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Plasma Wave Generation by Thick Target Electron Beams in Solar Flares

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2017

K.G. McClements
K.G. McClements*
Affiliation:
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 OQX, England, U.K.

Abstract

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We investigate numerically the effect of a finite density gradient on the Langmir wavelevel produced by an electron beam in the flaring solar corona. The energy losses and associated plasma heating resulting from the presence of a beam-neutralizing reverse current are taken into account. The density and temperature structure of the background plasma are determined self-consistently, assuming steady state energy balance and hydrostatic equilibrium. The implications of our results for flare acceleration mechanisms are discussed.

Type
Session III: Theory
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 104 , Issue 2: Solar and Stellar Flares , 1989 , pp. 309 - 312
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1989

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