Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1766352 | Advances in Space Research | 2010 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Coronal hole (CH) and the quiet Sun (QS) are considered to account for sources of fast and slow solar wind streams, respectively. The differences between the solar wind streams flowing out from the CH and the QS are thought to be related with different plasma generation and acceleration mechanisms in the respective source regions. Here we review recent studies on the solar wind origin in the CH and the QS, compare the possible flow geometries and magnetic structures in these two kinds of solar regions, and summarize the physics associated with two different origin scenarios.
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Authors
J.-S. He, C.-Y. Tu, H. Tian, E. Marsch,