Coupling between magnetic reconnection, energy release, and particle acceleration in the X17.2 2003 October 28 solar flare

Victoria G. Kurt, Astrid M. Veronig, Gregory D. Fleishman +3

The 2003 October 28 (X17.2) eruptive flare was a unique event. The coronal electric field and the π-decay γ-ray emission flux had the highest values ever inferred in solar flares.…