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Solar flare accelerated electron beams propagating away from the Sun can interact with the turbulent interplanetary media, producing plasma waves and type III radio emission. These electron beams are detected near the Earth with a double…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 H. A. S. Reid , E. P. Kontar

We have studied low-frequency (45 - 410 MHz) type III solar radio bursts observed using the e-CALLISTO spectrometer located at Gauribidanur radio observatory, India during 2013 - 2017. After inspecting the 1531 type III bursts we found that…

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Direct evidence of an inertial-range turbulent energy cascade has been provided by spacecraft observations in heliospheric plasmas. In the solar wind, the average value of the derived heating rate near 1 au is $\sim 10^{3}\,…

Recent developments in astronomical radio telescopes opened new opportunities in imaging and spectroscopy of solar radio bursts at sub-second timescales. Imaging in narrow frequency bands has revealed temporal variations in the positions…

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Observations of plasma waves by the Fields Suite and of electrons by the Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons Investigation (SWEAP) on Parker Solar Probe provide strong evidence for pitch angle scattering of strahl-energy electrons by…

Switchbacks -- abrupt reversals of the magnetic field within the solar wind -- have been ubiquitously observed by Parker Solar Probe (PSP). Their origin, whether from processes near the solar surface or within the solar wind itself, remains…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-14 Zade Johnston , Jonathan Squire , Alfred Mallet , Romain Meyrand

New results in the study of solar type III bursts observed with the UTR-2 radio telescope are presented. The main feature of these bursts is a high-frequency cut-off. The solar activity manifestation was connected with the emergency of a…

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One of the most important early results from the Parker Solar Probe (PSP) is the ubiquitous presence of magnetic switchbacks, whose origin is under debate. Using a three-dimensional direct numerical simulation of the equations of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-17 Munehito Shoda , Benjamin D. G. Chandran , Steven R. Cranmer

Type III solar radio bursts are driven by non-thermal electron beams travelling along heliospheric magnetic fields, with the radio emission frequency drift-rate determined by the beam speed and the plasma density profile. Analysing beam…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-28 Daniel L. Clarkson , Eduard P. Kontar

Spike-type III burst pairs represent a distinct class of solar radio emissions in which clusters of spike-like bursts appear atop the highfrequency onset of type III bursts. Using high time-frequency resolution data from the Chashan…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-21 Shuwang Chang , Chuanyang , Bing Wang , Guang Lu , Zhao Wu , Fabao Yan , Hao Ning , Yao Chen

In this study we examine the radial dependence of the inertial and dissipation range indices, as well as the spectral break separating the inertial and dissipation range in power density spectra of interplanetary magnetic field fluctuations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-25 S. Lotz , A. E. Nel , R. T. Wicks , O. W. Roberts , N. E. Engelbrecht , R. D. Strauss , G. J. J. Botha , E. P. Kontar , A. Pitna , S. D. Bale

The observed features of the radio sources indicate complex propagation effects embedded in the waves of solar radio bursts. In this work, we perform ray-tracing simulations on radio wave transport in the corona and interplanetary region…

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Electromagnetic wave scattering off density inhomogeneities in the solar corona is an important process which determines both the apparent source size and the time profile of radio bursts observed at 1 AU. Here we model the scattering…

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Knowing the lengthscales at which turbulent fluctuations dissipate is key to understanding the nature of weakly compressible magnetohydrodynamic turbulence. We use radio wavelength interferometric imaging observations which measure the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-19 K. Sasikumar Raja , Prasad Subramanian , Madhusudan Ingale , R. Ramesh

The nonlinear evolution of Alfv\'en waves in the solar corona leads to the generation of Alfv\'enic turbulence. This description of the Alfv\'en waves involves parametric instabilities where the parent wave decays into slow mode waves…

Microturbulence, i.e. enhanced fluctuations of plasma density, electric and magnetic fields, is of great interest in astrophysical plasmas, but occurs on spatial scales far too small to resolve by remote sensing, e.g., at ~ 1-100 cm in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Gelu M. Nita , Dale E. Gary , Gregory D. Fleishman

The trace magnetic power spectrum in the solar wind is known to be characterized by a double power law at scales much larger than the proton gyro-radius, with flatter spectral exponents close to -1 found at the lower frequencies below an…

Waves are thought to play a significant role in the heating of the solar atmosphere and the acceleration of the wind. Among the many types of waves observed in the Sun, the so-called p-modes with a 3 mHz frequency peak dominate the lower…

Metrewave solar type-III radio bursts offer a unique means to study the properties of turbulence across the coronal heights.Theoretical models have shown that the apparent intensity and size of the burst sources evolve at sub-second scales…

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