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A magnetohydrodynamic approach for interpreting solar polarization bursts at 7 GHz

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A magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) approach is presented that appears to be comprehensive for the interpretation of the recently discovered microwave solar events, in which only the degree of circular polarization changes, without any increase in the output of the total solar flux. On the basis of this explanation experimental evidence is suggested for Alfvén waves, in relation to the velocity fields in the solar chromosphere.

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Matsuura, O.T. A magnetohydrodynamic approach for interpreting solar polarization bursts at 7 GHz. Sol Phys 9, 173–182 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00145738

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