Speaker: Volker Bothmer

Affiliation: Institute for Astrophysics and Geophysics, University of Göttingen, Germany

Date & Time: Tuesday 08 March at 4:00 PM

Title: Pioneering exploration of the solar corona and near Sun environment with Parker Solar Probe

Abstract:
The Parker Solar Probe (PSP) spacecraft has just completed its 11th solar encounter from 20th February until 2nd of March 2022, with perihelion on February 25 at a distance of 13.3 solar radii, i.e., 9.3 million km. PSP has already provided a treasure trove worth of in-situ and remote sensing data that have revealed phenomena never seen before in terms of generation of solar wind turbulence, fine-structures of coronal mass ejections, solar energetic particle flows, traces of dust particles and even in planetary physics on Venus. The PSP measurements are ideally complemented by simultaneous observations from other space borne missions, such as SOHO, STEREO-A and SDO, and also from ground-based observatories. This presentation presents an overview of the new results, latest observations and mission status.

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