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most citedTracing the Heliospheric Magnetic Field via Anisotropic Radio-Wave Scattering

9 citations · 27 across the 25 of their papers we have counts for

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25 papers

astro-ph.SR2026

Solar, Heliospheric and Ionospheric Physics: Pathfinders, Precursors and SKAO Perspective

Pietro Zucca, Rohit Sharma, Divya Oberoi +5

The Solar, Heliospheric and Ionospheric (SHI) Physics Science Working Group of the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) addresses the full chain of plasma processes linking th…

astro-ph.SR2026

The SKA as a Probe of Heliospheric Turbulence and Radio-wave Propagation Effects

Nicolina Chrysaphi, Eduard P. Kontar, Hamish A. S. Reid +3

Density turbulence in the heliosphere can impact traversing radio photons originating from anywhere in the universe, leading to distortions of both the spectroscopic and imaging pr…

astro-ph.SR2026

Unravelling the nonthermal emissions from the quiet solar corona with the SKA

Surajit Mondal, Divya Oberoi, Rohit Sharma +4

Investigation of the nonthermal emissions from the quiet solar corona has been rather limited. This primarily stems from the fact that the emission is expected to be quite weak and…

astro-ph.SR2026

Radio Wave Propagation as a Probe of the Solar Corona and Solar Wind

K. Sasikumar Raja, Prasad Subramanian, Susanta Kumar Bisoi +3

Radio waves propagating through an inhomogeneous, turbulent medium such as the solar corona and solar wind become distorted, causing the initially plane wavefronts becomes corrugat…

astro-ph.SR2026

Radio Diagnostics of Particle Acceleration in Solar Flares with SKAO Observations

Rohit Sharma, Marina Battaglia, Sijie Yu +3

Particle acceleration is a fundamental astrophysical process occurring across diverse systems and scales, producing electromagnetic emission across all wavelengths. Radio bursts fr…

astro-ph.SR2026

Solar Radio Burst Fine Structures

Eduard Kontar, Daniel Clarkson, Hamish Reid +5

Solar radio bursts exhibit intricate variability in time, space, and frequency, often displaying a rich variety of fine frequency-time structures such as spikes, drift pairs, stria…

astro-ph.SR2026

Imaging spectroscopy reveals spike-like repeating radio burst pairs in the solar corona

Suli Ma, Eduard P. Kontar, Daniel L. Clarkson +2

Solar radio bursts exhibit complex fine structures that reveal intricate coronal plasma dynamics. Here, we report detection of spike-like repeating burst pairs, characterized by tw…

astro-ph.SR2026

Frequency-time-resolved Imaging Spectroscopy of Fine Structures in a Solar Radio Noise Storm

Daniel L. Clarkson, Eduard P. Kontar

Solar radio noise storms are common phenomena, composed of broadband continuum emission embedded with diverse fine structures, yet their unusually compact apparent sizes remain une…

astro-ph.SR2026

Energy Transport and Heating by Non-Thermal Electrons in a Turbulent Solar Flare Environment

A. Gordon Emslie, Eduard P. Kontar

The impulsive phase of a solar flare is known to generate strong turbulence and to transfer magnetic energy into accelerated electrons. Recognizing the importance of angular diffus…

astro-ph.SR2026

Constraining turbulent solar flare acceleration regions by connecting kinetic modeling and X-ray observations

Morgan Stores, Natasha Jeffrey, Ewan Dickson +2

Spatially-resolved X-ray observations are the key to understanding electron acceleration in solar flares. Currently, the underlying processes that efficiently energize solar flare…

astro-ph.SR2026

Solar energetic particles and their association with radio emissions

Diana E. Morosan, Anshu Kumari, Immanuel Jebaraj +6

Energetic particle populations are ubiquitous throughout the Universe. In our solar system, the most prominent sources of energetic particles are solar flares or collisionless shoc…

astro-ph.SR2026

Probing the Solar Corona and the Solar Wind Using Angular Broadening Observations with the SKA

