Multi-scale modeling of solar wind expansion, acceleration, and turbulence KU Leuven
The solar wind (SW), a continuous stream of charged particles released from the Sun, fills the interplanetary space with "collisionless" plasma where charged particles interact only weakly. Recently launched space missions provide measurements for the SW plasma (e.g. density and temperature) from distances unprecedentedly close to the solar surface. In particular, Parker Solar Probe (PSP) and Solar Orbiter (SolO) are now reporting intriguing ...