ELECTRON ACCELERATION IN CURRENT SHEETS IN SOLAR-FLARES

We present a model for electron acceleration in high-temperature turbu lent current sheets (HTCS). In this model, the various processes that generate fast particles in solar flares have a common origin, namely, dissipation of magnetic energy in a region of magnetic reconnection. T he spectral indices gamma which we find (in the range 2-5), as well as the number of electrons accelerated during the main phase of a flare, are in agreement with observational data.