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Radio and White-Light Observations of Coronal Transients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

G. A. Dulk
G. A. Dulk*
Affiliation:
Division of Radiophysics, CSIRO, Sydney, Australia and Department of Astro-Geophysics, University of Colorado, Boulder, U.S.A.

Abstract

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Optical, radio and X-ray evidence of violent mass motions in the corona has existed for some years but only recently have the form, nature, frequency and implication of the transients become obvious. In this paper I review the observed properties of coronal transients, concentrating on the white-light and radio manifestations. The classification according to speeds seems to be meaningful, with the slow transients having thermal emissions at radio wavelengths and the fast ones non-thermal. I then discuss the possible mechanisms involved in the radio bursts and review the estimates of various forms of energy. It appears that the magnetic energy transported from the Sun by the transient exceeds that of any other form, and that magnetic forces dominate in the dynamics of the motions. The conversion of magnetic energy into mechanical energy, by expansion of the fields, provides a possible driving force for the coronal and interplanetary shock waves.

Type
Session VII - Solar Bursts - Radio, White Light and X-ray Observations
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 86: Radio Physics of the Sun , 1980 , pp. 419 - 433
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1980 

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