Characteristics of the surface distribution of the larger solar flares of the twenty-first cycle |
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Authors: | Bai-sheng Tang |
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Institution: | Beijing Observatory, Academia Sinica, China |
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Abstract: | A statistical analysis of the surface distribution of the larger solar flares of the 21st cycle is carried out in this paper. The results are as follows: (1) There exist two active longitude belts, 220°–140° and 340°–320°. (2) The distribution of flares is assymetric about the solar equator. (3) Active regions located in 50°–60° E and 10°–20° W are good producers of flares; those in 80°–90° E (i.e., near the East limb) and 60°–70° W are poor producers. (4) The autocorrelation function of the flare series shows that a flare active region has a large probability of producing another flare after one rotation and a small probability of so doing after more than one rotation, and that there is a high probability of a flare occurring in the region next to the one in which a flare has already occurred. |
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