Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
Nov 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001jgr...10625291v&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 106, Issue A11, p. 25291-25300
Physics
Plasma Physics
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Solar Physics, Astrophysics, And Astronomy: Flares, And Astronomy: Radio Emissions, Space Plasma Physics: Shock Waves
Scientific paper
The ignition of coronal shock waves by solar flares is investigated confronting the results of a simple MHD model with the observations. Characteristics of type II bursts recorded in the metric and decametric wavelength range are compared with the properties of the microwave and soft X-ray bursts of the associated flares. The time delay of the type II burst beginning after the onset of a flare is found to be shorter for shorter rise time of a flare burst and for a more powerful flare. Starting frequencies of type II bursts are higher for more impulsive flares. Instantaneous relative bandwidths of the type II bursts are larger for more powerful flares, indicating a higher Mach number of the shock. Consistent with this, a positive correlation between the flare importance and the inferred shock velocity is found. The results are fully consistent with the implications of the model describing the shock formation by a flare-ignited blast wave.
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