Quantitative comparison of type III radio burst intensity and fast electron flux at 1 AU.
Abstract
We compare the flux of fast solar electrons and the intensity of the type III radio emission generated by these particles at 1 AU. We find that there are two regimes in the generation of type III radiation: one where the radio intensity is linearly proportional to the electron flux, and the second regime, which occurs above a threshold electron flux, where the radio intensity is proportional to the ∼2.4 power of the electron flux. This threshold appears to reflect a transition to a different emission mechanism.
- Publication:
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Solar Physics
- Pub Date:
- February 1976
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00149865
- Bibcode:
- 1976SoPh...46..437F
- Keywords:
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- Electron Flux Density;
- High Energy Electrons;
- Radiant Flux Density;
- Solar Electrons;
- Type 3 Bursts;
- Data Correlation;
- Radiation Measurement;
- Radio Observation;
- Solar Physics;
- Thresholds;
- Solar Physics;
- Radiation;
- Quantitative Comparison;
- Radio Emission;
- Fast Electron;
- Electron Flux