Reid, HAS;
Kontar, EP;
(2021)
Fine structure of type III solar radio bursts from Langmuir wave motion in turbulent plasma.
Nature Astronomy
, 5
pp. 796-804.
10.1038/s41550-021-01370-8.
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Abstract
The Sun frequently accelerates near-relativistic electron beams that travel out through the solar corona and interplanetary space. Interacting with their plasma environment, these beams produce type III radio bursts—the brightest astrophysical radio sources seen from Earth. The formation and motion of type III fine frequency structures is a puzzle, but is commonly believed to be related to plasma turbulence in the solar corona and solar wind. Combining a theoretical framework with kinetic simulations and high-resolution radio type III observations using the Low-Frequency Array, we quantitatively show that the fine structures are caused by the moving intense clumps of Langmuir waves in a turbulent medium. Our results show how type III fine structure can be used to remotely analyse the intensity and spectrum of compressive density fluctuations, and can infer ambient temperatures in astrophysical plasma, substantially expanding the current diagnostic potential of solar radio emission.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Fine structure of type III solar radio bursts from Langmuir wave motion in turbulent plasma |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1038/s41550-021-01370-8 |
Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41550-021-01370-8 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
Keywords: | Astronomy and astrophysics, Astrophysical plasmas, Solar physics, Space physics |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Space and Climate Physics |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10130568 |




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