Solar physics in the VUV: the importance of high resolution observations.
Newly developed space instrumentation has made it possible to explore the sun's UV spectrum with high spatial, spectral, and temporal resolution. The global existence of a hot corona and the outstreaming solar wind may be caused by rather high energetic events occurring in the quiet sun. These events are extremely localized and cover only a small fraction of the solar disk.
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