Polar Field Reversals and Active Region Decay

被引:15
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作者
Petrie, Gordon [1 ]
Ettinger, Sophie [2 ]
机构
[1] Natl Solar Observ, 950 N Cherry Ave, Tucson, AZ 85719 USA
[2] Univ Chicago, 5801 South Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
Solar magnetic fields; Activity cycle; Solar poles; Photosphere; Chromosphere; Corona; Solar interior; Magnetic flux-transport models; SOLAR MAGNETIC-FIELD; MERIDIONAL FLOW; FLUX TRANSPORT; CYCLE; EVOLUTION; FORECAST; STRENGTH; ROTATION; MODEL; LAW;
D O I
10.1007/s11214-015-0189-0
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We study the relationship between polar field reversals and decayed active region magnetic flux. Photospheric active region flux is dispersed by differential rotation and turbulent diffusion, and is transported poleward by meridional flows and diffusion. We summarize the published evidence from observation and modeling of the influence of meridional flow variations and decaying active region flux's spatial distribution, such as the Joy's law tilt angle. Using NSO Kitt Peak synoptic magnetograms covering cycles 21-24, we investigate in detail the relationship between the transport of decayed active region flux to high latitudes and changes in the polar field strength, including reversals in the magnetic polarity at the poles. By means of stack plots of low-and high-latitude slices of the synoptic magnetograms, the dispersal of flux from low to high latitudes is tracked, and the timing of this dispersal is compared to the polar field changes. In the most abrupt cases of polar field reversal, a few activity complexes (systems of active regions) are identified as the main cause. The poleward transport of large quantities of decayed trailing-polarity flux from these complexes is found to correlate well in time with the abrupt polar field changes. In each case, significant latitudinal displacements were found between the positive and negative flux centroids of the complexes, consistent with Joy's law bipole tilt with trailing-polarity flux located poleward of leading-polarity flux. The activity complexes of the cycle 21 and 22 maxima were larger and longer-lived than those of the cycle 23 and 24 maxima, and the poleward surges were stronger and more unipolar and the polar field changes larger and faster. The cycle 21 and 22 polar reversals were dominated by only a few long-lived complexes whereas the cycle 23 and 24 reversals were the cumulative effects of more numerous, shorter-lived regions. We conclude that sizes and lifetimes of activity complexes are key to understanding the diversity of polar reversals.
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页码:77 / 108
页数:32
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