From Sun to Interplanetary Space: What is the Pathlength of Solar Energetic Particles?

Laitinen, T. and S. Dalla, From Sun to Interplanetary Space: What is the Pathlength of Solar Energetic Particles?, ApJ, 887, 222 (2019) (ADS)

The cartoon

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Not a cartoon as such, but an effective illustration of systematic deviations from the Parker spiral in the solar wind. This meandering presumably implies electrodynamics of great interest as the Parker Solar Probe deliberately approaches the Sun.

Date: 2019 December 27