Whistler waves observed by Solar Orbiter during its first orbit
- 1LPC2E, CNRS and University of Orléans, France (matthieu.kretzschmar@cnrs-orleans.fr)
- 2LPP, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Sorbonne Université, Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris-Saclay, Palaiseau, Paris, France (thomas.chust@lpp.polytechnique.fr)
- 3Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF), Uppsala, Sweden (dgraham@irfu.se)
- 4LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Univ. Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, France (milan.maksimovic@obspm.fr)
- 5Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, UK (c.owen@ucl.ac.uk)
- 6IRAP, CNRS and Université Paul Sabatier – Toulouse III, Toulouse, France (Philippe.louarn@irap.omp.eu)
- 7Space and Atmospheric Physics, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London (t.horbury@imperial.ac.uk)
Plasma waves can play an important role in the evolution of the solar wind and the particle velocity distribution functions in particular. We analyzed the electromagnetic waves observed above a few Hz by the Radio Plasma Waves (RPW) instrument suite onboard Solar Orbiter, during its first orbit, which covered a distance from the Sun between 1 AU and 0.5 AU. We identified the majority of the detected waves as whistler waves with frequency around 0.1 f_ce and right handed circular polarisation. We found these waves to be mostly aligned or anti aligned with the ambient magnetic field, and rarely oblique. We also present and discuss their direction of propagation and the variation of the waves' properties with heliocentric distance.
How to cite: Kretschmar, M., Chust, T., Graham, D., Krasnosekskikh, V., Colomban, L., Maksimovic, M., Horbury, T., Owen, C., and Louarn, P.: Whistler waves observed by Solar Orbiter during its first orbit, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-15195, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-15195, 2021.
