The Critical Coronal Transition Region: A Physics-framed Strategy to Uncover the Genesis of the Solar Wind and Solar Eruptions
Whitepaper #423 in the Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) 2024-2033. Main topics: basic research. Additional topics: inner heliosphere; solar physics.
by Angelos Vourlidas, Amir Caspi, Yuan-Kuen Ko, Martin J. Laming, James Mason, Mari P. Mirales, Nour-Eddine Raouafi, John Raymond, Daniel Seaton, Leonard Strachan, Nicholeen Viall, Juliana Vievering, and Matthew West
Published onJul 31, 2023
The Critical Coronal Transition Region: A Physics-framed Strategy to Uncover the Genesis of the Solar Wind and Solar Eruptions
The corona within 10 Rs is the host of physical processes critical for understanding solar activity. We argue that the exploration of this Coronal Transition Region will answer two of the most central Heliophysics questions, ‘How and where does the solar wind and CMEs form?’ by unifying hardware/software/modeling development and seemingly disparate research communities and frameworks.
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