Reversal of the field rotation (IMAGE)

School of Science, The University of Tokyo

Reversal of the field rotation

Caption

Reversal of the field rotation from left-handed rotation (blue) to right-handed rotation (red), plotted on the frequency spectrum (y axis) against distance from the Sun x axis). Analysis based on the data from the Parker Solar Probe. A low frequency corresponds to a long wavelength in the spectrum 

Credit

Iizawa et al., Astrophys. J. Lett., 2026.

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