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Data obtained in laboratory experiments on the acceleration of protons and electrons in a quasi-neutral current sheet were analyzed from the standpoint of possible applications to the interpretation of active phenomena in the solar atmosphere. The acceleration rates of electrons and ions in laboratory conditions are shown to exceed those of particles in eruptive events on the Sun. A brief description is given of the parameters of solar flares as the main astrophysical objects for comparative analysis.
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Original Russian Text © V.M. Tomozov, N.A. Strokin, 2015, published in Geomagnetizm i Aeronomiya, 2015, Vol. 55, No. 2, pp. 161–167.
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Tomozov, V.M., Strokin, N.A. A comparative analysis of the efficiency of acceleration of protons and electrons in the laboratory and in solar plasma. Geomagn. Aeron. 55, 152–157 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793215020164
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