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dc.contributor.authorLyubchyk, O.
dc.contributor.authorKontar, E.P.
dc.contributor.authorVoitenko, Y.M.
dc.contributor.authorBian, N.H.
dc.contributor.authorMelrose, D.B.
dc.date2017
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-30T09:38:15Z
dc.date.available2017-08-30T09:38:15Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/6043
dc.descriptionWe study the influence of kinetic-scale Alfvénic turbulence on the generation of plasma radio emission in the solar coronal regions where the ratio β of plasma to magnetic pressure is lower than the electron-to-ion mass ratio me/ mi. The present study is motivated by the phenomenon of solar type I radio storms that are associated with the strong magnetic field of active regions. The measured brightness temperature of the type I storms can be up to 1010K for continuum emission, and can exceed 1011K for type I bursts. At present, there is no generally accepted theory explaining such high brightness temperatures and some other properties of the type I storms. We propose a model with an imbalanced turbulence of kinetic-scale Alfvén waves that produce an asymmetric quasi-linear plateau on the upper half of the electron velocity distribution. The Landau damping of resonant Langmuir waves is suppressed and their amplitudes grow spontaneously above the thermal level. The estimated saturation level of Langmuir waves is high enough to generate observed type I radio emission at the fundamental plasma frequency. Harmonic emission does not appear in our model because the backward-propagating Langmuir waves undergo strong Landau damping. Our model predicts 100 % polarization in the sense of the ordinary (o-) mode of type I emission.
dc.languageeng
dc.titleSolar Plasma Radio Emission in the Presence of Imbalanced Turbulence of Kinetic-Scale Alfvén Waves
dc.typeArticle
dc.subject.frascatiPhysical sciences
dc.audienceScientific
dc.source.titleSolar Physics
dc.source.volume292
dc.source.issue9
dc.source.pageA117
Orfeo.peerreviewedYes
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11207-017-1140-1
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85027677803


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