Observations concerning the generation and propagation of Type III solar bursts

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Nov 1986

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Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 169, no. 1-2, Nov. 1986, p. 329-335.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Solar Electrons, Type 3 Bursts, Cerenkov Radiation, Harmonics, Helios Project, Solar Wind

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A number of Type III bursts were observed during the Helios missions in which the burst exciter passed over the spacecraft, as evidenced by strong electric field fluctuations near the plasma frequency. Six of these were suitable for detailed study. Of the six events, one was ambiguous, one showed what is interpreted as a switchover from harmonic to fundamental, and the rest all generated fundamental at onset. This would be expected if both fundamental and harmonic are generated, as, at a fixed frequency, the fundamental will be generated earlier. For the event which seems to show both fundamental and harmonic emission, the frequency ratio is not exactly 2. This is explained in terms of a time delay of the fundamental, due to scattering and diffusion in the source region. A time delay of the order of 600 seconds at 1 AU and 20 kHz, and inversely proportional to frequency, is required to explain the observations. Crude estimates show that delay times at least this long may be attributed to trapping and scattering.

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