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A Highly Circularly Polarized Solar Radio Emission Component Observed at Hectometric Wavelengths

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We report here the observation of a rare solar radio event at hectometric wavelengths that was characterized by essentially 100% circularly polarized radiation and that was observed continuously for about six days, from May 17 to 23, 2002. This was the first time that a solar source with significantly polarized radiation was detected by the WAVES experiment on the Wind spacecraft. From May 19 to 22, the intense polarized radio emissions were characterized by quasi-periodic intensity variations with periods from one to two hours and with superposed drifting, narrowband, fine structures. The bandwidth of this radiation extended from about 400 kHz to 7 MHz, and the peak frequency of the frequency spectrum slowly decreased from 2 MHz to about 0.8 MHz over the course of four days. The radio source, at each frequency, was observed to slowly drift from east to west about the Sun, as viewed from the Earth and was estimated to lie between 26 and 82 R &sun; ( R &sun; = 696 000 km). We speculate that this unusual event may represent an interplanetary manifestation of a moving type IV burst and discuss possible radio emission mechanisms. The ISEE-3 spacecraft may possibly have detected a similar event some 26 years ago.

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hal-03733183 , version 1 (21-07-2022)

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M. J. Reiner, Michael L. Kaiser, J. Fainberg, Jean-Louis Bougeret. A Highly Circularly Polarized Solar Radio Emission Component Observed at Hectometric Wavelengths. Solar Physics, 2006, 234, pp.301-324. ⟨10.1007/s11207-006-0087-4⟩. ⟨hal-03733183⟩
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