Polarization of Jovian Emission at Decametre Wave-lengths

Abstract

DURING the period September 1–December 31, 1963, observations of the polarization of radio-wave emission from Jupiter were made at 15.2, 16.2, 18.2, 22.2, and 24.2 Mc/s. The Southwest Research Institute two-helix polarimeter¹, utilizing a twin channel receiver, was expanded so that determination of the cross-correlation of the right and left circular components, in addition to the two opposite circular components, was made separately for each Jupiter burst. This type of radio polarimeter scheme has been described by Cohen². The calibrated polarimeter thus provided determination of the polarization fraction (m), axial ratio (r) and sense of the Jupiter bursts observed.