Search Publications

On the slow solar wind with high Alfvénicity: from composition and microphysics to spectral properties

D'Amicis, Raffaella; Bruno, Roberto; Matteini, Lorenzo

Alfvénic fluctuations are very common features in the solar wind and are found especially within the main portion of fast-wind streams while the slow wind usually is less Alfvénic and more variable. In general, the fast and slow winds show many differences, which span from the large-scale structure to small-scale phenomena, including also a differ…

Diagnosing solar wind origins using in situ measurements in the inner heliosphere

Matteini, L.; Horbury, T. S.; Stansby, D.

Robustly identifying the solar sources of individual packets of solar wind measured in interplanetary space remains an open problem. We set out to see if this problem is easier to tackle using solar wind measurements closer to the Sun than 1 au, where the mixing and dynamical interaction of different solar wind streams is reduced. Using measuremen…