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Aims. This study investigates the magnetic evolution of solar active regions (ARs), with a particular focus on understanding how the magnetic morphology of simple and complex ARs changes throughout their lifetime. Methods. To analyse the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-29 Shabnam Nikbakhsh , Eija I. Tanskanen , Thomas Hackman

Solar sub-surface fluid topology provides an indirect approach to examine the internal characteristics of active regions (ARs). Earlier studies have revealed the prevalence of strong flows in the interior of ARs having complex magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-19 R. A. Maurya , A. Ambastha

A solar active region (AR) is a three-dimensional magnetic structure formed in the convection zone, whose property is fundamentally important for determining the coronal structure and solar activity when emerged. However, our knowledge on…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-01-22 Georgios Chintzoglou , Jie Zhang

We used line-of-sight magnetograms acquired by the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager on board the Solar Dynamics Observatory to derive the decay rate of total unsigned magnetic flux for 910 ephemeral and active regions (ARs) observed between…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-08 Andrei A. Plotnikov , Valentina I. Abramenko , Alexander S. Kutsenko

Aims. Our aim is to examine the solar cycle variability of magnetically simple and complex active region. Methods. We studied simple ($\alpha$ and $\beta$) and complex ($\beta\gamma$ and $\beta\gamma\delta$) active regions based on the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-11 Shabnam Nikbakhsh , Eija Tanskanen , Maarit Käpylä , Thomas Hackman

We present results of a study of intermittency and multifractality of magnetic structures in solar active regions (ARs). Line-of-sight magnetograms for 214 ARs of different flare productivity observed at the center of the solar disk from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-08 Valentyna Abramenko , Vasyl Yurchyshyn

The study of solar active regions (ARs) is of central importance to a range of fundamental science, as well as the practical applications of space weather. Active region emergence and life cycles are two areas of particular interest, yet…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-30 Emily I. Mason , Kara L. Kniezewski

Solar active regions (ARs) determine solar polar fields and cause solar cycle variability within the framework of the Babcock-Leighton (BL) dynamo. The contribution of an AR to the polar field is measured by its dipole field, which results…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-03 Ruihui Wang , Jie Jiang , Yukun Luo

Line-of-sight magnetograms for 217 active regions (ARs) of different flare rate observed at the solar disk center from January 1997 until December 2006 are utilized to study the turbulence regime and its relationship to the flare…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Valentyna Abramenko , Vasyl Yurchyshyn

A statistical study of 77 solar active regions (ARs) is conducted to investigate the existence of identifiable correlations between the subsurface structural disturbances and the activity level of the active regions. The disturbances…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-23 Chia-Hsien Lin

We establish the largest eruptive/confined flare database to date and analyze 322 flares of \emph{GOES} class M1.0 and larger that occurred during 2010$-$2019, i.e., almost spanning the entire solar cycle 24. We find that the total unsigned…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-31 Ting Li , Yijun Hou , Shuhong Yang , Jun Zhang , Lijuan Liu , Astrid M. Veronig

Solar flares originate from magnetically active regions but not all solar active regions give rise to a flare. Therefore, the challenge of solar flare prediction benefits by an intelligent computational analysis of physics-based properties…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-09 Cristina Campi , Federico Benvenuto , Anna Maria Massone , D Shaun Bloomfield , Manolis K Georgoulis , Michele Piana

The systematic variation of solar active region (AR) properties with their magnetic flux has been the subject of numerous studies but the proposed scaling laws still vary rather widely. A correct representation of these laws and the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-24 Guilherme A. L. Nogueira , Robertus Erdelyi , Ruihui Wang , Kristof Petrovay

We explore the association of non-neutralized currents with solar flare occurrence in a sizable sample of observations, aiming to show the potential of such currents in solar flare prediction. We use the regularly produced high quality…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-01 Ioannis Kontogiannis , Manolis K. Georgoulis , Sung-Hong Park , Jordan A. Guerra

We present the photospheric energy density of magnetic fields in two solar active regions inferred from observational vector magnetograms, and compare it with the possible different defined energy parameters of magnetic fields in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-12 Hongqi Zhang

Solar flares emanate from solar active regions hosting complex and strong bipolar magnetic fluxes. Estimating the probability of an active region to flare and defining reliable precursors of intense flares is an extremely challenging task…

We analyze the relationship between the flare X-ray peak flux, and characteristics of the Polarity Inversion Line (PIL) and Active Regions (AR), derived from line-of-sight (LOS) magnetograms. The PIL detection algorithm based on a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-29 Viacheslav M Sadykov , Alexander G Kosovichev

We investigate magnetic activity properties of 21 stars via medium resolution optical spectra and long-term photometry. Applying synthetic spectrum fitting method, we find that all targets are cool giant or sub-giant stars possessing…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-23 Orkun Özdarcan

In this article, the physical processes occurring in the convective layer and the photosphere of the Sun and their connection to the formation of active regions (ARs) and the development of the corresponding magnetic field are explored.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-22 Aidar M. Sadykov , Sergey A. Krasotkin

Recent studies indicate that a small number of rogue solar active regions (ARs) may have a significant impact on the end-of-cycle polar field and the long-term behavior of solar activity. The impact of individual ARs can be qualified based…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-13 Ruihui Wang , Jie Jiang , Yukun Luo