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The energy balance of open-field regions of the corona and solar wind and the influence of the flow geometry in the corona upon the density and temperature, are analyzed. It is found that the energy flux arriving at the corona is constant for the corona's open regions with different flow geometries. For the waves heating the corona and solar wind, the dependence of the absorption coefficient on the corona's plasma density is found to be within the range of distances r=1.05−1.5R ⊙. It is shown that the wave absorption is more dependent on electron density than the coronal emission. It is this difference that causes lower-density coronal holes to be colder than quiet regions. It is found that the additional energy flux necessary for providing energy balance of the corona and for producing solar wind is a flux of Alfvén waves, which can provide the energy needed for producing quasi-stationary high-speed solar wind streams. Theoretical models of coronal holes and the question of why the high-speed solar wind streams are precisely flowing out of coronal holes, are discussed.
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Kovalenko, V.A. Energy balance of the corona and the origin of quasi-stationary high-speed solar wind streams. Sol Phys 73, 383–403 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00151689
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