Accession Number:

ADA002287

Title:

The Relationship Between Solar Flares and Solar Sector Boundaries.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

STANFORD UNIV CALIF INST FOR PLASMA RESEARCH

Personal Author(s):

• Dittmer,P. H.

Report Date:

1974-10-23

Pagination or Media Count:

13.0

Abstract:

A superposed epoch analysis of 1964-1970 solar flares shows a marked increase in flare occurrence within a day of - solar sector boundaries as well as a local minimum in flare occurrence near - sector boundaries. This preference for - boundaries is more noticeable for northern hemisphere flares, where these polarities match the Hale polarity law, but is not reversed in the south. Plage regions do not show such a preference.

Descriptors:

• *SOLAR FLARES
• MAGNETIC FIELDS
• BOUNDARIES
• POLARITY
• SUNSPOTS

Subject Categories:

• Astrophysics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE