Radio polarization probing of the solar corona during a period of weak solar activity

Journal Article · Wed Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1978 · Sov. Astron. Lett. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:6587412

Berlin, A B; Korol'kov, D V; Pariiskii, Y N; Soboleva, N S; Timofeeva, G M

An attempt is reported to establish the fine-scale structure of the magnetic field of the plasma near the sun from the variation in the position angle of the electric vector of the radio emission received from the Crab Nebula as it was occulted by the solar corona. At 4-cm wavelength the change in the position angle of the polarization vector does not exceed 0/sup 0/.5 at different points of the nebula, and its time dependence is consistent with a sectorial structure for the interplanetary magnetic field.

• Research Organization: Special Astrophysical Observatory, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Pulkovo
• OSTI ID: 6587412
• Journal Information: Sov. Astron. Lett. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. Astron. Lett. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 4:2; ISSN SALED
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

640104* -- Astrophysics & Cosmology-- Solar Phenomena
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
COSMIC RADIO SOURCES
CRAB NEBULA
ECLIPSE
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ENERGY SPECTRA
INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
NEBULAE
PLASMA
POLARIZATION
RADIATIONS
RADIOWAVE RADIATION
SOLAR ACTIVITY
SOLAR CORONA
SOLAR WIND
SPECTRA
SUPERNOVA REMNANTS