Solar Probe Plus exploration of the solar corona and inner heliosphere

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Dec 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011agufmsh43f..08v&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2011, abstract #SH43F-08

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Plasma Physics

[7509] Solar Physics, Astrophysics, And Astronomy / Corona, [7800] Space Plasma Physics, [7835] Space Plasma Physics / Magnetic Reconnection, [7900] Space Weather

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Solar Probe Plus (SPP) will be the first mission to directly explore the sub-Alfvénic corona measuring in-situ the plasma, magnetic fields, electromagnetic waves and energetic particles and imaging the scattered light in the source regions of the heliosphere. Solar Probe Plus objectives are to understand coronal heating and wind acceleration for both slow and fast solar wind streams, determine the structure and dynamics of the plasma and magnetic fields at the sources of the solar wind, and explore the mechanisms that accelerate and transport energetic particles. This talk describes SPP objectives and the measurement strategies to achieve the objectives in detail. It will also illustrate how Solar Probe Plus' investigation of the inner heliosphere will enhance the scientific return of other missions, such as Solar Orbiter (SO): SPP and SO will together provide our most detailed understanding of the processes by which the dynamically interacting plasmas and magnetic fields escape the corona to become the solar wind.

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