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帕克太阳探测器13.3 R $_\odot$太阳风源的预报和验证

Prediction and Verification of Parker Solar Probe Solar Wind Sources at 13.3 R$_\odot$

Samuel T. Badman, Pete Riley, Shaela I. Jones, Tae K. Kim, Robert C. Allen, C. Nick Arge, Stuart D. Bale, Carl J. Henney, Justin C. Kasper, Parisa Mostafavi, Ni… 展开作者

Samuel T. Badman, Pete Riley, Shaela I. Jones, Tae K. Kim, Robert C. Allen, C. Nick Arge, Stuart D. Bale, Carl J. Henney, Justin C. Kasper, Parisa Mostafavi, Nikolai V. Pogorelov, Nour E. Raouafi, Michael L. Stevens, J. L. Verniero

摘要:

绘制日光层航天器和太阳风源之间的联系是理解日冕演变为太阳风和将\textit{in situ}时间序列置于背景中的重要一步。此外,为帕克太阳探测器(PSP)等正在进行的日光层飞行任务提前预测这种联系,对于实现有用的协调远程观测和最大限度地提高科学回报是必要的。估计这种连通性的一般程序是简单的(即日冕模型中的磁场线跟踪),但由于缺乏独立的地面实况和有限的模型约束,很难验证所得到的估计。在最近的轨道上,PSP达到了13.3 $R_\odot$的近日点,而且相对于太阳表面以极快的速度运行,在三天内覆盖了120度经度。在这里,我们介绍了PSP Encounter 10的足迹预测和随后的验证工作,PSP Encounter 10是2021年11月发生的13.3个$R_\odot$轨道中的第一个。我们发现,从这些新的轨道的\textit{in situ}等离子体数据的纵向依赖性提供了一个强大的方法的足迹验证。参考其他遭遇,我们还说明了源映射是最准确的近黄道航天器(如PSP)发生时,太阳活动低的条件下,但也需要强烈弯曲的日光层电流片中纬度或赤道冕洞。最后,我们评论的大规模日冕结构暗示的遭遇10映射,突出了经验赤道切割的阿尔文表面组成的单极磁分界线以上的局部突起。

英文摘要:

Drawing connections between heliospheric spacecraft and solar wind sources is a vital step in understanding the evolution of the solar corona into the solar wind and contextualizing \textit{in situ} timeseries. Furthermore, making advanced predictions of this linkage for ongoing heliospheric missions, such as Parker Solar Probe (PSP), is necessary for achieving useful coordinated remote observations and maximizing scientific return. The general procedure for estimating such connectivity is straightforward (i.e. magnetic field line tracing in a coronal model) but validating the resulting estimates difficult due to the lack of an independent ground truth and limited model constraints. In its most recent orbits, PSP has reached perihelia of 13.3$R_\odot$ and moreover travels extremely fast prograde relative to the solar surface, covering over 120 degrees longitude in three days. Here we present footpoint predictions and subsequent validation efforts for PSP Encounter 10, the first of the 13.3$R_\odot$ orbits, which occurred in November 2021. We show that the longitudinal dependence of \textit{in situ} plasma data from these novel orbits provides a powerful method of footpoint validation. With reference to other encounters, we also illustrate that the conditions under which source mapping is most accurate for near-ecliptic spacecraft (such as PSP) occur when solar activity is low, but also requires that the heliospheric current sheet is strongly warped by mid-latitude or equatorial coronal holes. Lastly, we comment on the large-scale coronal structure implied by the Encounter 10 mapping, highlighting an empirical equatorial cut of the Alfvèn surface consisting of localized protrusions above unipolar magnetic separatrices.

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