title: Full-Sun observations for identifying the source of the slow solar wind.
abstract: Fast (>700 km s(-1)) and slow (~400 km s(-1)) winds stream from the Sun, permeate the heliosphere and influence the near-Earth environment. While the fast wind is known to emanate primarily from polar coronal holes, the source of the slow wind remains unknown. Here we identify possible sites of origin using a slow solar wind source map of the entire Sun, which we construct from specially designed, full-disk observations from the Hinode satellite, and a magnetic field model. Our map provides a full-Sun observation that combines three key ingredients for identifying the sources: velocity, plasma composition and magnetic topology and shows them as solar wind composition plasma outflowing on open magnetic field lines. The area coverage of the identified sources is large enough that the sum of their mass contributions can explain a significant fraction of the mass loss rate of the solar wind.
authors.affiliation: College of Science, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, USA.
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.affiliation: College of Science, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, USA.
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ugarte-Urra
authors.affiliation: Space Science Division, Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Avenue SW, Washington, District Of Columbia 20375, USA.
authors.forename: Harry P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Warren