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Connecting Solar Wind Velocity Spikes Measured by Solar Orbiter and Coronal Brightenings Observed by SDO
| Title: | Connecting Solar Wind Velocity Spikes Measured by Solar Orbiter and Coronal Brightenings Observed by SDO |
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| Authors: | Chuanpeng Hou, Alexis P. Rouillard, Jiansen He, Bahaeddine Gannouni, Victor Réville, Philippe Louarn, Andrey Fedorov, Lubomír Přech, Christopher J. Owen, Daniel Verscharen, Raffaella D’Amicis, Luca Sorriso-Valvo, Naïs Fargette, Jesse Coburn, Vincent Génot, Jim M. Raines, Roberto Bruno, Stefano Livi, Benoit Lavraud, Nicolas André, Gabriel Fruit, Rungployphan Kieokaew, Illya Plotnikov, Emmanuel Penou, Alain Barthe, Dhiren Kataria, Matthieu Berthomier, Frederic Allegrini, Vito Fortunato, Gennaro Mele, Timothy Horbury |
| Source: | The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol 968, Iss 2, p L28 (2024) |
| Publisher Information: | IOP Publishing, 2024. |
| Publication Year: | 2024 |
| Collection: | LCC:Astrophysics |
| Subject Terms: | Interplanetary magnetic fields, Solar wind, Solar coronal transients, Supergranulation, Astrophysics, QB460-466 |
| More Details: | The Parker Solar Probe's discovery that magnetic switchbacks and velocity spikes in the young solar wind are abundant has prompted intensive research into their origin(s) and formation mechanism(s) in the solar atmosphere. Recent studies, based on in situ measurements and numerical simulations, argue that velocity spikes are produced through interchange magnetic reconnection. Our work studies the relationship between interplanetary velocity spikes and coronal brightenings induced by changes in the photospheric magnetic field. Our analysis focuses on the characteristic periodicities of velocity spikes detected by the Proton Alpha Sensor on the Solar Orbiter during its fifth perihelion pass. Throughout the time period analyzed here, we estimate their origin along the boundary of a coronal hole. Around the boundary region, we identify periodic variations in coronal brightening activity observed by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory. The spectral characteristics of the time series of in situ velocity spikes, remote coronal brightenings, and remote photospheric magnetic flux exhibit correspondence in their periodicities. Therefore, we suggest that the localized small-scale magnetic flux within coronal holes fuels a magnetic reconnection process that can be observed as slight brightness augmentations and outward fluctuations or jets. These dynamic elements may act as mediators, bonding magnetic reconnection with the genesis of velocity spikes and magnetic switchbacks. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2041-8213 2041-8205 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/2041-8205 |
| DOI: | 10.3847/2041-8213/ad4eda |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/7a836c2f50414a569db6b8ee8759f7ee |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.7a836c2f50414a569db6b8ee8759f7ee |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 20418213 20418205 |
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| DOI: | 10.3847/2041-8213/ad4eda |
| Published in: | The Astrophysical Journal Letters |
| Language: | English |