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Production of Fast Drift Bursts

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THREE kinds of fast drift radio bursts from the Sun, with frequency changes corresponding to outward velocities of 105 km/sec, are observed: type III bursts, produced by even quite small solar flares; “herringbone structure”, produced by type II slow drift bursts; and “inverted U bursts”, in which a fast drift burst starts outward and turns back down.

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ZIRIN, H. Production of Fast Drift Bursts. Nature 212, 909–910 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/212909a0

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