The STEREO/Waves experiment is dedicated to the study of inner heliosphere radio emissions. This experiment is composed of a set of two identical receivers placed on each of the two STEREO spacecraft. The STEREO/Waves receivers have instantaneous Goniopolarimetric (GP) capabilities (also referred to as direction-finding capabilities). This means that it is possible to retrieve the direction of arrival of an incoming electromagnetic radio wave, its flux and its polarization. We review the state of the art of GP-capable radio receivers and available GP techniques. We then present the GP capabilities of the STEREO/Waves experiment. We finally show some GP results on solar Type III radio bursts, using data recorded with the Cassini/RPWS/HFR, which are very similar to the STEREO/Waves data.


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    Title :

    STEREO/Waves Goniopolarimetry


    Contributors:
    Russell, C. T. (editor) / Cecconi, B. (author) / Bonnin, X. (author) / Hoang, S. (author) / Maksimovic, M. (author) / Bale, S. D. (author) / Bougeret, J. -L. (author) / Goetz, K. (author) / Lecacheux, A. (author) / Reiner, M. J. (author)

    Published in:

    The STEREO Mission ; Chapter : 18 ; 549-563


    Publication date :

    2008-01-01


    Size :

    15 pages




    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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