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Possible Role of Coronal Streamer as Magnetically- closed Structure in Shock-induced Energetic Electrons and Metric Type II Radio Bursts 1 1 2 Xiangliang Kong , Yao Chen , Fan Guo , 1 1 1 3 Shiwei Feng , Bing Wang , Guohui Du , Gang Li 1. Institute of Space Sciences, Shandong Univ., Weihai, China 2. Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA 3. Department of Space Sci. and CSPAR, UAHuntsville, USA 1 Outline • Background • Observations of two streamer-associated Type IIs Implications: role of streamers as magnetically- closed structure • Test-particle simulation of electron accel. in a streamer-shock system • Summary: Magnetically-closed structures in the corona, as trapping agency of shock-accelerated electrons, can greatly enhance the shock-electron acceleration efficiency. 2 1. Background Motivation Type IIIs Type II Streamer s R 3 - 2 . 1 Type IIs: shock-accelerated energetic electrons (plasma emission) Streamers: dense + magnetically-closed (many CMEs erupt from streamers and CME/shock-streamer interactions are frequently observed)