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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

The solar dipole moment at cycle minimum is considered to be the most successful precursor for the amplitude of the subsequent cycle. Numerical simulations of the surface flux transport (SFT) model are widely used to effectively predict the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-16 Zi-Fan Wang , Jie Jiang , Jing-Xiu Wang

Data for 3046 solar active regions (ARs) observed since May 12, 1996 to December 27, 2021 were utilized to explore how the magnetic fluxes from ARs of different complexity follow the solar cycle. Magnetograms from the Michelson Doppler…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-15 Valentina I. Abramenko , Regina A. Suleymanova , Anastasija V. Zhukova

Context: Solar active regions (ARs) are key manifestations of the Sun's magnetic activity, displaying diverse spatial and temporal characteristics. Their formation and evolution play a crucial role in understanding the solar dynamo and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-06 M. Švanda , J. Jurčák , M. Schmassmann

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

During the lifetime of AR 12673, its magnetic field evolved drastically and produced numerous large flares. In this study, using full maps of the Sun observed by the Solar Dynamics Observatory and the Solar Terrestrial Relations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-23 Johan Muhamad , Muhamad Zamzam Nurzaman , Tiar Dani , Arun Relung Pamutri

We test recent claims that the polar field at the end of Cycle 23 was weakened by a small number of large, abnormally oriented regions, and investigate what this means for solar cycle prediction. We isolate the contribution of individual…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-22 T. Whitbread , A. R. Yeates , A. Muñoz-Jaramillo

Using multi-wavelength observations from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), we investigated the six-month decay process of the solar active region NOAA AR 12738 from April to October 2019. We systematically analyzed the region's…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-11 Jiasheng Wang , Yu Xu , Zhengyong Hou

We considered variations the dipole and the quadrupole components of the solar large-scale magnetic field. Both the axial and the equatorial dipoles exhibit a systematic decrease in the past four cycles in accordance with the general…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-19 V. N. Obridko , D. D. Sokoloff , B. D. Shelting , A. S. Shibalova , I. M. Livshits

Using a recently suggested magneto-morphological classification (MMC, Abramenko, 2021, MNRAS Vol 507) of solar active regions (ARs), we explored 3048 ARs, observed from12 May 1996 to 27 December 2021. Magnetograms were acquired with the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-21 Anastasiya Zhukova , Valentina Abramenko

The solar cycle and its associated magnetic activity are the main drivers behind changes in the interplanetary environment and Earth's upper atmosphere (commonly referred to as space weather and climate). In recent years there has been an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-10-08 Andrés Muñoz-Jaramillo , Laura A. Balmaceda , Edward E. DeLuca

Linking solar wind properties to the activities and characteristics of its source regions can enhance our understanding of its origin and generation mechanisms. Using the Mount Wilson magnetic classification (MWMC), we categorize all active…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-13 Xinzheng Shi , Hui Fu , Zhenghua Huang , Limei Yan , Qi Liu , Lidong Xia

The velocity field in the lower solar atmosphere undergoes strong interactions with magnetic fields. Many authors have pointed out that power is reduced by a factor between two and three within magnetic regions, depending on frequency,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 F. Giannattasio , M. Stangalini , D. Del Moro , F. Berrilli

Long observational series for bipolar active regions (ARs) provide significant information about the mutual transformation of the poloidal and toroidal components of the global solar magnetic field. The direction of the toroidal field…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-14 A. Zhukova , A. Khlystova , V. Abramenko , D. Sokoloff

The dynamics of active region (AR) 12673 is qualitatively studied using observational data obtained with the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager of the Solar Dynamics Observatory on August 31--September 8, 2017. This AR was remarkable for its…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-27 A. V. Getling

Time series of photospheric magnetic parameters of solar active regions (ARs) are used to answer whether scaling properties of fluctuations embedded in such time series help to distinguish between flare-quiet and flaring ARs. We examine a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-21 Eo-Jin Lee , Sung-Hong Park , Yong-Jae Moon

The solar dipole moment at activity minimum is a good predictor of the strength of the subsequent solar cycle. Through a systematic analysis using a state-of-the-art 2$\times$2 D solar dynamo model, we found that bipolar magnetic regions…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-18 Melinda Nagy , Alexandre Lemerle , Paul Charbonneau

Solar activity can be witnessed in the form of sunspots and active regions, where the magnetic field is enhanced by up to a factor 1000 as compared to that of the quiet Sun. In addition, solar activity manifests itself in terms of flares,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-25 Gottfried Mann , Frédéric Schuller

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

The evolution of solar surface magnetic fields is essential for understanding solar activity and the underlying dynamic process. The surface flux transport (SFT) model is a widely used and effective tool for simulating this evolution.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-07 Yukun Luo , Jie Jiang , Ruihui Wang
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