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Unprecedented Fine Structure of a Solar Flare Revealed by the 1.6 m New Solar Telescope

Xu, Yan; Cao, Wenda; Liu, Chang +3 more

Solar flares signify the sudden release of magnetic energy and are sources of so called space weather. The fine structures (below 500 km) of flares are rarely observed and are accessible to only a few instruments world-wide. Here we present observation of a solar flare using exceptionally high resolution images from the 1.6 m New Solar Telescope (…