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Characteristics of coronal shock waves and solar type 2 radio burstsIn the solar corona shock waves generated by flares and/or coronal mass ejections can be observed by radio astronomical methods in terms of solar type 2 radio bursts. In dynamic radio spectra they appear as emission stripes slowly drifting from high to low frequencies. A sample of 25 solar type 2 radio bursts observed in the range of 40 - 170 MHz with a time resolution of 0.1 s by the new radiospectrograph of the Astrophvsikalisches Institut Potsdam in Tremsdorf is statistically investigated concerning their spectral features, i.e, drift rate, instantaneous bandwidth, and fundamental harmonic ratio. In-situ plasma wave measurements at interplanetary shocks provide the assumption that type 2 radio radiation is emitted in the vicinity of the transition region of shock waves. Thus, the instantaneous bandwidth of a solar type 2 radio burst would reflect the density jump across the associated shock wave. Comparing the inspection of the Rankine-Hugoniot relations of shock waves under coronal circumstances with those obtained from the observational study, solar type 2 radio bursts should be regarded to be generated by weak supercritical, quasi-parallel, fast magnetosonic shock waves in the corona.
Document ID
19960021358
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Mann, G.
(Observatorium fuer Solare Radioastronomie Tremsdorf, German Democratic Republic)
Classen, H.-T.
(Observatorium fuer Solare Radioastronomie Tremsdorf, German Democratic Republic)
Date Acquired
August 17, 2013
Publication Date
June 30, 1995
Subject Category
Solar Physics
Accession Number
96N24754
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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