Decimetric Type-U Solar Radio Bursts and Associated EUV Phenomena on 2011 February 9

Abstract

Abstract A GOES M1.9 flare took place in active region AR 11153 on 2011 February 9. With a resolution of 200 kHz and a time cadence of 80 ms, the reverse-drifting (RS) type-III bursts, intermittent sequence of type-U bursts, drifting pulsation structure (DPS), and fine structures were observed by the Yunnan Observatories Solar Radio Spectrometer (YNSRS). Combined information revealed by the multiwavelength data indicated that after the DPS was observed by YNSRS, the generation rate of type-U bursts suddenly increased to 5 times what it had been. In this event, the generation rate of type-U bursts may depend on the magnetic-reconnection rate. Our observations are consistent with previous numerical simulation results. After the first plasmoid produced (plasma instability occurred), the magnetic-reconnection rate suddenly increased by 5 to 8 times. Furthermore, after the DPS, the frequency range of the turnover frequency of type-U bursts was obviously broadened to thrice what it was before, which indicates a fluctuation amplitude of the density in the loop top. Our observations also support numerical simulations during the flare-impulsive phase. Turbulence occurs at the top of the flare loop and the plasmoids can trap nonthermal particles, causing density fluctuation at the loop top. The observations are generally consistent with the results of numerical simulations, helping us to better understand the characteristics of the whole physical process of eruption.