A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in China, working at the Shanghai National Laboratory of High-Power Laser Physics, has conducted measurements of accelerating electrons from a magnetically driven reconnection using lasers and aluminum foil. In their paper published in the journal Nature Physics, the group describes how their work could help better understand solar flares.
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