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Trace the flow of energy that heats the solar corona and accelerates the solar wind.
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How is energy from the lower solar atmosphere transferred to, and dissipated in, the corona and solar wind?

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What processes shape the non-equilibrium velocity distributions observed throughout the heliosphere?
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Determine the structure and dynamics of the plasma and magnetic fields at the sources of the solar wind

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How does the magnetic field in the solar wind source regions connect to the photosphere and the heliosphere?

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Are the sources of the solar wind steady or intermittent?

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How do the observed structures in the corona evolve into the solar wind?
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Explore mechanisms that accelerate and transport energetic particles

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What are the roles of shocks, reconnection, waves, and turbulence in the acceleration of energetic particles?

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