Talk abstract

Solar flare PIC simulation results

Gisela Baumann, Aake Nordlund, Klaus Galsgaard, Jacob Trier Frederiksen, Troels Haugboelle

Abstract

The first results from a flare particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation, conducted to study the particle acceleration mechanism in solar flares, are presented. Two cases are compared: with and without collisions (Coulomb scattering).