A distinct class of interplanetary (IP) type II bursts that show single-lane, wide-band diffuse emission has been identified, but how these bursts are formed is still unclear. The radio burst on June 17-18, 2003 was analysed by Bastian (2007) , who suggested that the wide-band and diffuse part of the burst (type II-S in Fig. 1) could be due to synchrotron emission. The later part of the burst (type II-P) […]
Solar flares accelerate energetic electrons that escape into interplanetary space, guided by the Parker spiral magnetic field, and are responsible for the generation of the interplanetary Type III solar radio bursts. With multiple spacecraft now in orbit around the Sun (see e.g. Musset et al 2021), we are in a unique position of observing the propagation of radio emission through the heliosphere from multiple vantage points. Recent study by Clarkson […]
Density fluctuations populating the heliosphere interfere with propagating radio photons, altering their trajectories through frequency-dependent effects like scattering. Crucially, these density fluctuations are anisotropic, leading to anisotropic scattering and directional radio-wave propagation. This means that observers at different positions may obtain different estimations of radio properties. Such effects are particularly evident in solar radio bursts which are emitted through the plasma emission mechanism. It has been shown that detectors at […]
Interplanetary solar radio type III bursts provide the means to remotely study and track energetic electrons propagating in the interplanetary medium. Due to the lack of direct radio source imaging, several methods have been developed to determine the source positions from space-based observations. Moreover, none of the methods consider the propagation effects of anisotropic radio-wave scattering, which would strongly distort the trajectory of radio waves, delay their arrival times, and […]
For a mission that has just entered its primary science phase, Solar Orbiter has already produced many remarkable results. Released on December 14, 2021, a special issue of Astronomy and Astrophysics brings together a wealth of studies and observations obtained during the mission’s cruise phase. Of the 56 articles published, 25 are based on data from the Radio & Plasma Waves (RPW) instrument (Maksimovic et al., A&A, 2020). The RPW […]
Estimating the kinematics of Type II radio-burst sources, which are recognized as a shock waves, using electron-density models is inaccurate and restricted. In this article, a blast-expansion technique is used for the first time for estimating the kinematics of a Type II radio-burst source without using electron-density models by studying the density variation along the leading surface of the coronal mass ejections (CMEs) (herein: ejecta) during Type-II radio-burst emission. This […]
STEREO and near-Earth multi-spacecraft observations of solar energetic particle (SEP) events have revealed that some events show quite unexpected intensity distributions at 1 AU (Dresing et al. 2012, Lario et al. 2013). They can be much broader (circumsolar) (Gómez-Herrero et al. 2015), non-symmetric, and sometimes irregular showing so-called finger distribution (Klassen et al. 2016). It had been suggested that these non-symmetric and irregular distributions, among others, may result from non-radial […]
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