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    • Analysis of Ca+ K plage area for short period variation

      Jagdev Singh S. K. Jain

      Volume 10 Issue 4 December 1989 pp 381-389

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    • Keywords

       

      Sun, calcium plage area; Sun, rotation period

    • Abstract

       

      We have analysed the observations of Solar Ca+K daily plage area for the period 1951-1977 to find evidence for the existence of short period (around 12–13 days) variation in the data. We divided the data in three groups—two corresponding to 10–20‡N and 10–20‡S latitude belts, and one corresponding to the total plage area—and used the power spectrum and autocorrelation techniques for the analysis. Both the techniques clearly show the 27-day periodicity due to solar rotation modulation in all the sets. A 12–13 day periodicity is seen in only 3, out of a total of 57 data sets when autocorrelation technique is used. A generally weak peak around 12–13 days is, however, seen in the power spectrum of all the data sets. The relative power in the 12–13 day peak is found to be significantly higher in those three data sets where the autocorrelation also shows this periodicity. On these two epochs the sunspot area distribution showed the existence of two distinct active longitudes separated by about 140–170 degrees. This seems to be the cause for the existence of a periodicity around 12–13 days in the autocorrelation and enhancement in the relative power of the 12–13 days peak in the power spectrum of these two epochs

    • Author Affiliations

       

      Jagdev Singh1 S. K. Jain1

      1. Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore - 560034

    • Dates

       
      Published
      December 1989
      Manuscript received
      21 April 1989
      Accepted
      31 July 1989

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