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As an introduction to this chapter we would like to give several relevant comments of Dennis (1996) (quotation):

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Miroshnichenko, L. (2015). Particle Acceleration at the Sun. In: Solar Cosmic Rays. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 405. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09429-8_5

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