Scientific objectives of
MWRH
1. Magnetography of the corona - determination of the structure and strength
of magnetic fields. The
effectiveness of magnetic field measurements in the active region corona was demonstrated by RATAN and VLA
observations, with limitations in spatial
resolutions and the field of view, respectively. MWRH would provide measurements of the field at a number of levels in
the chromosphere and corona (estimations of the
magnetic field in the chromosphere from the Zeeman effect are made difficult by the structure of spectral
lines). Angular resolution varies linearly
with frequency. Therefore, even in the case of a discrete set of frequencies, MWRH can provide contours of field levels at
the base of the corona by assuming the
emission from the 3rd gyrolevel B = 120 f (GHz). The coincidence of the SSRT and NRH
observing intervals brings the number of frequencies to eight. In relatively weak fields,
information about the magnitude of the magnetic
field along the line of sight is furnished by the degree of polarization. Investigation of oscillatory processes at different
frequencies (levels in the solar atmosphere) is
also associated with this problem.