Two Populations of Sunspot Groups and Their Meridional Motions

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作者
Nagovitsyn, Yury [1 ,2 ]
Pevtsov, Alexei [3 ]
Osipova, Aleksandra [1 ]
机构
[1] Cent Astron Observ Pulkovo, St Petersburg, Russia
[2] State Univ Aerosp Instrumentat, St Petersburg, Russia
[3] Natl Solar Observ, 3665 Discovery Dr, Boulder, CO 80303 USA
关键词
Solar activity; Sunspots; Sunspot group populations; Velocity fields; SOLAR DIFFERENTIAL ROTATION; GENERAL-CIRCULATION; MAGNETIC-FIELDS; MOUNT WILSON; CYCLES; 10; VELOCITY; FLOW; STATISTICS; SUN; MAINTENANCE;
D O I
10.1007/s11207-023-02204-8
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
It is shown that the average meridional velocities of sunspot groups linearly depend on their average longitudinal velocities (solar rotation) with a high correlation coefficient of -0.95. The relationship differs for small, short-lived and large, long-lived groups. The meridional motions of sunspots do not have any pronounced global distribution law with latitude, but depend on their individual longitudinal velocities in a rotating coordinate system close to the Carrington one. The found relations indicate that the Coriolis force may play a role in driving the meridional motions of sunspot groups.
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