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Coronal holes are low-density regions of the corona which appear dark in X-rays and which contain “open” magnetic flux, along which plasma escapes into the heliosphere. Like the rest of the Sun’s large-scale field, the open flux originates in active regions but is subsequently redistributed over the solar surface by transport processes, eventually forming the polar coronal holes. The total open flux and radial interplanetary field component vary roughly as the Sun’s total dipole strength, which tends to peak a few years after sunspot maximum. An inverse correlation exists between the rate of flux-tube expansion in coronal holes and the solar wind speed at 1 AU. In the rapidly diverging fields present at the polar hole boundaries and near active regions, the bulk of the heating occurs at low heights, leading to an increase in the mass flux density at the Sun and a decrease in the asymptotic wind speed. The quasi-rigid rotation of coronal holes is maintained by continual footpoint exchanges between open and closed field lines, with the reconnection taking place at the streamer cusps. At much lower heights within the hole interiors, “interchange reconnection” between small bipoles and the overlying open flux also gives rise to coronal jets and polar plumes.
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Wang, YM. (2008). Coronal Holes and Open Magnetic Flux. In: Thompson, M.J., Balogh, A., Culhane, J.L., Nordlund, Å., Solanki, S.K., Zahn, JP. (eds) The Origin and Dynamics of Solar Magnetism. Space Sciences Series of ISSI, vol 32. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0239-9_19
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