A positional comparison between coronal mass ejection events and solar type II bursts

Details A positional comparison between coronal mass ejection events and solar type II bursts A positional comparison between coronal mass ejection events and solar type II bursts

May 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985soph...97..145r&link_type=abstract

Solar Physics (ISSN 0038-0938), vol. 97, May 1985, p. 145-157.

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Solar Corona, Solar Radio Bursts, Stellar Mass Ejection, Type 2 Bursts, Bandwidth, Shock Waves, Solar Flares

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An investigation is made to determine the positional relation between the leading edge of the coronal mass ejection (CME) and the source region of associated solar type II radio bursts. A preliminary relation between the optical and radio activity was first established for each event using projected starting times and positional data. Height - time plots were then deduced for the radio activity using radiospectrograph observations in conjunction with a variety of coronal density models. These plots were then compared with height - time plots for the leading edge of the associated CME events, which has been observed with the SOLWIND experiment aboard the P78-1 satellite. In 31 well-observed events a total of 13 (42%) had type II bursts which could confidently be placed near the leading edge of the CME. In these events the density model which gave the best agreement between CME and type II positions was five times the Saito (1970) quiet Sun model. The existence of these closely related events was further confirmed by direct positional comparisons for the event of 1979, May 4. In a further nine events the type II burst was seen within the CME but was located well behind the leading edge, suggesting that they were created by a blast wave. The remaining nine events had height - time plots which could not be accurately compared. The observations are discussed in relation to models for the CME and type II activity. We suggest that the type II is generated when the shock wave is formed within the closed field structure near the leading edge of the CME or, in the case of a blast wave, interacts with closed fields in the body of the transient.

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