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We use a generic stochastic acceleration formalism to examine the power $L_{\rm in}$ (${\rm erg s^{-1}}$) input to nonthermal electrons that cause noise storm continuum emission. The analytical approach includes the derivation of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Prasad Subramanian , Peter A. Becker

We present an up-to-date review of the physics of electron acceleration in solar noi se storms. We describe the observed characteristics of noise storm emission, emphasi zing recent advances in imaging observations. We briefly describe the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Prasad Subramanian

Non-thermal electron populations are observed throughout the heliosphere. The relaxation of an electron beam is known to produce Langmuir waves which, in turn, may substantially modify the electron distribution function. As the Langmuir…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Heather Ratcliffe , Nicolas H. Bian , Eduard P. Kontar

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

The study of parametric instabilities has played a crucial role in understanding energy transfer to plasma and, with that, the development of key applications such as inertial confinement fusion. When the densities are between…

The evolution of a solar flare accelerated non-thermal electron population and associated plasma emission is considered in collisional inhomogeneous plasma. Non-thermal electrons collisionally evolve to become unstable and generate Langmuir…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-10 Heather Ratcliffe , Eduard. P. Kontar

Context. High energy electrons accelerated during solar flare are abundant in the solar corona and in the interplanetary space. Commonly, the number and the energy of non-thermal electrons at the Sun is estimated using hard X-ray (HXR)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 E. P. Kontar , H. Ratcliffe , N. H. Bian

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

Aims: To calculate the power budget for electron acceleration and the efficiency of the plasma emission mechanism in a post-flare decimetric continuum source. Methods: We have imaged a high brightness temperature ($\sim 10^{9}$K) post-flare…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-14 Prasad Subramanian , S. M. White , M. Karlický , R. Sych , H. S. Sawant , S. Ananthakrishnan

Electron acceleration to non-thermal energies in low Mach number (M<5) shocks is revealed by radio and X-ray observations of galaxy clusters and solar flares, but the electron acceleration mechanism remains poorly understood. Diffusive…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-10-14 Xinyi Guo , Lorenzo Sironi , Ramesh Narayan

Electrons accelerated by solar flares and observed as type III solar radio bursts are not only a crucial diagnostic tool for understanding electron transport in the inner heliosphere but also a possible early indication of potentially…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-16 Eduard P. Kontar , Francesco Azzollini , Olena Lyubchyk

Type III solar radio bursts are generated by streams of energetic electrons accelerated at the Sun during periods of the solar activity. The generation occurs in two steps. Initially, electron beams generate electrostatic Langmuir waves and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-27 Vladimir Krasnoselskikh , Andrii Voshchepynets , Milan Maksimovic

In present paper, we describe a theoretical model of generation of harmonic emissions of type III solar radio bursts. The goal of our study is to fully take into account the most efficient physical processes participating in generation of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-02-24 Anna Tkachenko , Vladimir Krasnoselskikh , Andrii Voshchepynets

The self-consistent description of Langmuir wave and ion-sound wave turbulence in the presence of an electron beam is presented for inhomogeneous non-isothermal plasmas. Full numerical solutions of the complete set of kinetic equations for…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-03-21 E. P. Kontar , H. L. Pecseli

The mechanism of stochastic electron acceleration in colliding laser waves is investigated by employing proper canonical variables and effective time, such that the new Hamiltonian becomes time independent when the perturbative (weaker)…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-05-22 Yanzeng Zhang , Sergei Krasheninnikov

Non-thermal electrons accelerated in the solar corona can produce intense coherent radio emission, known as solar type III radio bursts. This intense radio emission is often observed from hundreds of MHz in the corona down to the tens of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-10 H. Ratcliffe , E. P. Kontar , H. A. S. Reid

A possible solution to the unexplained high intensity hard x-ray (HXR) emission observable during solar flares was investigated via 3D fully relativistic, electromagnetic particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations with realistic ion to electron…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-04-09 R. Pechhacker , D. Tsiklauri

$\textit{AIMS.}$ To investigate processes associated with generation of type-III radiation. $\textit{METHODS.}$ Measure the amplitudes and phase velocities of Parker Solar Probe observed electric fields, magnetic fields, and plasma density…

The generation of nonthermal electrons during solar flares plays a critical role in energy transport from the corona to the chromosphere, producing regions of observed intense X-ray emission. Turbulence in post-flare loops, particularly…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-05 Clarissa Mora , Fabio Bacchini , Rony Keppens

Electron acceleration to non-thermal energies is known to occur in low Mach number (M<5) shocks in galaxy clusters and solar flares, but the electron acceleration mechanism remains poorly understood. Using two-dimensional (2D)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-26 Xinyi Guo , Lorenzo Sironi , Ramesh Narayan
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