Observation of Strong Circular Polarization in a Moving Type IV Burst
- 1 March 1969
- journal article
- other
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
- Vol. 1 (5) , 189-191
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s1323358000011383
Abstract
Since they were first interpreted, moving type IV bursts have been attributed to synchrotron radiation from electrons with energy ∼3 MeV radiating in weak magnetic fields (∼1 G) high in the solar corona. In this paper a description is given of 80 MHz radioheliograph observations of an outburst in which it was possible to isolate the moving type IV source and demonstrate that its circular polarization was strong (∼80%). Hence it is shown that the energy of the radiating electrons cannot exceed 6 = 105eV.Keywords
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- Synchrotron Radiation FormulaeThe Astrophysical Journal, 1968