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Minimal Magnetic States of the Sun and the Solar Wind: Implications for the Origin of the Slow Solar Wind

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During the last decade it has been proposed that both the Sun and the solar wind have minimum magnetic states, lowest order levels of magnetism that underlie the 11-yr cycle as well as longer-term variability. Here we review the literature on basal magnetic states at the Sun and in the heliosphere and draw a connection between the two based on the recent deep 2008–2009 minimum between cycles 23 and 24. In particular, we consider the implications of the low solar activity during the recent minimum for the origin of the slow solar wind.

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We thank André Balogh for the opportunity to participate in this informative and stimulating workshop. We acknowledge helpful comments from an anonymous referee. E.W. Cliver is grateful for support from the ISSI Visitor program.

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Cliver, E.W., von Steiger, R. Minimal Magnetic States of the Sun and the Solar Wind: Implications for the Origin of the Slow Solar Wind. Space Sci Rev 210, 227–247 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-015-0224-1

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