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In this concluding chapter we present a brief synopsis of the future for hard X-ray imaging of solar flares, using both instruments that are currently operational and those proposed for future deployment.

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    https://rscience.gsfc.nasa.gov/keydocs/SolarFlareCampaign.pdf.

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    The reference plane containing both the line-of-sight to the source and the local solar vertical corresponds to the radial direction on the solar disk. A radial [transverse] orientation of the polarization vector therefore corresponds to a preponderance of emission parallel to [perpendicular to] this reference plane. The orientation of the polarization vector thus provides [24] information on the anisotropy of the electron distribution with respect to the solar vertical, corresponding roughly to the direction of the guiding magnetic field.

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    The symbol X denotes the type of magnetic field geometry commonly associated with the magnetic reconnection region.

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    https://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/index.html/.

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  3. Solar Physics Laboratory, Code 671, Heliophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

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Piana, M., Emslie, A.G., Massone, A.M., Dennis, B.R. (2022). Future Possibilities. In: Hard X-Ray Imaging of Solar Flares. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87277-9_8

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