The State of Self-organized Criticality of the Sun During the Last Three Solar Cycles. I. Observations
The State of Self-organized Criticality of the Sun During the Last Three Solar Cycles. I. Observations
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DOI:
10.1007/s11207-011-9755-0
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发表时间:
2010-06
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2.8
通讯作者:
M. Aschwanden
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作者:
M. Aschwanden
We analyze the occurrence frequency distributions of peak fluxes, total fluxes, and durationsof solar flares over the last three solar cycles (during 1980--2010) from hard X-ray data of HXRBS/SMM, BATSE/CGRO, and RHESSI. From the synthesized data we find powerlaw slopes with mean values offor the peak flux,for the total flux, andfor flare durations. We find a systematic anti-correlation of the powerlaw slope of peak fluxes as a function of the solar cycle, varying with an approximate sinusoidal variation, with a mean of, a variation of, a solar cycle periodyrs, and a cycle minimum time. The powerlaw slope is flattest during the maximum of a solar cycle, which indicates a higher magnetic complexity of the solar corona that leads to an overproportional rate of powerful flares.