The frequency drift and fine structures of Solar S-bursts in the high frequency band of LOFAR

Abstract

Solar S-bursts are short duration ($<1$ s at decameter wavelengths) radio bursts that have been observed during periods of moderate solar activity, where S stands for short. The frequency drift of S-bursts can reflect the density variation and the motion state of the electron beams. In this work, we investigate the frequency drift and the fine structure of the S-bursts with the LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR). We find that the average frequency drift rate of the S-bursts within 110-180MHz could be described by $df/dt=-0.0077f^{1.59}$. With the high time and frequency resolution of LOFAR, we can resolve the fine structures of the observed solar S-bursts. A fine drift variation pattern was found in the structure of S-bursts (referred to as solar Sb-bursts in this paper) during the type-III storm on 2019 April 13, in the frequency band of 120-240 MHz. The Sb-bursts have a quasi-periodic segmented pattern, and the relative flux intensity tends to be large when the frequency drift rate is relatively large. This kind of structure exists in about 20\% of the solar S-burst events within the observed frequency range. We propose that the fine structure is due to the density fluctuations of the background coronal density. We performed a simulation based on this theory which can reproduce the shape and relative flux intensity of the Sb-bursts. This work shows that the fine structure of solar radio bursts can be used to diagnose the coronal plasma.

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