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This Letter addresses the first Solar Orbiter (SO) -- Parker Solar Probe (PSP) quadrature, occurring on January 18, 2021, to investigate the evolution of solar wind from the extended corona to the inner heliosphere. Assuming ballistic…

From Doppler velocity maps of active regions constructed from spectra obtained by the Extreme-ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) on the Hinode spacecraft we observe large areas of outflow (20-50 km/s) that can persist for at least a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. A. Doschek , H. P. Warren , J. T. Mariska , K. Muglach , J. L. Culhane , H. Hara , T Watanabe

Because of its distinctive compositional properties and variability, low-speed ($\lesssim 450$ km s$^{-1}$) solar wind is widely believed to originate from coronal streamers, unlike high-speed wind, which comes from coronal holes. An…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-16 Y. -M. Wang , Y. -K. Ko

We analyze data from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory to produce global maps of coronal outflow velocities and densities in the regions where the solar wind is undergoing acceleration. The maps use UV and white light coronal data…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Leonard Strachan , Alexander V. Panasyuk , John L. Kohl , Philippe Lamy

The contribution of plumes to the solar wind has been subject to hot debate in the past decades. The EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) on board Hinode provides a unique means to deduce outflow velocities at coronal heights via direct Doppler…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Hui Fu , Lidong Xia , Bo Li , Zhenghua Huang , Fangran Jiao , Chaozhou Mou

Using one-arcsecond-slit scan observations from the Hinode/EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) on 05 February 2007, we find the plasma outflows in the open and expanding coronal funnels at the eastern boundary of AR 10940. The Doppler velocity…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 A. K. Srivastava , P. Konkol , K. Murawski , B. N. Dwivedi , A. Mohan

The solar wind consists of continuous streams of charged particles that escape into the heliosphere from the Sun, and is split into fast and slow components, with the fast wind emerging from the interiors of coronal holes. Near the ecliptic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-28 L. P. Chitta , D. B. Seaton , C. Downs , C. E. DeForest , A. K. Higginson

We developed an automated procedure for the identification of transient brightenings in images from the X-ray telescope on-board Hinode taken with an Al Poly filter in the equatorial coronal holes, polar coronal holes, and the quiet Sun…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 S. Subramanian , M. S. Madjarska , J. G. Doyle

The origin of the heliospheric magnetic flux on the Sun, and hence the origin of the solar wind, is a topic of hot debate.While the prevailing view is that the solar wind originates from outside coronal streamer helmets, there also exists…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Bo Li , Xing Li , Hui Yu

Active regions are thought to be one contributor to the slow solar wind. Upflows in EUV coronal spectral lines are routinely osberved at their boundaries, and provide the most direct way for upflowing material to escape into the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-18 David H. Brooks , Louise Harra , Stuart D. Bale , Krzysztof Barczynski , Cristina Mandrini , Vanessa Polito , Harry P. Warren

This paper reviews the current state of our understanding of high-speed solar wind acceleration in coronal holes. Observations by SOHO, coupled with interplanetary particle measurements going back several decades, have put strong…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Steven R. Cranmer

Small-scale transient jetlet activity and associated upflows from coronal hole plumes are potential sources of the solar wind. To elucidate the magnetic origins and driving mechanisms of such upflows, we perform three-dimensional radiative…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-18 Kamlesh Bora , Lakshmi Pradeep Chitta , Yajie Chen , Damien Przybylski , David Pontin , Nikil Panyam

Plasma upflows with a Doppler shift exceeding -10 km/s at active region (AR) boundaries are considered potential sources of the nascent slow solar wind. We investigate the driving mechanisms of a pair of coronal upflow regions on the…

We present results of a quantitative analysis of structured plasma outflows above a polar coronal hole observed by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft. In a 6-hour interval of continuous…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-13 Vadim M. Uritsky , Judith T. Karpen , Nour E. Raouafi , Pankaj Kumar , C. Richard DeVore , Craig E. Deforest

We present a method to derive outflow velocities in the solar corona using different data sets including solar wind mass flux coming from the SWAN/SOHO instrument, electron density values from LASCO-C2 and interplanetary solar wind…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 E. Quemerais , R. Lallement , D. Koutroumpa , P. Lamy

We report on the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) observations of plasma outflows originating in a coronal dimming during the 2015 April 28th filament eruption. After the filament started to erupt, two flare ribbons formed, one of which…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-20 Juraj Lörinčík , Jaroslav Dudík , Guillaume Aulanier , Brigitte Schmieder , Leon Golub

The fast solar wind that fills the heliosphere originates from deep within regions of open magnetic field on the Sun called coronal holes. The energy source responsible for accelerating the plasma to high speeds is widely debated, however…

Large-scale magnetic field is crucial in launching and collimating the jets/outflows. It is found that the magnetic flux can be efficiently transported inward by the fast moving corona above a thin disk. In this work we investigate the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-16 Jia-Wen Li , Xinwu Cao

The slow solar wind belt in the quiet corona, observed with the Metis coronagraph on board Solar Orbiter on May 15, 2020, during the activity minimum of the cycle 24, in a field of view extending from 3.8 $R_\odot$ to 7.0 $R_\odot$, is…

The Sun's outer atmosphere is heated to temperatures of millions of degrees, and solar plasma flows out into interplanetary space at supersonic speeds. This paper reviews our current understanding of these interrelated problems: coronal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-11 Steven R. Cranmer , Sarah E. Gibson , Pete Riley