The solar probe plus mission: humanity's first visit to our star

NJ Fox, MC Velli, SD Bale, R Decker, A Driesman… - Space Science …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Solar Probe Plus (SPP) will be the first spacecraft to fly into the low solar corona.
SPP's main science goal is to determine the structure and dynamics of the Sun's coronal …

Large gradual solar energetic particle events

M Desai, J Giacalone - Living Reviews in Solar Physics, 2016 - Springer
Solar energetic particles, or SEPs, from suprathermal (few keV) up to relativistic (∼∼ few
GeV) energies are accelerated near the Sun in at least two ways:(1) by magnetic …

Solar modulation of cosmic rays

MS Potgieter - Living Reviews in Solar Physics, 2013 - Springer
This is an overview of the solar modulation of cosmic rays in the heliosphere. It is a broad
topic with numerous intriguing aspects so that a research framework has to be chosen to …

The energetic particle detector-energetic particle instrument suite for the solar orbiter mission

J Rodríguez-Pacheco… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
After decades of observations of solar energetic particles from space-based observatories,
relevant questions on particle injection, transport, and acceleration remain open. To address …

Dayside transient phenomena and their impact on the magnetosphere and ionosphere

H Zhang, Q Zong, H Connor, P Delamere… - Space Science …, 2022 - Springer
Dayside transients, such as hot flow anomalies, foreshock bubbles, magnetosheath jets, flux
transfer events, and surface waves, are frequently observed upstream from the bow shock …

Acceleration and propagation of solar energetic particles

KL Klein, S Dalla - Space Science Reviews, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Solar Energetic Particles (SEPs) are an important component of Space Weather,
including radiation hazard to humans and electronic equipment, and the ionisation of the …

Space-weathering of solar system bodies: A laboratory perspective

CJ Bennett, C Pirim, TM Orlando - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
In the past few years, several major space missions have been completed (eg, Deep Impact,
LCROSS, Chandrayaan-1, Stardust, Hayabusa), and a number of spacecraft are currently …

Recent developments in particle acceleration at shocks: theory and observations

S Perri, A Bykov, H Fahr, H Fichtner… - Space Science Reviews, 2022 - Springer
Energetic particles represent an important component of the plasma in the heliosphere.
They range from particles accelerated at impulsive events in the solar corona and at large …

How do shock waves define the space-time structure of gradual solar energetic particle events?

DV Reames - Space Science Reviews, 2023 - Springer
We revisit the full variety of observed temporal and spatial distributions of energetic solar
protons in “gradual” solar energetic-particle (SEP) events resulting from the spatial …

Four distinct pathways to the element abundances in solar energetic particles

DV Reames - Space Science Reviews, 2020 - Springer
Based upon recent evidence from abundance patterns of chemical elements in solar
energetic particles (SEPs), and, ironically, the belated inclusion of H and He, we can …