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

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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) under agreement between the Argentinian

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(CONICET) and the Brazilian

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