Dips and Waves

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Introduction

The standard interpretation of RHESSI's hard x-ray emission is of electrons accelerated in the corona that propgated down to the chromosphere, colliding with the background plasma and eventually stopping.

Conclusions

The work shown here is a step towards a more complete treatment of electron transport in solar flares and highlights that the inclusion of wave-particle interactions flattens sharp low energy cutoffs in the inital accelerated electron distribution.