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Title:
Coronal Holes and the High-Speed Solar Wind
Authors:
Cranmer, Steven R.
Affiliation:
AA(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA)
Publication:
Space Science Reviews, v. 101, Issue 3, p. 229-294 (2002). (SSRv Homepage)
Publication Date:
08/2002
Origin:
KLUWER
Abstract Copyright:
(c) 2002 Kluwer Academic Publishers
Bibliographic Code:
2002SSRv..101..229C

Abstract

Coronal holes are the lowest density plasma components of the Sun's outer atmosphere, and are associated with rapidly expanding magnetic fields and the acceleration of the high-speed solar wind. Spectroscopic and polarimetric observations of the extended corona, coupled with interplanetary particle and radio sounding measurements going back several decades, have put strong constraints on possible explanations for how the plasma in coronal holes receives its extreme kinetic properties. The Ultraviolet Coronagraph Spectrometer (UVCS) aboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft has revealed surprisingly large temperatures, outflow speeds, and velocity distribution anisotropies for positive ions in coronal holes. We review recent observations, modeling techniques, and proposed heating and acceleration processes for protons, electrons, and heavy ions. We emphasize that an understanding of the acceleration region of the wind (in the nearly collisionless extended corona) is indispensable for building a complete picture of the physics of coronal holes.
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