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Making waves

High-cadence images link the phenomena required for particle acceleration at the Sun. A plasmoid-driven shock wave accelerates electrons in intermittent bursts.

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Figure 1: Coronal mass ejection.

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Cliver, E. Making waves. Nature Phys 9, 758–759 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys2787

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