ON SOLAR-ACTIVITY AND THE SOLAR-CYCLE - A NEW ANALYSIS OF THE BUTTERFLY DIAGRAM OF SUNSPOTS

Citation
Z. Mouradian et I. Soruescaut, ON SOLAR-ACTIVITY AND THE SOLAR-CYCLE - A NEW ANALYSIS OF THE BUTTERFLY DIAGRAM OF SUNSPOTS, Astronomy and astrophysics, 280(2), 1993, pp. 661-665
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
ISSN journal
00046361
Volume
280
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
661 - 665
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6361(1993)280:2<661:OSATS->2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The present paper discusses the duration of solar activity through the active regions from 1981 to 1992. In analyzing the beginning of Cycle 22, we found we had to include in this cycle the reversed-polarity ac tive regions (RPARs) of the decreasing phase of Cycle 21. In fact, RPA Rs appear as soon as the magnetic polarity of the poles changes, i.e. beginning with the maximum of the previous cycle. Then, analyzing the decrease in Cycle 21, we had to extend this cycle, by including the RP ARs of Cycle 22, up to the following maximum. When viewed this way, us ing data - the active regions - that is homogenous, the whole interpre tation of the cycle changes, because the duration becomes 22 years, th e change occurs at the same time as the pole polarity, and the source of the magnetic field is located in the equatorial region. In conclusi on, we formulate a ''Hale-Babcock'' law that expresses the magnetic po larity changes of the poles and of the active regions through a comple te 22-year cycle.