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Soft X-ray solar flare cycles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2005

Georgeta Mariş
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy Str. Cutitul de Argint 5, RO-040557 Bucharest 28, Romania; e-mail: [email protected]
Miruna Daniela Popescu
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy Str. Cutitul de Argint 5, RO-040557 Bucharest 28, Romania; e-mail: [email protected] Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh, BT61 9DG, N. Ireland; email: [email protected]
Marilena Mierla
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy Str. Cutitul de Argint 5, RO-040557 Bucharest 28, Romania; e-mail: [email protected] Max-Planck Institut für Aeronomie, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany; email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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We present a statistical investigation of soft X-ray (SXR) solar flare occurrence over the last three 11-yr solar cycles (SCs 21-23, corresponding to the period 1976-2003). We studied not only the monthly number of flares, but we also used an index that estimate the energy emitted by flares in the SXR 1-8 Å band ($Q_{x}$) that we find it better defines their importance in the solar activity cycle. The medium and high importance SXR flares (M&X class) seem to reflect the cycle importance given by the smoothed monthly Wolf numbers (W). SXR flare indices show a delay regarding the sunspot numbers for SC 21, while for SC 22 and 23 their time distribution is almost coincident with W. The level of energy emitted by SXR flares, quantified through the $Q_{x}$ index, is about the same for SCs 21-23 despite the difference between the W curves in the cycles. We also point out the SXR flare behaviour on the cycles descendant phases, with short but intense increases in their activity, that might give useful information about the activity level of the next cycle.To search for other articles by the author(s) go to: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html

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Contributed Papers
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© 2004 International Astronomical Union