The Source Regions of Impulsive Solar Electron Events |
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| Authors: | Benz Arnold O Lin Robert P Sheiner Olga A Krucker Säm Fainberg Joe |
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| Institution: | (1) ETH Zentrum, Institute of Astronomy, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland;(2) Space Science Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, U.S.A;(3) NIRFI, Radiophysical Research Institute, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia;(4) NASA/Goddard SFC Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics, Greenbelt, MD, 20771, U.S.A |
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| Abstract: | Low-energy (2–19 keV) impulsive electron events observed in interplanetary space have been traced back to the Sun, using their interplanetary type III radiation and metric/decimetric radio-spectrograms. For the first time we are able to study the highest frequencies and thus the radio signatures closest to the source region. All the selected impulsive solar electron events have been found to be associated with an interplanetary type III burst. This allows to time the particle events at the 2 MHz plasma level and identify the associated coronal radio emissions. Except for 5 out of 27 cases, the electron events were found to be associated with a coronal type III burst in the metric wavelength range. The start frequency yields a lower limit to the density in the acceleration region. We also search for narrow-band spikes at the start of the type III bursts. In about half of the observed cases we find metric spikes or enhancements of type I bursts associated with the start of the electron event. If interpreted as the plasma emission of the acceleration process, the observed average frequency of spikes suggests a source density of the order of 3×108 cm–3 consistent with the energy cut-off observed. |
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