Polarization Measurements of Jupiter Radio Bursts at 10·1 Mc/s

Abstract

At 10·1 Mc/s Jupiter bursts of both senses of circular polarization are readily observed. The algebraic mean axial ratio is a strong function of Jovian longitude. This is almost entirely due to variation with longitude of the relative proportion of bursts of opposite sense of polarization. If bursts of the two senses (L.H. and R.H.) are analysed separately the two mean axial ratios show little or no variation with longitude and are equal and opposite in sign. The axial ratio distribution and other observations are compared with the predictions of the Doppler.shifted cyclotron theory