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Using time-distance local helioseismology flow maps within 1 Mm of the solar photosphere, we detect inflows toward activity belts that contribute to solar cycle scale variations in near-surface meridional flow. These inflows stretch out as…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-28 Sushant S. Mahajan , Xudong Sun , Junwei Zhao

One of the major sources of perturbation in the solar cycle amplitude is believed to be the emergence of anomalous active regions which do not obey Hale's polarity law and Joy's law of tilt angles. Anomalous regions containing high magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-08 Shaonwita Pal , Prantika Bhowmik , Sushant S. Mahajan , Dibyendu Nandy

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

The flux of energetic particles originating from the Sun fluctuates during the solar cycles. It depends on the number and properties of Active Regions (ARs) present in a single day and associated solar activities, such as solar flares and…

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

We studied the low-frequency $\lesssim 0.5\;$h$^{-1}$ (long-period $\gtrsim 2\;$h) oscillations of active regions (ARs). The investigation is based on an analysis of a time series built from Solar Dynamics Observatory/Helioseismic and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-22 G. Dumbadze , B. M. Shergelashvili , S. Poedts , T. V. Zaqarashvili , M. Khodachenko , P. De Causmaecker

A magnetic power spectral analysis is performed on 53 solar active regions, observed from August 2011 to July 2012. Magnetic field data obtained from the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager, inverted as Active Region Patches, are used to study…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-28 Revati S. Mandage , R. T. James McAteer

Systematic studies of the rotation rate of sunspot groups using white-light images yield controversial results on the variations of the rotation rate: sunspot groups were found to either accelerate or decelerate systematically. This…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-18 Alexander S. Kutsenko , Valentina I. Abramenko , Daria V. Litvishko

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

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

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

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

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

Solar active regions (ARs) that produce strong flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are known to have a relatively high non-potentiality and are characterized by delta-sunspots and sheared magnetic structures. In this study, we conduct…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-29 Shin Toriumi , Shinsuke Takasao

The tilt angle of solar active regions (AR) is crucial for the Babcock-Leighton type dynamo models in the buildup of polar field. However, divergent results regarding properties of tilt angles were reported due to their wide scatter, caused…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-18 Lang Qin , Jie Jiang , Ruihui Wang

In our earlier study of this series (Park et al. 2020, Paper I), we examined the hemispheric sign preference (HSP) of magnetic helicity flux $dH/dt$ across photospheric surfaces of 4802 samples of 1105 unique active regions (ARs) observed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-28 Sung-Hong Park , K. D. Leka , Kanya Kusano

Solar flares occur due to the sudden release of energy stored in active-region magnetic fields. To date, the pre-cursors to flaring are still not fully understood, although there is evidence that flaring is related to changes in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-01 Sophie A. Murray , D. Shaun Bloomfield , Peter T. Gallagher

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

A statistical analysis of magnetic energies of the nonlinear force-free and potential fields, and their difference (a proxy for the free magnetic energy) in active regions (ARs) on the Sun of different Hale (Mount Wilson) and McIntosh…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-15 I. V. Zimovets , I. N. Sharykin , W. -Q. Gan