Prevalence of magnetic reconnection in the near-Sun heliospheric current sheet
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DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039863
Abstract: During three of its first five orbits around the Sun, Parker Solar Probe (PSP) crossed the large-scale heliospheric current sheet (HCS) multiple times and provided unprecedented detailed plasma and field observations of the near-Sun HCS.… read more here.
Keywords: heliospheric current; near sun; hcs; current sheet ... See more keywords
The Solar Wind and Heliospheric Current System in the Years of Maximum and Minimum Solar Activity
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DOI: 10.1134/s0010952518060059
Abstract: Within the axisymmetric MHD model of the solar wind, the magnetic field of the Sun has been analyzed in two phases of the solar cycle: the minimum activity, when the dipole magnetic field dominates and… read more here.
Keywords: heliospheric current; solar activity; wind; field ... See more keywords