A Overview of Interplanetary Scintillation Method for Studying Solar Wind Physics

Abstract

Interplanetary scintillation is the fluctuation produced in the apparent brightness of a radio source, due to refractive effects in the turbulent solar wind flowing from the sun. If this medium is illuminated coherently, analysis of the spatial and temporal properties of the radiation reaching the earth allows the stochastic properties of the medium to be understood. Here, a brief review of method of interplanetary scintillation to study solar wind behavior will be introduced.