Particle acceleration in solar flares with imaging-spectroscopy in soft X-rays
Whitepaper #302 in the Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) 2024-2033. Main topics: basic research. Additional topics: fundamental space plasma theory; solar physics.
by Mitsuo Oka, Amir Caspi, Bin Chen, Mark Cheung, James Drake, Dale Gary, Lindsay Glesener, Fan Guo, Hantao Ji, Xiaocan Li, Takuma Nakamura, Noriyuki Narukage, Katharine K. Reeves, Pascal Saint-Hilaire, Taro Sakao, Chengcai Shen, Amy WInebarger, and Thomas Woods
Published onJul 31, 2023
Particle acceleration in solar flares with imaging-spectroscopy in soft X-rays
Magnetic reconnection plays an important role in solar flares, but it remains unclear if or how magnetic reconnection can further explain particle acceleration to high energies during flares. We argue that the key issue is the lack of understanding of the precise context of particle acceleration, and it can be overcome, in the near future, by performing imaging-spectroscopy in soft X-rays (SXRs).
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