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Particle acceleration by a solar flare termination shock

Krucker, Säm; Chen, Bin; Gary, Dale E. +3 more

Solar flares—the most powerful explosions in the solar system—are also efficient particle accelerators, capable of energizing a large number of charged particles to relativistic speeds. A termination shock is often invoked in the standard model of solar flares as a possible driver for particle acceleration, yet its existence and role have remained…