Ning, Hao and Chen, Yao and Ni, Sulan and Li, Chuanyang and Zhang, Zilong and Kong, Xiangliang and Yousefzadeh, Mehdi (2021) Harmonic Maser Emissions from Electrons with Loss-cone Distribution in Solar Active Regions. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 920 (2). L40. ISSN 2041-8205
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Abstract
Electron cyclotron maser emission (ECME) is regarded as a plausible source for coherent radio radiations from solar active regions (e.g., solar radio spikes). In this Letter, we present a 2D3V fully kinetic electromagnetic particle-in-cell simulation to investigate the wave excitations and subsequent nonlinear processes induced by the energetic electrons in the loss-cone distribution. The ratio of the plasma frequency to the electron gyrofrequency ωpe/Ωce is set to 0.25, adequate for solar active region conditions. As a main result, we obtain strong emissions at the second-harmonic X mode (X2). While the fundamental X mode (X1) and the Z mode are amplified directly via the electron cyclotron maser instability, the X2 emissions can be produced by nonlinear coalescence between two Z modes and between Z and X1 modes. This represents a novel generation mechanism for the harmonic emissions in plasmas with a low value of ωpe/Ωce, which may resolve the escaping difficulty of explaining solar radio emissions with the ECME mechanism.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | STM One > Physics and Astronomy |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email support@stmone.org |
Date Deposited: | 04 May 2023 06:19 |
Last Modified: | 02 Sep 2024 12:28 |
URI: | http://publications.openuniversitystm.com/id/eprint/972 |