Smith, Robert A.Goldstein, MelvynPapadopoulos, Konstantinos2023-11-022023-11-021976-02Smith, Robert A., Melvyn L. Goldstein, and Konstantinos Papadopoulos. “On the Theory of the Type III Burst Exciter.” Solar Physics 46, no. 2 (February 1, 1976): 515–27. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00149880.https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00149880http://hdl.handle.net/11603/30502In situ satellite observations of type III burst exciters at 1 AU show that the beam does not evolve into a plateau in velocity space, contrary to the prediction quasilinear theory. The observations can be explained by a theory that includes mode coupling effects due to excitation of the parametric oscillating two-stream instability and its saturation by anomalous resistivity. The time evolution of the beam velocity distribution is included in the analysis.13 pagesen-USThis work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law.Public Domain Mark 1.0http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/Text