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Decameter Radio and White Light Observations of the 21 August 1973 Coronal Transient.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

T. E. Gergely  and
M. R. Kundu
T. E. Gergely
Affiliation:
Astronomy Program, U. of Md., College Park, MD
M. R. Kundu
Affiliation:
Astronomy Program, U. of Md., College Park, MD

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Observations from SKYLAB have shown that coronal transients, which involve mass ejections occur quite frequently, possibly up to three times a day at solar maximum (Hildner et al., 1976). An estimated mass of ≃1015 − 1016 g (Stewart et al., 1974) and a total mechanical energy in excess of 2×1031 ergs (Webb et al., 1978) is expelled from the Sun during each event. The transients therefore play a major role in the dynamics of the outer corona and of the interplanetary medium. Joint radio and white light observations provide the best opportunity to derive the physical parameters, such as the electron density and magnetic field in different parts of the transients, and consequently to estimate the forces driving the ejecta.

Type
Part III. Solar Transient Phenomena Affecting the Corona and Interplanetary Medium: Dynamics Deduced from Observations
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 91: Solar and Interplanetary Dynamics , 1980 , pp. 245 - 249
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1980 

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