As Seen by Parker Solar Probe: In-Situ Signatures of Wave-Particle Interactions Driven by Solar Ejecta

Authors: J. L. Verniero (NASA/GSFC), F. Carcaboso (NASA/GSFC), C. Braga (APL), T. Nieves-Chinchilla (NASA/GSFC), K. W. Paulson (SAO), S. Badman (SAO), S. Bale (UC Berkeley), C. Cattell (U. Minnesota), S. Guidoni (American U.), J. Halekas (U. Iowa), L. Hanson (U. Minnesota), T. N. Hernández (SAO), J. Kasper (U. Michigan/BWX Technologies), D. E. Larson (UC Berkeley), R. Livi (UC Berkeley), M. D. McManus (UC Berkeley), O. Panasenco (Advanced Heliophysics), A. Rahmati (UC Berkeley), Y. Rivera (SAO), O. Romeo (UC Berkeley), M. Stevens (SAO), A. Szabo (NASA/GSFC), L. B. Wilson (NASA/GSFC), P. L. Whittlesey (UC Berkeley), PSP Team

Parker Solar Probe (PSP) is sampling regions of the inner heliosphere never seen before to address where and why energy flows between the Sun and earth.  With the onset of solar maximum, recent encounters have witnessed the increase in solar activity. We present in-situ signatures of coronal mass ejections and other smaller transients of coronal origin. Using simultaneous measurements from the SWEAP and FIELDS instrument suite, both ion and electron-scale dynamics are investigated in coincidence with both lower frequency electromagnetic and higher frequency electrostatic waves. We present an overview of these wave-particle interaction observations and hypothesize on their role in plasma energization and subsequent solar wind heating.