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Periodicities in the λ10 cm solar flux

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An analysis has been carried out on the 32 years of λ10 cm solar flux data, published by Covington, to test for evidence of the periodicities found by others using different techniques. Two features with periods of about 25 and 31 days appear to persist throughout the data, but there is no evidence for the 12.6 days periodicity claimed by Dicke and Goldenberg from solar ellipticity measurements, nor for the 12.07 day periodicity claimed by Knight et al. from an analysis of sunspot numbers. A 750 day periodicity is evident during 1970–75; this may correspond to the feature deduced by Sakurai from the sunspot numbers (and claimed to correlate with the neutrino flux); this feature can change in amplitude at other times. The other major feature has a period of about 1100 days, but disappears completely during 1970–75. The above periods are all synodic.

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  1. Astronomy Group, Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada

    V. A. Hughes & M. J. L. Kesteven

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On leave of absence at Sterrewacht, Leiden, The Netherlands during 1979/80.

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Hughes, V.A., Kesteven, M.J.L. Periodicities in the λ10 cm solar flux. Sol Phys 71, 259–268 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00167550

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