Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Oct 2003
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Astronomy Reports, vol. 47, Issue 10, p.873-882
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
10
Scientific paper
Low-frequency pulsations of 22 and 37 GHz microwave radiation detected during solar flares are analyzed. Several microwave bursts observed at the Metsähovi Radio Observatory are studied with time resolutions of 100 and 50 ms. A fast Fourier transformation with a sliding window and the Wigner-Ville method are used to obtain frequency-time diagrams for the low-frequency pulsations, which are interpreted as natural oscillations of coronal magnetic loops; the dynamical spectra of the pulsations are synthesized for the first time. Three types of low-frequency fluctuations modulating the flare microwave radiation can be distinguished in the observations. First, there are fast and slow magneto-acoustic oscillations with periods of 0.5 0.8 s and 200 280 s, respectively. The fast magneto-acoustic oscillations appear as trains of narrow-band signals with durations of 100 200 s, a positive frequency drift dν/dt=0.25 MHz/min, and frequency splitting δν=0.01 0.05 Hz. Second, there are natural oscillations of the coronal magnetic loops as equivalent electrical circuits. These oscillations have periods of 0.5 10 s and positive or negative frequency drift rates dν/dt=8×10-3 Hz/min or dν/dt=-1.3×10-2 Hz/min, depending on the phase of the radio outburst. Third, there are modulations of the microwave radiation by short periodic pulses with a period of 20 s. The dynamical spectra of the low-frequency pulsations supply important information about the parameters of the magnetic loops: the ratio of the loop radius to its length r/L≈0.1, the plasma parameter β≈10-3, the ratio of the plasma densities outside and inside the loop ρe/ρi≈10-2, and the electrical current flowing along the loop I≈1012 A.
Kislyakov Albert G.
Shkelev E. I.
Stepanov Alexander V.
Urpo Seppo
Zaitsev Valerii V.
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