Abstract:
We report the statistics of the number of active regions (NAR) observed at 17 GHz with the Nobeyama Radioheliograph between 1992, near the maximum of cycle 22, and 2013, which also includes the maximum of cycle 24, and we compare with other activity indexes. We find that NAR minima are shorter than those of the sunspot number (SSN) and radio flux at 10.7 cm (F10.7). This shorter NAR minima could reflect the presence of active regions generated by faint magnetic fields or spotless regions, which were a considerable fraction of the counted active regions. The ratio between the solar radio indexes F10.7/NAR shows a similar reduction during the two minima analyzed, which contrasts with the increase of the ratio of both radio indexes in relation to the SSN during the minimum of cycle 23-24. These results indicate that the radio indexes are more sensitive to weaker magnetic fields than those necessary to form sunspots, of the order of 1500 G. The analysis of the monthly averages of the active region brightness temperatures shows that its long-term variation mimics the solar cycle; however, due to the gyro-resonance emission, a great number of intense spikes are observed in the maximum temperature study. The decrease in the number of these spikes is also evident during the current cycle 24, a consequence of the sunspot magnetic field weakening in the last few years. © 2014. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved..
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Título: | The 17 GHz active region number |
Autor: | Selhorst, C.L.; Costa, J.E.R.; Giménez De Castro, C.G.; Valio, A.; Pacini, A.A.; Shibasaki, K. |
Filiación: | IPandD-Universidade Do Vale Do Paraíba, UNIVAP, São José Dos Campos, Brazil CEA, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, São José dos Campos, Brazil CRAAM, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, São Paulo, Brazil IAFE, Universidad de Buenos Aires, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina Nobeyama Solar Radio Observatory, NAOJ, Minamisaku, Nagano 384-1305, Japan
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Palabras clave: | Sun: activity; Sun: magnetic fields; Sun: radio radiation |
Año: | 2014
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Volumen: | 790
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Número: | 2
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/790/2/134 |
Título revista: | Astrophysical Journal
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Título revista abreviado: | Astrophys. J.
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ISSN: | 0004637X
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Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_0004637X_v790_n2_p_Selhorst |
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Citas:
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Selhorst, C.L., Costa, J.E.R., Giménez De Castro, C.G., Valio, A., Pacini, A.A. & Shibasaki, K.
(2014)
. The 17 GHz active region number. Astrophysical Journal, 790(2).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/790/2/134---------- CHICAGO ----------
Selhorst, C.L., Costa, J.E.R., Giménez De Castro, C.G., Valio, A., Pacini, A.A., Shibasaki, K.
"The 17 GHz active region number"
. Astrophysical Journal 790, no. 2
(2014).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/790/2/134---------- MLA ----------
Selhorst, C.L., Costa, J.E.R., Giménez De Castro, C.G., Valio, A., Pacini, A.A., Shibasaki, K.
"The 17 GHz active region number"
. Astrophysical Journal, vol. 790, no. 2, 2014.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/790/2/134---------- VANCOUVER ----------
Selhorst, C.L., Costa, J.E.R., Giménez De Castro, C.G., Valio, A., Pacini, A.A., Shibasaki, K. The 17 GHz active region number. Astrophys. J. 2014;790(2).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/790/2/134