio, Habbal, Shadia, Perrone, Denise, Pinto, Rui F., Sorriso-Valvo, Luca, Spadaro, Daniele, Susino, Roberto, Woodham, Lloyd D., Zank, Gary P., Romoli, Marco, Bale, Stuart D., Kasper, Justin C., Auchère, Frédéric, Bruno, Roberto, Capobianco, Gerardo, Case, Anthony W., Casini, Chiara, Casti, Marta, Chioetto, Paolo, Corso, Alain J., Da Deppo, Vania, De Leo, Yara, Dudok de Wit, Thierry, Frassati, Federica, Frassetto, Fabio, Goetz, Keith, Guglielmino, Salvo L., Harvey, Peter R., Heinzel, Petr, Jerse, Giovanna, Korreck, Kelly E., Landini, Federico, Larson, Davin, Liberatore, Alessandro, Livi, Roberto, MacDowall, Robert J., Magli, Enrico, Malaspina, David M., Massone, Giuseppe, Messerotti, Mauro, Moses, John D., Naletto, Giampiero, Nicolini, Gianalfredo, Nisticò, Giuseppe, Panasenco, Olga, Pancrazzi, Maurizio, Pelizzo, Maria G., Pulupa, Marc, Reale, Fabio, Romano, Paolo, Sasso, Clementina, Schühle, Udo, Stangalini, Marco, Stevens, Michael L., Strachan, Leonard, Straus, Thoma, Teriaca, Luca, Uslenghi, Michela, Velli, Marco, Verscharen, Daniel, Volpicelli, Cosimo A., Whittlesey, Phylli, Zangrilli, Luca, Zimbardo, Gaetano, Zuppella, Paola, Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace (LPC2E), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 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 d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES)

Subjects
[PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Solar wind, FOS: Physical sciences, Solar radius, Solar corona, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Current sheet, Orbiter, Magnetohydrodynamics, Interplanetary turbulence, Heliosphere, Physics - Space Physics, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-PLASM-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Plasma Physics [physics.plasm-ph], law, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Coronagraph, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Physics, [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Space plasmas, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Plasma, [PHYS.ASTR.SR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Solar and Stellar Astrophysics [astro-ph.SR], Corona, Space Physics (physics.space-ph), [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-SPACE-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Space Physics [physics.space-ph], Physics - Plasma Physics, Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph), Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Physics::Space Physics, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-DATA-AN]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability [physics.data-an]
Abstract

This Letter addresses the first Solar Orbiter (SO) -- Parker Solar Probe (PSP) quadrature, occurring on January 18, 2021, to investigate the evolution of solar wind from the extended corona to the inner heliosphere. Assuming ballistic propagation, the same plasma volume observed remotely in corona at altitudes between 3.5 and 6.3 solar radii above the solar limb with the Metis coronagraph on SO can be tracked to PSP, orbiting at 0.1 au, thus allowing the local properties of the solar wind to be linked to the coronal source region from where it originated. Thanks to the close approach of PSP to the Sun and the simultaneous Metis observation of the solar corona, the flow-aligned magnetic field and the bulk kinetic energy flux density can be empirically inferred along the coronal current sheet with an unprecedented accuracy, allowing in particular estimation of the Alfv\'en radius at 8.7 solar radii during the time of this event. This is thus the very first study of the same solar wind plasma as it expands from the sub-Alfv\'enic solar corona to just above the Alfv\'en surface., Comment: 10 pages, 4 figures

Published
2021
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3. Cosmic-ray flux predictions and observations for and with Metis on board Solar Orbiter

Author

Grimani, C., ANDRETTA, Vincenzo, Chioetto, P., V. Da Deppo, Fabi, M., Gissot, S., Naletto, G., Persici, A., Plainaki, C., Romoli, M., Sabbatini, F., SPADARO, Daniele, STANGALINI, MARCO, TELLONI, Daniele, USLENGHI, MICHELA, Antonucci, E., BEMPORAD, Alessandro, CAPOBIANCO, Gerardo, Capuano, G., Casti, M., De Leo, Y., FINESCHI, Silvano, FRASSATI, FEDERICA, Frassetto, F., Heinzel, P., Jerse, G., LANDINI, FEDERICO, Liberatore, A., Magli, E., MESSEROTTI, Mauro, Moses, D., NICOLINI, Gianalfredo, PANCRAZZI, Maurizio, Pelizzo, M. G., ROMANO, Paolo, SASSO, CLEMENTINA, Schühle, U., Slemer, A., STRAUS, Thomas Adolf, SUSINO, ROBERTO, Teriaca, L., VOLPICELLI, Cosimo Antonio, Freiherr von Forstner, J. L., and Zuppella, P.

