Sunspot Proper Motion and Flare Frequency

Autor: G. Csepura, L. Győri, A.A. Galal
Rok vydání: 1995
Zdroj: International Astronomical Union Colloquium. 151:45-46
ISSN: 0252-9211
DOI: 10.1017/s0252921100034540
Popis: Flare activity of solar active regions is generally believed to depend on a sheared configuration of magnetic fields (Hagyard et al. 1984). There are cases when the shear necessary for a flare can be attributed to the emergence of a new flux in the spot group (Wang 1992). But, perhaps, a newly born active region can also influence the magnetic field configuration in a nearby active region (Poleto et al. 1993, Gesztelyi et al. 1993). In this paper we are interested primarily in the influence of a newly emerging spot group on a nearby one.The three neighbouring active regions NOAA AR 6412(B-C), 6413(A) and 6415(D) have been studied between 13-22 December 1990. White-light pictures for studying sunspot proper motion and area evolution were taken at Gyula Observing Station (Hungary), Debrecen Heliophysical Observatory (Hungary) and Helwan Observatory (Egypt). Times and positions of the flares were taken from the Solar Geophysical Data (No. 558, part 1, February 1991).
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