Sufficiently powerful astrophysical shocks can yield relativistic particles
via magnetic reconnection.
Not exact matches
Yellow lines represent
magnetic field lines from the Sun carried by the solar wind, blue lines represent Martian surface
magnetic fields, white sparks are
reconnection activity, and red lines are reconnected
magnetic fields that link the surface to space
via the Martian magnetotail.
The coronal
magnetic reconnection hypothesis can explain the observations
via the notion that superflares and solar flares share the same origin and that the two activity distributions therefore are within similar range, but that superflares mainly take place on stars with activity levels larger than the Sun.