Sun as a Cosmic Ray Accelerator
Published:Dec 30, 2025 17:19
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Analysis
This paper proposes a novel theory for cosmic ray production within our solar system, suggesting the sun acts as a betatron storage ring and accelerator. It addresses the presence of positrons and anti-protons, and explains how the Parker solar wind can boost cosmic ray energies to observed levels. The study's relevance is highlighted by the high-quality cosmic ray data from the ISS.
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“The sun's time variable magnetic flux linkage makes the sun...a natural, all-purpose, betatron storage ring, with semi-infinite acceptance aperture, capable of storing and accelerating counter-circulating, opposite-sign, colliding beams.”