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We investigate the type III radio bursts and X-ray signatures of accelerated electrons in a well observed solar flare in order to find the spatial properties of the acceleration region. Combining simultaneous RHESSI hard X-ray flare data…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 H. A. S. Reid , N. Vilmer , E. P. Kontar

A component of space weather, electron beams are routinely accelerated in the solar atmosphere and propagate through interplanetary space. Electron beams interact with Langmuir waves resulting in type III radio bursts. Electron beams expand…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-28 Hamish A. S. Reid , Eduard P. Kontar

Solar flares are known to be prolific electron accelerators, yet identifying the mechanism(s) for such efficient electron acceleration in solar flare (and similar astrophysical settings) presents a major challenge. This is due in part to a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-18 Eduard P. Kontar , A. Gordon Emslie , Galina G. Motorina , Brian R. Dennis

This work reports a peculiar and interesting train of microwave type III pair bursts in the impulsive rising phase of a solar flare on 2011 September 26. The observations include radio spectrometers at frequency of 0.80 - 2.00 GHz, hard…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-28 Baolin Tan , Marian Karlicky , Hana Meszarosova , Larisa Kashapova , Jing Huang , Yan Yan , Eduard P. Kontar

Type III radio bursts are intense radio emissions triggered by beams of energetic electrons often associated with solar flares. These exciter beams propagate outwards from the Sun along an open magnetic field line in the corona and in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-19 Vratislav Krupar , Eduard P. Kontar , Jan Soucek , Ondrej Santolik , Milan Maksimovic , Oksana Kruparova

Electron beams accelerated in solar flares and escaping from the Sun along open magnetic field lines can trigger intense radio emissions known as type III solar radio bursts. Utilizing observations by Parker Solar Probe (PSP), STEREO-A…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-02 Francesco Azzollini , Eduard P. Kontar

Based on detailed analysis of radio and X-ray observations of a flare on 2002 April 11 augmented by realistic 3D modeling, we have identified a radio emission component produced directly at the flare acceleration region. This acceleration…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Gregory D. Fleishman , Eduard P. Kontar , Gelu M. Nita , Dale E. Gary

During a solar flare, electrons are accelerated to non-thermal energies as a result of magnetic reconnection. These electrons then propagate upwards and downwards from the energy release site along magnetic field lines and produce radio and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-04 Shilpi Bhunia , Laura A. Hayes , Karl Ludwig Klein , Nicole Vilmer , Shane A. Maloney , Peter T. Gallagher

The analysis of narrowband drifting of type III-like structures in radio bursts dynamic spectra allows to obtain unique information about primary energy release mechanisms in solar flares. The SSRT spatially resolved images and a high…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 N. S. Meshalkina , A. T. Altyntsev , D. A. Zhdanov , S. V. Lesovoi , A. A. Kochanov , Yan Yihua , Tan Chengming

Solar flare electron acceleration is an efficient process, but its properties (mechanism, location) are not well constrained. Via hard X-ray (HXR) emission, we routinely observe energetic electrons at the Sun, and sometimes we detect…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-09 Ross Pallister , Natasha L. S. Jeffrey

One of the most prominent sources for energetic particles in our solar system are huge eruptions of magnetised plasma from the Sun called coronal mass ejections (CMEs), which usually drive shocks that accelerate charged particles up to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-13 D. E. Morosan , J. Pomoell , C. Palmroos , N. Dresing , E. Asvestari , R. Vainio , E. K. J. Kilpua , J. Gieseler , A. Kumari , I. C. Jebaraj

We report observations of type III radio bursts at decimeter wavelengths (type IIIdm bursts) -- signatures of suprathermal electron beams propagating in the low corona -- using the new technique of radio dynamic imaging spectroscopy…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Bin Chen , Timothy S. Bastian , Stephen M. White , Dale E. Gary , Richard A. Perley , Michael P. Rupen , Brent R. Carlson

A popular scenario for electron acceleration in solar flares is transit-time damping of low-frequency MHD waves excited by reconnection and its outflows. The scenario requires several processes in sequence to yield energetic electrons of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Arnold O. Benz , Pascal Saint-Hilaire

Solar energetic particles in the heliosphere are produced by flaring processes on the Sun or shocks driven by coronal mass ejections. These particles are regularly detected remotely as electromagnetic radiation (X-rays or radio emission),…

Observations of radio noise storms can act as sensitive probes of nonthermal electrons produced in small acceleration events in the solar corona. We use data from noise storm episodes observed jointly by the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-22 Tomin James , Prasad Subramanian

Sudden jets of collimated plasma arise from many locations on the Sun, including active regions. The magnetic field along which a jet emerges is often open to interplanetary space, offering a clear "escape route" for any flare-accelerated…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-07 Lindsay Glesener , Gregory D. Fleishman

During solar flares a large amount of electrons with energies greater than 20 keV is generated with a production rate of typically $10^{36}$ s$^{-1}$. A part of them is able to propagate along open magnetic field lines through the corona…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-11 F. Breitling , G. Mann , C. Vocks

Solar type III radio bursts are generated by beams of energetic electrons that travel along open magnetic field lines through the corona and into interplanetary space. However, understanding the source of these electrons and how they escape…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-20 Meiqi Wang , Bin Chen , Sijie Yu , Dale E. Gary , Jeongwoo Lee , Haimin Wang , Christina Cohen

We study the energetics of nonthermal electrons produced in small acceleration episodes in the solar corona. We carried out an extensive survey spanning 2004--2015 and shortlisted 6 impulsive electron events detected at 1 AU that was not…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-20 Tomin James , Prasad Subramanian , Eduard P Kontar

We investigate the effects of acceleration during non-linear electron-beam relaxation in magnetized plasma in the case of electron transport in solar flares. The evolution of electron distribution functions is computed using a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 M. Karlicky , E. P. Kontar
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