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Bifurcation of the metric type II radio emission associated with the giant solar flare of April 2 2001. S. Mancuso and L. Abbo (2004, A&A, 415, L17) Okamoto Takenori. Abstract. Bifurcation on April 2 2001, X20 flare. the radio emission lanes, which is very rare Model
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Bifurcation of the metric type II radio emission associated with the giant solar flare of April 2 2001 S. Mancuso and L. Abbo(2004, A&A, 415, L17) Okamoto Takenori
Abstract • Bifurcation • on April 2 2001, X20 flare. • the radio emission lanes, which is very rare • Model • the interaction of a piston driven shock with a vertical current sheet • the model replicates successfully the observed bifurcation • the magnetic reconnection was triggered in the current sheet by the shock wave passage
bifurcation bifurcation type II burst NiCT/HiRAS
streamer axis and CME The axis of symmetry of the expanding bubble does not coincide with the streamer axis.
CME roughly circular shape SOHO/LASCO
Model The frequencies of the type II were emitted at the two intersections of the expanding shock surface with the streamer axis.
Model • Radio bursts • selectively produced • in the densest parts (along streamer axes) • the strength of fast-mode shocks can be very much enhanced • The shock wave passage • triggers magnetic reconnection just above the AR • the ejection of a supermagnetosonic plasmoid • another shock
CME fronts CME/Linear fit LASCO UVCS DPS
Second shock second shock
Conclusions • The bifurcation of the radio type II emission was produced by a curved fast shock surface intersecting a vertical current sheet above an AR. • The shock wave may have triggered magnetic reconnection in the current sheet, causing the ejection of a second plasmoid. • Redio emitting inward propagating shocks should occur more often. • The emission of the positively drifting lanes fades quickly.