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Understanding coronal heating and solar wind acceleration: Case for in situ near-Sun measurements

Sittler, E. C.; McComas, D. J.; Bothmer, V. +17 more

The solar wind has been measured directly from 0.3 AU outward, and the Sun's atmosphere has been imaged from the photosphere out through the corona. These observations have significantly advanced our understanding of the influence of the Sun's varying magnetic field on the structure and dynamics of the corona and the solar wind. However, how the c…