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Distribution of Circularly Polarized Emission across the Solar Disk at λ = 4.3 cm*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Pierre Kaufmann
Affiliation:
Centro de Rádio-Astronomia e Astrofísica, Universidade Mackenzie, São Paulo, Brazil
E. Scalise Jr.
Affiliation:
Centro de Rádio-Astronomia e Astrofísica, Universidade Mackenzie, São Paulo, Brazil

Abstract

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(Solar Phys.). The emission of circularly polarized radiation of reversed senses from the respective solar hemispheres at λ = 4.3 cm is discussed, referring to consistent eclipse results obtained in November 1966 (Figure 1), March 1970, and January 1973 (Figure 2). Further qualitative information were obtained by performing a series of 18 daily solar maps (Figure 3) at the same wavelength, with moderate angular resolution (i.e., 12′). We were not able to resolve individual centers' polarities, but have confirmed that reversed senses of circular polarization occur, tending to be right-handed at southern areas of the solar disk, and left-handed at northern areas. These senses correspond to preceding polarities at the hemispheres for the 20th solar cycle, and a ‘neutral line’ divide the two polarized hemispheres, showing a contour that depends strongly on the presence of active centres and on their displacement with solar rotation. This suggest that the polarized features are strongly controlled, if not completely, by the presence of photospheric underlying magnetic areas.

Type
Part I Magnetic Structure Responsible for Coronal Disturbances
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1974