A multibeam antenna for solar MM-wave burst observations with high spatial and temporal resolution |
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Authors: | R Herrmann A Magun J E R Costa E Correia P Kaufmann |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland;(2) Centro de Radioastronomia e Aplicaçoes Espaciais, São Paulo, Brasil |
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Abstract: | In this paper a new method for the determination of the position of microwave burst sources on the Sun, its implementation and first observational results, are presented. The 13.7 m antenna at Itapetinga with a five-channel receiver operating at 48 GHz and with a time resolution of 1 ms is used. Five horn antennas clustered around the focus of the Cassegrain reflector provide 5 beams diverging by about 2 . This configuration allows the observation of different parts of an active region and the determination of the center of the burst position with an accuracy of 5 to 20 depending on the angular distance relative to the antenna axis. The field of view is 2 by 4 . The time resolution of 1 ms is suitable to search for fast structures at 48 GHz. A total bandwidth of 400 MHz is used in order to achieve a sensitivity of 0.04 s.f.u. sufficient for the detection of weak bursts. First observational results of the flare on May 11, 1991 show a well-located source position during all stages.Paper presented at the 4th CESRA workshop in Ouranopolis (Greece) 1991. |
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