Subjects
cosmic rays – solar-terrestrial relations – instrumentation: detectors, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Physics::Space Physics, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
Abstract

The Metis coronagraph is one of the remote sensing instruments hosted on board the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter mission. Metis is devoted to carry out the first simultaneous imaging of the solar corona in both visible light (VL) and ultraviolet (UV). High-energy particles penetrate spacecraft materials and may limit the performance of on-board instruments. A study of galactic cosmic-ray (GCR) tracks observed in the first VL images gathered by Metis during the commissioning phase for a total of 60 seconds of exposure time is presented here. A similar analysis is planned for the UV channel. A prediction of the GCR flux up to hundreds of GeV is made here for the first part of the Solar Orbiter mission to study the Metis coronagraph performance. GCR model predictions are compared to observations gathered on board Solar Orbiter by the EPD/HET experiment in the range 10 MeV-100 MeV in the summer 2020 and with previous measurements. Estimated cosmic-ray fluxes above 70 MeV n$^{-1}$ have been also parameterized and used for Monte Carlo simulations aiming at reproducing the cosmic-ray track observations in the Metis coronagraph VL images. The same parameterizations can also be used to study the performance of other detectors. By comparing observations of cosmic-ray tracks in the Metis VL images with FLUKA Monte Carlo simulations of cosmic-ray interactions in the VL detector, it is found that cosmic rays fire a fraction of the order of 10$^{-4}$ of the whole image pixel sample. Therefore, cosmic rays do not affect sensibly the quality of Metis VL images. It is also found that the overall efficiency for cosmic-ray identification in the Metis VL images is approximately equal to the contribution of Z$>$2 particles. As a result, the Metis coronagraph may play the role of a proton monitor for long-term GCR variations during the overall mission duration., 11 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication on Astronomy & Astrophysics

Published
2021
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4. Luminous efficiency based on FRIPON meteors

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Drolshagen, Esther, Ott, Theresa, Koschny, Detlef, Drolshagen, Gerhard, Vaubaillon, Jeremie, Colas, Francois, Trigo-Rodriguez, Josep Maria, Zanda, Brigitte, Bouley, Sylvain, Jeanne, Simon, Malgoyre, Adrien, Birlan, Mirel, Vernazza, Pierre, Gardiol, Daniele, Nedelcu, Dan Alin, Rowe, Jim, Forcier, Mathieu, Asensio, Eloy Peña, Lamy, Herve, Ferrière, Ludovic, Barghini, Dario, Carbognani, Albino, Di Martino, Mario, Rasetti, Stefania, Valsecchi, Giovanni Battista, Volpicelli, Cosimo Antonio, Di Carlo, Matteo, Knapic, Cristina, Pratesi, Giovanni, Riva, Walter, Stirpe, Giovanna M., Zorba, Sonia, Hernandez, Olivier, Jehin, Emmanuel, Jobin, Marc, King, Ashley, Sanchez-Lavega, Agustin, Toni, Andrea, and Poppe, Björn

Subjects
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

In meteor physics the luminous efficiency ${\tau}$ is used to convert the meteor's magnitude to the corresponding meteoroid's mass. However, lack of sufficiently accurate verification methods or adequate laboratory tests leave this parameter to be controversially discussed. In this work meteor/fireball data obtained by the Fireball Recovery and InterPlanetary Observation Network (FRIPON) was used to calculate the masses of the pre-atmospheric meteoroids which could in turn be compared to the meteor brightnesses to assess their luminous efficiencies. For that, deceleration-based formulas for the mass computation were used. We have found ${\tau}$-values, as well as the shape change coefficients, of 294 fireballs with determined masses in the range of $10^{-6}$ kg - $100$ kg. The derived ${\tau}$-values have a median of ${\tau}_{median}$ = 2.17 %. Most of them are on the order of 0.1 % - 10 %. We present how our values were obtained, compare them with data reported in the literature, and discuss several methods. A dependence of ${\tau}$ on the pre-atmospheric velocity of the meteor, $v_e$, is noticeable with a relation of ${\tau}=0.0023 \cdot v_e^{2.3}$. The higher luminous efficiency of fast meteors could be explained by the higher energy released. Fast meteoroids produce additional emission lines that radiate more efficiently in specific wavelengths due to the appearance of the so-called second component of higher temperature. Furthermore, a dependence of ${\tau}$ on the initial meteoroid mass, $M_e$, was found, with negative linear behaviour in log-log space: ${\tau}=0.48 \cdot M_e^{-0.47}$. This implies that the radiation of smaller meteoroids is more efficient.

Published
2020
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