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Tracing the origins of the solar wind with helium

A map of the helium abundance across much of the solar corona will allow us to connect in situ solar wind measurements to their sources and improve our understanding of the origins of the solar wind.

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Fig. 1: Schematic of the solar corona and the various processes that change elemental abundances.

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Hahn, M. Tracing the origins of the solar wind with helium. Nat Astron 4, 1128–1129 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-020-1166-4

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