Hemispheric helicity trend for solar cycle 23

被引:113
作者
Pevtsov, AA
Canfield, RC
Latushko, SM
机构
[1] Natl Solar Observ Sacramento Peak, Sunspot, NM 88349 USA
[2] Montana State Univ, Dept Phys, Bozeman, MT 59717 USA
[3] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Solar Terr Phys, Irkutsk 664033, Russia
基金
美国国家科学基金会; 美国国家航空航天局;
关键词
Sun : activity; Sun : corona; Sun : magnetic fields;
D O I
10.1086/319179
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Applying the same methods we used in solar cycle 22, we study active region vector magnetograms, full-disk X-ray images, and full-disk line-of-sight magnetograms to derive the helicity of solar magnetic fields in the first 4 years of solar cycle 23. We find that these three data sets all exhibit the same two key tendencies-significant scatter and weak hemispheric asymmetry-as were observed in solar cycle 22. This supports the interpretation of these tendencies as signatures of the writhing of magnetic flux by turbulence in the convection zone.
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页码:L261 / L263
页数:3
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