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Millimeter and Microwave Activity of the Sun

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

M. R. Kundu
Affiliation:
Astronomy Program University of Maryland, College Park, MD
S. M. White
Affiliation:
Astronomy Program University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Abstract

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The emission of solar flares at millimeter wavelengths is of great interest both in its own right and because it is generated by the energetic electrons which also emit gamma rays. Since high-resolution imaging at gamma-ray energies is not presently possible, millimeter observations can act as a substitute. Except for that class of flares known as gamma-ray flares the millimetric emission is optically thin. It can be used as a powerful diagnostic of the energy distribution of electrons in solar flares and its evolution, and of the magnetic field. We have carried out high-spatial-resolution millimeter observations of solar flares this year using the Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Array (BIMA), and report on the preliminary results in this paper (Kundu et al 1990; White et al 1990). We also report some recent results obtained from multifrequency observations using the VLA (White et al 1990).

Type
IX. Solar Radio Emission
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1990 

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