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2023MNRAS.518.2119W - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 518, 2119-2122 (2023/January-2)

Solar radio-frequency reflectivity and localization of FRB from solar reflection.

WANG S. and KATZ J.I.

Abstract (from CDS):

The radiation of a fast radio burst (FRB) reflects from the Moon and Sun. If a reflection is detected, the time interval between the direct and reflected signals constrains the source to a narrow arc on the sky. If both Lunar and Solar reflections are detected these two arcs intersect, narrowly confining the location on the sky. A previous paper calculated reflection by the Moon. Here, we calculate the reflectivity of the Sun in the 'flat Sun' approximation as a function of angle of incidence and frequency. The reflectivity is high at low frequencies ($\lessapprox 100\,$MHz) and grazing incidence (angles ⪆60°), but exceeds 0.1 for frequencies $\lessapprox 80\,$ MHz at all angles. However, the intense thermal emission of the Solar corona likely precludes detection of the Solar reflection of even MJy Galactic bursts like FRB 200428.

Abstract Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): Sun: atmosphere - transients: fast radio bursts

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