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The transition between coronal hole associated fast solar wind and slow solar wind is studied using data from the high resolution mass spectrometer SWICS on ACE. We discuss the data in the framework of a recent theory about the global heliospheric magnetic field and conclude that the data are consistent with magnetic connections between field-lines in the fast and in the slow wind.
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Zurbuchen, T.H., Hefti, S., Fisk, L.A. et al. The Transition Between Fast and Slow Solar Wind from Composition Data. Space Science Reviews 87, 353–356 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005126718714
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