Peijin Zhang, John Morgan, Divya Oberoi +9

Angular broadening observations of compact radio sources provide a powerful method for probing the solar corona and solar wind. Such observations enable studies of the phase struct…

astro-ph.SR2026

First Detailed MeerKAT Imaging Spectroscopy of a Solar Flare

Yingjie Luo, Eduard P. Kontar, Roelf Du Toit Strauss +5

Radio observations provide powerful diagnostics of energy release, particle acceleration, and transport processes in solar flares. However, despite recent progress in radio interfe…

astro-ph.SR2026★ 1 cited

Signatures of Large-Scale Magnetic Field Disturbances and Switchbacks in Interplanetary Type III Radio Bursts

Daniel L. Clarkson, Eduard P. Kontar

Type III solar radio bursts are driven by non-thermal electron beams travelling along heliospheric magnetic fields, with the radio emission frequency drift-rate determined by the b…

astro-ph.SR2025

Energy-Containing Electrons in Solar Flares: Improving Hard X-Ray and EUV Diagnostics

Yingjie Luo, Eduard P. Kontar, Debesh Bhattacharjee

Solar flares effectively accelerate particles to non-thermal energies. These accelerated electrons are responsible for energy transport and subsequent emissions in HXR, radio, and…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 2 cited

Ion-scale Turbulence and Energy Cascade Rate in the Solar Corona and Inner Heliosphere

Eduard P. Kontar, A. Gordon Emslie, Daniel L. Clarkson +1

Plasma turbulence cascading from MHD to kinetic scales in the heliospheric plasma is believed to play a key role in coronal heating and fast solar wind acceleration, but the proper…

astro-ph.SR2025

Total Power and Low-energy Cut-off Time Evolution of Solar Flare Accelerated Electrons Using X-Ray Observations and Warm-Target Model

Debesh Bhattacharjee, Eduard P. Kontar, Yingjie Luo

A primary characteristic of solar flares is the efficient acceleration of electrons to nonthermal deka-keV energies. While hard X-Ray (HXR) observation of bremsstrahlung emission s…

astro-ph.SR2025

A Multispacecraft Analysis and Modeling of Type III Radio Burst Exciter Deceleration in Inhomogeneous Heliospheric Plasma

Francesco Azzollini, Eduard P. Kontar

Electron beams accelerated in solar flares and escaping from the Sun along open magnetic field lines can trigger intense radio emissions known as type III solar radio bursts. Utili…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 9 cited

Tracing the Heliospheric Magnetic Field via Anisotropic Radio-Wave Scattering

Daniel L. Clarkson, Eduard P. Kontar, Nicolina Chrysaphi +4

Astrophysical radio sources are embedded in turbulent magnetised environments. In the 1 MHz sky, solar radio bursts are the brightest sources, produced by electrons travelling alon…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 5 cited

Magnetic Field Geometry and Anisotropic Scattering Effects on Solar Radio Burst Observations

Daniel L. Clarkson, Eduard P. Kontar

The fine structures of solar radio bursts reveal complex dynamics in the corona, yet the observed characteristics of these sub-second bursts are additionally complicated by radio w…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 4 cited

Temporally resolved Type III solar radio bursts in the frequency range 3-13 MHz

Antonio Vecchio, Milan Maksimovic, Nicolina Chrysaphi +2

Radio observations from space allow to characterize solar radio bursts below the ionospheric cutoff, which are otherwise inaccessible, but suffer from low, insufficient temporal re…

astro-ph.SR2024

Advection-nonlinear-diffusion model of flare accelerated electron transport in Type III solar radio bursts

Eduard P. Kontar, Francesco Azzollini, Olena Lyubchyk

Electrons accelerated by solar flares and observed as type III solar radio bursts are not only a crucial diagnostic tool for understanding electron transport in the inner heliosphe…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 1 cited

The UK Submillimetre and Millimetre Astronomy Roadmap 2024

K. Pattle, P. S. Barry, A. W. Blain +31

In this Roadmap, we present a vision for the future of submillimetre and millimetre astronomy in the United Kingdom over the next decade and beyond. This Roadmap has been developed…

astro-ph.SR2024

First determination of the angular dependence of rise and decay times of solar radio bursts using multi-spacecraft observations

Nicolina Chrysaphi, Milan Maksimovic, Eduard P. Kontar +3

Radio photons interact with anisotropic density fluctuations in the heliosphere, which can alter their trajectory and influence properties deduced from observations. This is partic…