Implications of the 1400 MHz flare emission from AD Leo for the emission mechanism and flare environmentHigh brightness temperature spikes have been observed during a radio flare on the M-dwarf flare star AD Leo (Lang et al., 1983). Their high brightness temperature (greater than 10 to the 13th K) and circular polarization indicate that a coherent radiation mechanism must be responsible for the spike emission. The underlying flare emission, which is identified with a low polarization, gradual component, was found not to be spiky to within the 200 ms time resolution of the observations. This note is concerned primarily with this nonspiky emission.
Document ID
19860053267
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Holman, G. D. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Bookbinder, J. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Golub, L. (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA, United States)