On the Origin of the Slow Solar Wind

It has been recently advanced that the body of the Sun is comprised of liquid metallic hydrogen with a hexagonal planar lattice structure at the level of the photosphere (P.M. Robitaille, Progr. Phys. 2013, 4, 90-142). The chromosphere and corona are thought to include dense hydrogen, metallic hydrogen, and gaseous plasma. Recent evidence reveals that the corona is highly structured and fragmented (C.E. DeForest et al., Astrophys. J. 2018, 862(1), 1-18), supporting the presence of condensed matter in this region. The production of slow solar winds can be explained by inferring large-scale sublimation and fragmentation of chromospheric and/or coronal condensed matter. This breakdown of condensed matter explains both the structured and fragmented appearance of the corona, and the production of the slow solar wind as hydrogen gas produced by the phase change begins to expand. This is a simple process involving chemical principles. It does not involve the heating of coronal gas by magnetic fields to drive expansion at the corona, as currently believed. Concerning the fast solar wind, this process is likely due to the expulsion of intercalate atoms from the solar body as previously discussed (J.C. Robitaille and P.M. Robitaille, Progr. Phys. 2013, v. 2, 87-97).