In the present work a statistical analysis of long-lived microbursts (MBs) in the decimetric wavelength range was performed for the first time. Long-lived microbursts at decimetric wavelengths were observed with one-dimensional scans on the RATAN-600 radio telescope in intensity and circular polarization with a sensitivity of about 5∈-∈10 Jy. MBs have fluxes in the range of 0.001∈-∈0.1 s.f.u. and polarization degrees of 10∈-∈100%, and the duration of individual bursts is about 1∈-∈2 s. Microbursts and background sources exist for several days and appear at the sites of prolonged energy release. In this work MBs were compared with noise storms (NSs) in the metric wavelength range. Our analysis shows with high confidence that MBs are manifestation of NSs in the decimetric wavelength range. The reason for the significant difference in flux between MBs and NSs could be because MBs (unlike NSs) are related to incoherent generation of Langmuir waves. The nature of the MB emission is similar to the smoothly varying (background) emission of the NSs, butthe MB emission is impulsive because of the high rate of pitch-angle diffusion.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)37-51
Number of pages15
JournalSolar Physics
Volume249
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 2008

    Research areas

  • Microburst, Noise storm, Plasma emission, Radioburst

    Scopus subject areas

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

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