Particle Accelerator Region Detected in Solar Flare (IMAGE)

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Particle Accelerator Region Detected in Solar Flare

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A new study offers the first direct evidence showing where near-light speed particle acceleration occurs inside the largest explosion known in the solar system, the solar flare.

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Sijie Yu of NJIT/CSTR; NOAA GOES-16/SUVI

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