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Synchrotron emission of relativistic particles in magnetic fields is a process of paramount importance in astrophysics. Although known for over thirty years, there are still aspects of this radiative process that have received little…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Roberto Aloisio , Pasquale Blasi

We report on the measurement of coherent radio emission from the electron beam sudden appearance at the Telescope Array Electron Light Source facility. This emission was detected by four independent radio detector setups sensitive to…

We consider the widespread hypothesis that coherent curvature radiation is responsible for the radio emission of pulsars. The comparison of energy conservation and the published data and luminosities explicitely proves that coherent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 H. Lesch , A. Jessner , M. Kramer , Th. Kunzl

This paper investigates the incidence of coherent emission in solar radio bursts, using a revised catalog of 3800 solar radio bursts observed by the Nobeyama Radio Polarimeters from 1988 to 2023. We focus on the 1.0 and 2.0 GHz data, where…

Aims: Emission of radio waves from plasmas through plasma emission with fundamental and harmonic frequencies is a familiar process known from solar type II radio bursts. Current models assume the existence of counterstreaming electron beam…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-05-08 Urs Ganse , Patrick Kilian , Felix Spanier , Rami Vainio

We discuss Electron Cyclotron Maser Emission (ECME), observed in the form of highly circularly polarized pulses, from a few hot magnetic stars. This emission is one of the manifestations of stellar wind-magnetic field interaction. With the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-20 Barnali Das , Poonam Chandra , Gregg A. Wade , Matt E. Shultz , James Sikora

Radio luminosities have been estimated from published data for a well-defined homogeneous set of 29 normal pulsars. The radio-frequency energies per unit charge in the primary accelerated particle beam are given for each pulsar and form a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 P. B. Jones

Relativistic plasmas in strong electromagnetic fields exhibit distinct properties compared to classical plasmas. In astrophysical environments, such as neutron stars, white dwarfs, AGNs, and shocks, relativistic plasmas are pervasive and…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-04-15 Pablo J. Bilbao , Thales Silva , Luis O. Silva

Coherent radio emission from pulsars originates from excited plasma waves in an ultra-relativistic and strongly magnetized electron-positron pair plasma streaming along the open magnetic field lines of the pulsar. Traditional coherent radio…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-16 Sk. Minhajur Rahaman , Dipanjan Mitra , George I. Melikidze

We review a physical model where the high brightness temperature of 10$^{25}-10^{30}$ K observed in pulsar radio emission is explained by coherent curvature radiation excited in the relativistic electron-positron plasma in the pulsar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-02 Dipanjan Mitra , G. Melikidze , Janusz Gil

Long-period radio transients (LPRTs) are highly polarised, coherent radio sources with periods of minutes to hours and bursts typically lasting 10 to 100 s. Here we consider the apparently isolated subclass of LPRTs and argue that electron…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-18 Lilia Ferrario

Extended Air Showers produced by cosmic rays impinging on the earth atmosphere irradiate radio frequency radiation through different mechanisms. Upon certain conditions, the emission has a coherent nature, with the consequence that the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-05 Enrico Conti , Giorgio Sartori

Plasma instabilities can be encountered in many branches of physics. This work focuses on relativistic plasmas with applications in theoretical astrophysics and particle accelerator physics. Even though these fields seem to be unrelated the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-04-20 Bjoern S. Schmekel

This paper presents a method of estimation of emission altitudes using observational data - precise measurements of pulse profile widths at low intensity level. The analysis of emission altitudes obtained using this method for a large…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Kijak

Three-wave interactions between Langmuir and electromagnetic waves in plasma with unstable electron flows are believed to be the main cause for type II and III solar radio emissions. The narrow band of type II bursts requires to assume that…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-08-16 V. V. Annenkov , E. P. Volchok , I. V. Timofeev

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are recently discovered mysterious single pulses of radio emission, mostly coming from cosmological distances ($\sim 1$ Gpc). Their short duration, $\sim 1$ ms, and large luminosity evidence coherent emission. I…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-02 Yuri Lyubarsky

We have examined the cyclotron resonance instability developing in the relativistic out-flowing plasma in the pulsar magnetosphere. The instability condition leads to radio emission in the sub-GHz frequency regime which is likely to be seen…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Rahul Basu , Dipanjan Mitra , George I. Melikidze

Recent observations of long period radio transients, such as GLEAM-X J0704-37 and ILTJ1101 + 5521, have revealed a previously unrecognized population of galactic radio transient sources associated with white dwarf - M dwarf binaries. It is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-12 Yici Zhong , Elias R. Most

The problem of electromagnetic emission generation in plasma with electron beams is relevant both for practical applications and for interpretation of radio emission processes in astrophysical systems. In this work, we consider the case of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-08-08 Vladimir Annenkov , Evgeniia Volchok , Igor Timofeev

Extensive air showers (EAS) have been known for over 30 years to emit pulses of radio emission at frequencies from a few to a few hundred MHz, an effect that offers great opportunities for the study of EAS with the next generation of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Tim Huege , Heino Falcke