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In addition to the well-known 11-year solar cycle, the Sun's magnetic activity also shows significant variation on shorter time scales, e.g. between one and two years. We observe a quasi-biennial (2-year) signal in the solar p-mode…

The solar magnetic activity consists of two periodic components: the main cycle with a period of 11 yr and a shorter cycle with a period of ~2 yrs. The origin of this second periodicity is still not well understood. We use almost 15 yrs of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 R. Simoniello , K. Jain , S. C. Tripathy , S. Turck-Chieze , W. Finsterle , M. Roth

The Sun has a steady 11-year cycle in magnetic activity most well-known by the rising and falling in the occurrence of dark sunspots on the solar disk in visible bandpasses. The 11-year cycle is also manifest in the variations of emission…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-19 Ricky Egeland , Willie Soon , Sallie Baliunas , Jeffrey C. Hall , Alexei A. Pevtsov , Gregory W. Henry

The Sun is a variable star whose magnetic activity and total irradiance vary on a timescale of approximately 11 years. The current activity minimum has attracted considerable interest because of its unusual duration and depth. This raises…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-21 A. -M. Broomhall , W. J. Chaplin , Y. Elsworth , S. T. Fletcher , R. New

The magnetic field of the Sun is generated by internal dynamo process with a cyclic period of 11 years or a 22 year magnetic cycle. The signatures of the Sun's magnetic cycle are observed in the different layers of its atmosphere and in its…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-26 Sandra V. Jeffers , Rene Kiefer , Travis S. Metcalfe

For the Sun, a tight correlation between various activity measures and oscillation frequencies is well documented. For other stars, we have abundant data on magnetic activity and its changes but not yet on its seismic signature. A…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 W. A. Dziembowski

The evolution of the solar activity comprises, apart from the well-known 11-year cycle, various temporal scales ranging from months up to the secondary cycles known as mid-term oscillations. Its nature deserves a physical explanation. In…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-04 D. D. Sokoloff , A. S. Shibalova , V. N. Obridko , V. V. Pipin

The level of solar magnetic activity, as exemplified by the number of sunspots and by energetic events in the corona, varies on a wide range of time scales. Most prominent is the 11-year solar cycle, which is significantly modulated on…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-26 Robert Cameron , Manfred Schüssler

Manifestations of the solar magnetic activity through periodicities of about 11 and 2 years are now clearly seen in all solar activity indices.In this paper, we add information about the mechanism driving the 2 year period by studying the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 R. Simoniello , K. Jain , S. C. Tripathy , S. Turck-Chieze , C. Baldner , W. Finsterle , F. Hill , M. Roth

The Sun's magnetic field varies in multiple time scales. Observations show that the minimum between cycles 24 and 25 was the second consecutive minimum which was deeper and wider than several earlier minima. Since the active regions…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-19 Kiran Jain , Niket Jain , Sushanta C. Tripathy , Mausumi Dikpati

Sunspots are a canonical marker of the Sun's internal magnetic field which flips polarity every ~22-years. The principal variation of sunspots, an ~11-year variation in number, modulates the amount of magnetic field that pierces the solar…

The magnetic activity of the Sun becomes stronger and weaker over roughly an 11 year cycle, modulating the radiation and charged particle environment experienced by the Earth as "space weather". Decades of observations from the Mount Wilson…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-18 Axel Brandenburg , Savita Mathur , Travis S. Metcalfe

The solar luminosity in the visible changes at the 10-3 level, following an 11 years period. In X-rays, which should not be there, the amplitude varies 100000 times stronger, making their mysterious origin since the discovery in 1938 even…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 K. Zioutas , M. Tsagri , Y. K. Semertzidis , T. Papaevangelou , D. H. H. Hoffmann , V. Anastassopoulos

A growing body of evidence suggests that multiple dynamo mechanisms can drive magnetic variability on different timescales, not only in the Sun but also in other stars. Many solar activity proxies exhibit a quasi-biennial ($\sim$2 year)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-14 Ricky Egeland , Travis S. Metcalfe , Jeffrey C. Hall , Gregory W. Henry

The Sun exhibits episodic surges of magnetic activity across a range of temporal and spatial scales, the most prominent of which is the 11-ish year modulation of sunspot production. Beside the ~170 (min to max) decadal variation in sunspot…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-21 Scott W. McIntosh , Robert J. Leamon

The solar magnetic activity cycle is responsible for periodic episodes of severe space weather, which can perturb satellite orbits, interfere with communications systems, and bring down power grids. Much progress has recently been made in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. S. Metcalfe , T. J. Henry , M. Knolker , D. R. Soderblom

The calling card of solar magnetism is the sunspot cycle, during which sunspots regularly reverse their polarity sense every 11 years. However, a number of more complicated time-dependent behaviors have also been identified. In particular,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-06 Loren Matilsky , Juri Toomre

Observations of magnetic activity cycles in other stars provide a broader context for our understanding of the 11-year sunspot cycle. The discovery of short activity cycles in a few stars, and the recognition of analogous variability in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Travis S. Metcalfe

The Solar Cycle is reviewed. The 11-year cycle of solar activity is characterized by the rise and fall in the numbers and surface area of sunspots. A number of other solar activity indicators also vary in association with the sunspots…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-01 David H. Hathaway

The magnetic fields of solar-type stars are observed to cycle over decadal periods -11 years in the case of the Sun. The fields originate in the turbulent convective layers of stars and have a complex dependency upon stellar rotation rate.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-02 A. Strugarek , P. Beaudoin , P. Charbonneau , A. S. Brun , J. -D. do Nascimento
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