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000005846 0247_ $$2DOI$$a10.1051/0004-6361/202039024
000005846 037__ $$aSCART-2022-0092
000005846 100__ $$aM Ryan, A
000005846 245__ $$aLOFAR imaging of the solar corona during the 2015 March 20 solar eclipse
000005846 260__ $$c2021
000005846 520__ $$aThe solar corona is a highly-structured plasma which can reach temperatures of more than ∼2 MK. At low frequencies (decimetric and metric wavelengths), scattering and refraction of electromagnetic waves are thought to considerably increase the imaged radio source sizes (up to a few arcminutes). However, exactly how source size relates to scattering due to turbulence is still subject to investigation. The theoretical predictions relating source broadening to propagation effects have not been fully confirmed by observations due to the rarity of high spatial resolution observations of the solar corona at low frequencies. Here, the LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) was used to observe the solar corona at 120−180 MHz using baselines of up to ∼3.5 km (corresponding to a resolution of ∼1−2′) during the partial solar eclipse of 2015 March 20. A lunar de-occultation technique was used to achieve higher spatial resolution (∼0.6′) than that attainable via standard interferometric imaging (∼2.4′). This provides a means of studying the contribution of scattering to apparent source size broadening. It was found that the de-occultation technique reveals a more structured quiet corona that is not resolved from standard imaging, implying scattering may be overestimated in this region when using standard imaging techniques. However, an active region source was measured to be ∼4′ using both de-occultation and standard imaging. This may be explained by the increased scattering of radio waves by turbulent density fluctuations in active regions, which is more severe than in the quiet Sun.
000005846 594__ $$aNO
000005846 6531_ $$aSun: corona 
000005846 6531_ $$a Sun: radio radiation 
000005846 6531_ $$a techniques: interferometric 
000005846 6531_ $$a instrumentation: interferometers
000005846 700__ $$aT Gallagher, P
000005846 700__ $$aP Carley, E
000005846 700__ $$aA Brentjens, M
000005846 700__ $$aC Murphy, P
000005846 700__ $$aVocks, C
000005846 700__ $$aE Morosan, D
000005846 700__ $$aReid, H
000005846 700__ $$aMagdalenic, J
000005846 700__ $$aBreitling, F
000005846 700__ $$aZucca, P
000005846 700__ $$aFallows, R
000005846 700__ $$aMann, G
000005846 700__ $$aKerdraon, A
000005846 700__ $$aHalfwerk, R
000005846 773__ $$nA43$$pAstronomy & Astrophysics$$v648$$y2021
000005846 8560_ $$felodie.brahy@ksb-orb.be
000005846 85642 $$ahttps://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2021/04/aa39024-20/aa39024-20.html
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