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A Theory of Type I Solar Radio Bursts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

W. N. -C. Sy
W. N. -C. Sy*
Affiliation:
Division of Radiophysics, CSIRO, Sydney
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Type I radio bursts, as distinct from the continuum component frequently associated with them in a solar storm, are short-lived (0.1-2 s), narrow-band (2-10 MHz) bursts with frequency drift rates from 0 to 20 MHz s−1. They come from coronal regions close to the corresponding plasma levels, i.e. the frequency of radiation ω is close to the local plasma frequency ωp. They occur more frequently at frequencies above ~100 MHz but at times extend to frequencies as low as 20 MHz. Their observed equivalent brightness temperatures are usually about 109 K but they can reach 1011 K or higher. Except for an average decrease in polarization towards the limb and except for initial stages of a storm, type I bursts are strongly circularly polarized (approaching 100 per cent) in the sense of the O-mode.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , October 1973 , pp. 215 - 217
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1973

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