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@article{Lavraud:2020:2041-8213/ab8d2d,
author = {Lavraud, B and Fargette, N and Réville, V and Szabo, A and Huang, J and Rouillard, AP and Viall, N and Phan, TD and Kasper, JC and Bale, SD and Berthomier, M and Bonnell, JW and Case, AW and Dudok, de Wit T and Eastwood, JP and Génot, V and Goetz, K and Griton, LS and Halekas, JS and Harvey, P and Kieokaew, R and Klein, KG and Korreck, KE and Kouloumvakos, A and Larson, DE and Lavarra, M and Livi, R and Louarn, P and MacDowall, RJ and Maksimovic, M and Malaspina, D and Nieves-Chinchilla, T and Pinto, RF and Poirier, N and Pulupa, M and Raouafi, NE and Stevens, ML and Toledo-Redondo, S and Whittlesey, PL},
doi = {2041-8213/ab8d2d},
journal = {Letters of the Astrophysical Journal},
pages = {1--8},
title = {The heliospheric current sheet and plasma sheet during Parker Solar Probe’s first orbit},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ab8d2d},
volume = {894},
year = {2020}
}
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AB - We present heliospheric current sheet (HCS) and plasma sheet (HPS) observations during Parker Solar Probe's (PSP) first orbit around the Sun. We focus on the eight intervals that display a true sector boundary (TSB; based on suprathermal electron pitch angle distributions) with one or several associated current sheets. The analysis shows that (1) the main density enhancements in the vicinity of the TSB and HCS are typically associated with electron strahl dropouts, implying magnetic disconnection from the Sun, (2) the density enhancements are just about twice that in the surrounding regions, suggesting mixing of plasmas from each side of the HCS, (3) the velocity changes at the main boundaries are either correlated or anticorrelated with magnetic field changes, consistent with magnetic reconnection, (4) there often exists a layer of disconnected magnetic field just outside the high-density regions, in agreement with a reconnected topology, (5) while a few cases consist of short-lived density and velocity changes, compatible with short-duration reconnection exhausts, most events are much longer and show the presence of flux ropes interleaved with higher-β regions. These findings are consistent with the transient release of density blobs and flux ropes through sequential magnetic reconnection at the tip of the helmet streamer. The data also demonstrate that, at least during PSP's first orbit, the only structure that may be defined as the HPS is the density structure that results from magnetic reconnection, and its byproducts, likely released near the tip of the helmet streamer.
AU - Lavraud,B
AU - Fargette,N
AU - Réville,V
AU - Szabo,A
AU - Huang,J
AU - Rouillard,AP
AU - Viall,N
AU - Phan,TD
AU - Kasper,JC
AU - Bale,SD
AU - Berthomier,M
AU - Bonnell,JW
AU - Case,AW
AU - Dudok,de Wit T
AU - Eastwood,JP
AU - Génot,V
AU - Goetz,K
AU - Griton,LS
AU - Halekas,JS
AU - Harvey,P
AU - Kieokaew,R
AU - Klein,KG
AU - Korreck,KE
AU - Kouloumvakos,A
AU - Larson,DE
AU - Lavarra,M
AU - Livi,R
AU - Louarn,P
AU - MacDowall,RJ
AU - Maksimovic,M
AU - Malaspina,D
AU - Nieves-Chinchilla,T
AU - Pinto,RF
AU - Poirier,N
AU - Pulupa,M
AU - Raouafi,NE
AU - Stevens,ML
AU - Toledo-Redondo,S
AU - Whittlesey,PL
DO - 2041-8213/ab8d2d
EP - 8
PY - 2020///
SN - 2041-8205
SP - 1
TI - The heliospheric current sheet and plasma sheet during Parker Solar Probe’s first orbit
T2 - Letters of the Astrophysical Journal
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ab8d2d
UR - https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ab8d2d
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/79454
VL - 894
ER -