In search of the radio signatures on SEP-productive solar active regions
Abstract
Solar active regions may produce a wide variety of transients in the meter-decameter wavelength range.Some of these bursts result from mildly relativistic electron beams traveling along closed (type I) or open (type III) magnetic field lines or from energized electrons trapped in coronal magnetic fields (IV). The energization of these electron populations may be achieved through magnetic field reconnection. Reconnection may also be the driver which creates populations of suprathermal electrons. These suprathermals are now viewed as a prerequisite for the efficient production of solar energetic particles through shock-driven acceleration. We here present work done towards deriving a radio indicator for levels of reconnection correlated with large SEP storms. Working mostly with data from the Nançay Radioheliograph, spatio-spectral analysis is carried out on SEP-rich AR and a control group that is not. We discuss the most promising candidates of the sought after signature.
- Publication:
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AAS/AGU Triennial Earth-Sun Summit
- Pub Date:
- April 2015
- Bibcode:
- 2015TESS....120322T