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The integrated brightness of the Sun shows variability on time-scales from minutes to decades. This variability is mainly caused by pressure mode oscillations, by granulation and by dark spots and bright faculae on the surface of the Sun.…

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This article discusses statistical models for solar flare interval distribution in individual active regions. We analyzed solar flare data in 55 active regions that are listed in the GOES soft X-ray flare catalog. We discuss some problems…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Yuki Kubo

Clouds cast shadows on the surface and locally enhance solar irradiance by absorbing and scattering sunlight, resulting in fast and large solar irradiance fluctuations on the surface. Typical spatiotemporal scales and driving mechanisms of…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2023-03-09 Wouter Mol , Bart van Stratum , Wouter Knap , Chiel van Heerwaarden

A novel Monte Carlo technique of simulation of spatial fluorescence distribution within the human skin is presented. The computational model of skin takes into account the spatial distribution of fluorophores, which would arise due to the…

Medical Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. Y. Churmakov , I. V. Meglinski , S. A. Piletsky , D. A. Greenhalgh

Over the last two decades the uninterrupted, high-resolution observations of the Sun, from the excellent range of telescopes aboard many spacecraft complemented with observations from sophisticated ground-based telescopes have opened up a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 G. Tsiropoula , K. Tziotziou , I. Kontogiannis , M. S. Madjarska , J. G. Doyle , Y. Suematsu

We improve our filament automated detection method which was proposed in our previous works. It is then applied to process the full disk H$\alpha$ data mainly obtained by Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) from 1988 to 2013, spanning nearly…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-23 Q. Hao , C. Fang , W. Cao , P. F. Chen

Observations of the Sun's surface suggest a nonuniform radiated flux as related to the presence of bright active regions and darker coronal holes. The variations of the FUV/EUV source radiation can be expected to affect the Lyman-alpha…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-04 Marek Strumik , Maciej Bzowski , Marzena A. Kubiak

The longitudinal asymmetry of the photospheric magnetic field distribution is studied on the basis of the data of the Kitt Peak National Solar Observatory (synoptic maps for the period 1976 - 2016). The method of vector summing of magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-08 D. G. Baranov , E. S. Vernova , M. I. Tyasto , O. A. Danilova

The study of the global structure of the large-scale magnetic field of the Sun is extremely important for creating a theoretical model of the dynamics of the Sun and predictions of the real situation in the helio- and geomagnetosphere. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-13 Elena Gavryuseva

Spatial distributions of the dominant oscillation frequency obtained for four sunspots show a feature shared by all the analysed levels of the solar atmosphere in these sunspots. This feature located in the inner penumbrae indicates that…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-22 D. Y. Kolobov , A. A. Chelpanov , N. I. Kobanov

Solar oblateness has been the subject of several studies dating back to the nineteenth century. Despite diffculties, both theoretical and observational, tangible results have been achieved. However, variability of the solar oblateness with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-22 Jean P. Rozelot , Alexander G. Kosovichev , Ali Kilcik

Understanding coronal structure and dynamics can be facilitated by analyzing green-line emission, which enables the investigation of diverse coronal structures such as coronal loops, streamers, coronal holes, and various eruptions in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-27 Jacob Oloketuyi , Yu Liu , Linhua Deng , Abouazza Elmhamdi , Fengrong Zhu , Ayodeji Ibitoye , Opeyemi Omole , Feiyang Sha , Qiang Liu

As recently found, the distribution of sunspots is non-axisymmetric and spot group formation implies the existence of two persistent active longitudes separated by 180 degrees. Here we quantitatively study the non-axisymmetry of sunspot…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 I. G. Usoskin , S. V. Berdyugina , J. Poutanen

Although the energetic phenomena of the Sun (flares, coronal mass injections etc.) exhibit intermittent stochastic behavior in their rate of occurrence, they are well correlated to the variations of the solar cycle. In this work we study…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-09-23 E. Gini , J. Polygiannakis , A. Hillaris , P. Preka-Papadema , X. Moussas

In a previous paper, I described a new way of determining the high-latitude solar rotation rate statistically from space-time maps of polar faculae observed in the 6767 \r{A} continuum by the Michelson Doppler Interferometer (MDI) on the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-04 Neil R. Sheeley

The results of determinations of the azimuthal and meridional velocities by time-distance helioseismology from Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) onboard Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) from May 2010 to September 2020 at latitudes from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-26 Alexander V. Getling , Alexander G. Kosovichev , Junwei Zhao

We investigate the phase difference of the sunspot cycles in the two hemispheres and compare it with the latitudinal sunspot distribution. If the north-south phase difference exhibits a long-term tendency, it should not be regarded as a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 N. V. Zolotova , D. I. Ponyavin , R. Arlt , I. Tuominen

This study aims to provide further evidence for the potential influence of the global solar magnetic field on localised chromospheric jets, the macrospicules (MS). To find a connection between the long-term variation of properties of MS and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-02 T. S. Kiss , R. Erdelyi

The sunspots and other solar activity indicators tend to cluster on the surface of the Sun.These clusters very often occur at certain longitudes that persist in time.It is of general interest to find new and simple ways to characterize the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 J. Pelt , M. J. Korpi , I. Tuominen

The solar tachocline, located at the interface between the latitude-dependent rotation of the convection zone and the rigid radiative interior, presents high gradients of angular velocity which are of particular interest for the models of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2013-08-01 T. Corbard , S. J. Jiménez-Reyes , S. Tomczyk , M. Dikpati , P. Gilman