The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society (천문학회보)
- Volume 43 Issue 1
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- Pages.52.2-53
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- 2018
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- 1226-2692(pISSN)
A Solar Stationary Type IV Radio Burst and Its Radiation Mechanism
- Liu, Hongyu (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
- Chen, Yao (Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment, and Institute of Space Sciences Shandong University) ;
- Cho, Kyungsuk (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
- Feng, Shiwei (Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment, and Institute of Space Sciences Shandong University) ;
- Vasanth, Veluchamy (Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment, and Institute of Space Sciences Shandong University) ;
- Koval, Artem (Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment, and Institute of Space Sciences Shandong University) ;
- Du, Guohui (Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment, and Institute of Space Sciences Shandong University) ;
- Wu, Zhao (Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment, and Institute of Space Sciences Shandong University) ;
- Li, Chuanyang (Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment, and Institute of Space Sciences Shandong University)
- Published : 2018.05.08
Abstract
A stationary Type IV (IVs) radio burst was observed on September 24, 2011. Observations from the Nançay RadioHeliograph (NRH) show that the brightness temperature (TB ) of this burst is extremely high, over 10^11K at 150 MHz and over 10^8K in general. The degree of circular polarization (q ) is between -60%~-100%, which means that it is highly left-handed circularly polarized. The flux-frequency spectrum follows a power-law distribution, and the spectral index is considered to be roughly -3~-4 throughout the IVs. Radio sources of this event are located in the wake of the coronal mass ejection and are spatially dispersed. They line up to present a formation in which lower-frequency sources are higher. Based on these observations, it is suggested that the IVs was generated through electron cyclotron maser emission.
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