Domains of Magnetic Pressure Balance in Parker Solar Probe Observations of the Solar Wind

• Main Authors: David Ruffolo, Nawin Ngampoopun, Yash R. Bhora, Panisara Thepthong, Peera Pongkitiwanichakul, William H. Matthaeus, Rohit Chhiber
• Other Authors: University of Delaware
• Format: Article
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Earth and Planetary Sciences; Physics and Astronomy
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/76838
• Institution: Mahidol University

The Parker Solar Probe (PSP) spacecraft is performing the first in situ exploration of the solar wind within 0.2 au of the Sun. Initial observations confirmed the Alfvénic nature of aligned fluctuations of the magnetic field B and velocity V in solar wind plasma close to the Sun, in domains of nearl...