The Solar Submillimeter Telescope (SST) is a solar dedicated instrument with the aim to study the radiation produced by high-energy particles during

solar flare A solar flare is a relatively intense, localized emission of electromagnetic radiation in the Sun's atmosphere. Flares occur in active regions and are often, but not always, accompanied by coronal mass ejections, solar particle events, and ot ...

s. Observing at 212 and 405 GHz with a focal array since 2001, it is a unique instrument that has produced a wealth of new information. ''Some of its discoveries are still unexplained by current theories''. SST construction started in 1995, and it saw the ''first light'' in April 1999; since April 2001 it operates on a daily basis. It is installed at Complejo Astronomico El Leoncito (

San Juan Province, Argentina San Juan Province () is a Provinces of Argentina, province of Argentina, located in the western part of the country. Neighbouring provinces are, moving clockwise from the north, La Rioja Province (Argentina), La Rioja, San Luis Province, San Lui ...

) under agreement between the Argentinian

National Scientific and Technical Research Council The National Scientific and Technical Research Council (, CONICET) is an Argentina, Argentine Government of Argentina, government agency which directs and co-ordinates most of the scientific and technical research done in List of universities i ...

(CONICET) and the Brazilian Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie.

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