Nonlinear Wave Interactions as Emission Process of Type II Radio Bursts
Abstract
The emission of fundamental and harmonic frequency radio waves of type II radio bursts are assumed to be products of three-wave interaction processes of beam-excited Langmuir waves. Using a particle-in-cell code, we have performed simulations of the assumed emission region, a CME foreshock with two counterstreaming electron beams. Analysis of wavemodes within the simulation shows self-consistent excitation of beam driven modes, which yield interaction products at both fundamental and harmonic emission frequencies. Through variation of the beam strength, we have investigated the dependence of energy transfer into electrostatic and electromagnetic modes, confirming the quadratic dependence of electromagnetic emission on electron beam strength.
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@article{arxiv.1204.0355,
title = {Nonlinear Wave Interactions as Emission Process of Type II Radio Bursts},
author = {Urs Ganse and Patrick Kilian and Felix Spanier and Rami Vainio},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.0355},
year = {2012}
}
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12 pages, 5 figures, accepted for ApJ