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=== Jetlets === In March 2023 solar extreme ultraviolet observations have shown that small-scale magnetic reconnection could be a driver of the solar wind as a swarm of [[Nanoflare|nanoflares]] in the form omnipresent jetting activity a.k.a. jetlets producing short-lived streams of hot plasma and [[Alfvén wave|Alfvén waves]] at the base of the solar corona. This activity could also be connected to the [[#Magnetic switchback|magnetic switchback]] phenomenon of the solar wind.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Raouafi |first1=Nour E. |last2=Stenborg |first2=G. |last3=Seaton |first3=D. B. |last4=Wang |first4=H. |last5=Wang |first5=J. |last6=DeForest |first6=C. E. |last7=Bale |first7=S. D. |last8=Drake |first8=J. F. |last9=Uritsky |first9=V. M. |last10=Karpen |first10=J. T. |last11=DeVore |first11=C. R. |last12=Sterling |first12=A. C. |last13=Horbury |first13=T. S. |last14=Harra |first14=L. K. |last15=Bourouaine |first15=S. |date=2023-03-01 |title=Magnetic Reconnection as the Driver of the Solar Wind |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=945 |issue=1 |pages=28 |doi=10.3847/1538-4357/acaf6c |arxiv=2301.00903 |bibcode=2023ApJ...945...28R |s2cid=255393967 |issn=0004-637X|hdl=20.500.11850/603055 |hdl-access=free |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nicitopoulos |first=Theo |date=24 April 2024 |title=Tiny Jets on the Sun Power the Colossal Solar Wind |url=https://www.quantamagazine.org/tiny-jets-on-the-sun-power-the-colossal-solar-wind-20230424/ |website=[[Quanta Magazine]]}}</ref>
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