Research Progress of Interplanetary Physics in China's Mainland

Significant progress has been made by Chinese scientists in research of interplanetary physics during the recent two years(2018–2020).These achievements are reflected at least in the following aspects:Activities in solar corona and lower solar atmosphere;solar wind and turbulence;filament/prominence,jets,flares,and radio bursts;active regions and solar eruptions;coronal mass ejections and their interplanetary counterparts;other interplanetary structures;space weather prediction methods;magnetic reconnection;Magnetohydrodynamic(MHD)numerical modeling;solar energetic particles,cosmic rays,and Forbush decreases;machine learning methods in space weather and other aspects.More than one hundred and forty papers in the academic journals have been published in these research directions.These fruitful achievements are obtained by Chinese scholars in solar physics and space physics either independently or through international collaborations.They greatly improve people’s understanding of solar activities,solar eruptions,the corresponding space weather effects,and the Sun-Earth relations.Here we will give a very brief review on the research progress.However,it must be pointed out that this paper may not completely cover all achievements in this field due to our limited knowledge.

A Brief Review of Interplanetary Physics Research Progress in China' Mainland during 2020-2022

Through independent research by the Chinese scientists or their international collaborations,great achievements have been made in interplanetary physics research in China' Mainland during the past two years(2020-2022).More than 150 papers have been published in academic journals in this field during this period.These achievements can be grouped into the following areas,at least:(i)solar corona;(ii)solar and interplanetary transient phenomena;(iii)radio bursts;(iv)Magnetohydrodynamic(MHD)numerical modeling;(v)solar energetic particles and cosmic rays.These advances have greatly enriched our understanding of interplanetary physics,i.e.our knowledge of solar activities and solar eruptions,their propagation in the interplanetary space,and the corresponding geoeffects on the Earth.In the sense of application,they have also improved the forecasting of space weather.In this paper we will give a very short review about these advances.

Research Progress of Solar Corona and Interplanetary Physics in China:2010—2012

The scientific objective of solar corona and interplanetary research is the understanding of the various phenomena related to solar activities and their effects on the space environments of the Earth.Great progress has been made in the study of solar corona and interplanetary physics by the Chinese space physics community during the past years.This paper will give a brief report about the latest progress of the corona and interplanetary research in China during the years of 2010-2012.The paper can be divided into the following parts:solar corona and solar wind.CMEICME, magnetic reconnection,energetic particles,space plasma,space weather numerical modeling by 3D SIP-CESE MHD model,space weather prediction methods,and proposed missions.They constitute the abundant content of study for the complicated phenomena that originate from the solar corona,propagate in interplanetary space,and produce geomagnetic disturbances.All these progresses are acquired by the Chinese space physicists,either independently or through international collaborations.

PROGRESS IN HELIOSPHERIC PHYSICS

This is an overview of progresses in heliospheric physics made in China in the period of June, 2000 to May, 2002. The report is focused on theoretical studies,modelling and observational analysis of interplanetary physical phenomena, and consists of five sections: the acceleration and heating of the solar wind, corona structures, coronal mass ejections, magnetic reconnection phenomena, and in terplanetary transient phenomena. The main achievements made recently by Chinese scientists in related areas are simply listed in corresponding sections without any priority, only certain editorial consideration.