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I assume that at the solar core finite amplitude flows are generated by some process for which a candidate can be the planetary tides. I assume also that there are some local magnetic flux bundles at the solar core with a strength larger than 103 G. The aim of this paper is to show that these assumptions involve an electric field generation which then produces local thermonuclear runaways which shoot up convective cells to the outer layers. Within certain conditions these primal convective cells erupt in the subphotospheric layers which phenomenon can produce high-energy particle beams which when injected into magnetic flux tubes appear as flares. I suggest these processes for solving the neutrino problem, and also to interpret the spiky character of the solar neutrino flux and the correlation of the energy production of the Sun with its atmospheric activity.
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Grandpierre, A. How is the sun working?. Sol Phys 128, 3–6 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00154142
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