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Interpretation of a Correlation between the Flux Densities of Extended Hard X-ray and Microwave Solar Bursts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

G. J. Nelson
Affiliation:
Division of Radiophysics, CSIRO, Sydney
R. T. Stewart
Affiliation:
Division of Radiophysics, CSIRO, Sydney

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In a previous paper of this issue (Stewart and Nelson 1979 — Paper A) we showed that for extended bursts a good correlation exists between the observed 100 keV X-ray slux density and the 3.75 or 9.4 GHz microwave flux density. We also showed that the microwave spectrum of these bursts was much flatter (Sf1.0 on the average) than the optically thick (self-absorbed) spectrum observed for impulsive microwave bursts (Crannell et al. 1978; Dulk et al. 1978). Furthermore, the microwave turnover frequency was > 10 GHz in eight of the nine events studied and <20 GHz in four of these cases. The remaining event, which was severely occulted by the solar limb, had a turnover frequency of ∽ 1 GHz.

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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1979

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