Photons and solar wind/plasma interaction?

[BeedS]

Can the suns photons accelerate the plasma/solar wind away from the sun? or is there no interaction between them?

 

[anorlunda]

Is this what you are asking about? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_pressure

 

[alantheastronomer]

Can the suns photons accelerate the plasma/solar wind away from the sun? or is there no interaction between them?

What an astute observation! - It's interesting, that the observed velocities of the solar wind cannot be explained by purely kinetic energy based on the temperature of the sun's corona. Radiation pressure from the Sun's blackbody radiation will help accelerate the solar wind, but the effect is still not large enough to account for the wind's high velocities, so it's still an open mystery...