Comparison of solar multifrequency microwave data with other solar indices for understanding solar and stellar microwave data

Fuente: arXiv
Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shimojo, Masumi, Namekata, Kosuke, Iwai, Kazumasa, Asai, Ayumi, Watanabe, Kyoko
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
Subjects:
Online Access:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1866916209476239360
author Shimojo, Masumi
Namekata, Kosuke
Iwai, Kazumasa
Asai, Ayumi
Watanabe, Kyoko
author_facet Shimojo, Masumi
Namekata, Kosuke
Iwai, Kazumasa
Asai, Ayumi
Watanabe, Kyoko
contents Thermal microwave emissions detected from stellar atmospheres contain information on stellar activity. However, even for the Sun, the relationship between multifrequency microwave data and other activity indices remains unclear. We investigated the relationships among the thermal microwave fluxes with 1, 2, 3.75 and 9.4 GHz, their circular polarizations, and several activity indices recorded during recent solar cycles and observed that these relationships can be categorized into two groups. In the first group, the relationship between the microwave fluxes and solar indices, which are strongly related to the active regions, can be well-fitted by using a linear function. In the second group, the fitting function is dependent on frequency. Specifically, the microwave fluxes at 1 and 2 GHz can be well-fitted to the total unsigned magnetic and extreme ultraviolet fluxes by employing a power-law function. The trend changes around 3.75 GHz, and of the trend for the 9.4 GHz fluxes can be fitted by using a linear function. For the first time, we present the relationship between circular polarization and solar indices. Moreover, we extrapolated these relationships of the solar microwave fluxes to higher values and compared them with the solar-type stars. We found that epsilon Eri, whose microwave emission originates from thermal plasma, follows the extrapolated relationship. However, to date, only one star's emission at 1--10 GHz has been confirmed as thermal emission. More solar-type stars should be observed with future radio interferometers to confirm that relationships based on solar data can be applied to stellar microwave data.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2402_11848
institution arXiv
publishDate 2024
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Comparison of solar multifrequency microwave data with other solar indices for understanding solar and stellar microwave data
Shimojo, Masumi
Namekata, Kosuke
Iwai, Kazumasa
Asai, Ayumi
Watanabe, Kyoko
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Thermal microwave emissions detected from stellar atmospheres contain information on stellar activity. However, even for the Sun, the relationship between multifrequency microwave data and other activity indices remains unclear. We investigated the relationships among the thermal microwave fluxes with 1, 2, 3.75 and 9.4 GHz, their circular polarizations, and several activity indices recorded during recent solar cycles and observed that these relationships can be categorized into two groups. In the first group, the relationship between the microwave fluxes and solar indices, which are strongly related to the active regions, can be well-fitted by using a linear function. In the second group, the fitting function is dependent on frequency. Specifically, the microwave fluxes at 1 and 2 GHz can be well-fitted to the total unsigned magnetic and extreme ultraviolet fluxes by employing a power-law function. The trend changes around 3.75 GHz, and of the trend for the 9.4 GHz fluxes can be fitted by using a linear function. For the first time, we present the relationship between circular polarization and solar indices. Moreover, we extrapolated these relationships of the solar microwave fluxes to higher values and compared them with the solar-type stars. We found that epsilon Eri, whose microwave emission originates from thermal plasma, follows the extrapolated relationship. However, to date, only one star's emission at 1--10 GHz has been confirmed as thermal emission. More solar-type stars should be observed with future radio interferometers to confirm that relationships based on solar data can be applied to stellar microwave data.
title Comparison of solar multifrequency microwave data with other solar indices for understanding solar and stellar microwave data
topic Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.11848