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Unprecedented look into ‘Central Engine’ powering a Solar Flare

Researchers provide an unprecedented look inside the “central engine” of a large solar flare, a site were dramatic bursts of energy are released, and particles are accelerated to relativistic energies. (Photo: NJIT-CSTR, B. Chen, S. Yu; NASA SDO)

In a study published in Nature Astronomy, an international team of researchers has presented a new, detailed look inside the “central engine” of a large solar flare accompanied by a powerful eruption first captured on Sept. 10, 2017 by the Owens Valley Solar Array (EOVSA) — a solar radio telescope facility operated by New Jersey Institute of Technology’s (NJIT) Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (CSTR).

The new findings, based on EOVSA’s observations of the event at microwave wavelengths, offer the first measurements characterizing t...

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