Primary Flows, the Solar Wind and the Corona
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Based on the conjectured existence of primary solar emanations (plasma flows from the solar surface), a model for the Origin of the Fast Solar Wind, and the creation and heating of the coronal structures is developed. Preliminary results reproduce many of the salient observational features.
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