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In order to investigate the relationship between magnetic-flux emergence, solar flares, and coronal mass ejections (CMEs), we study the periodicity in the time series of these quantities. It has been known that solar flares, sunspot area, and photospheric magnetic flux have a dominant periodicity of about 155 days, which is confined to a part of the phase of the solar cycle. These periodicities occur at different phases of the solar cycle during successive phases. We present a time-series analysis of sunspot area, flare and CME occurrence during Cycle 23 and the rising phase of Cycle 24 from 1996 to 2011. We find that the flux emergence, represented by sunspot area, has multiple periodicities. Flares and CMEs, however, do not occur with the same period as the flux emergence. Using the results of this study, we discuss the possible activity sources producing emerging flux.
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This work was partially supported by NSF grant ATM-0548260. MN acknowledges the Department of Physics and Astronomy of California State University Northridge for a grant during this work. AC acknowledges support from the Interdisciplinary Research Institute for the Sciences (IRIS) at CSUN.
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Choudhary, D.P., Lawrence, J.K., Norris, M. et al. Different Periodicities in the Sunspot Area and the Occurrence of Solar Flares and Coronal Mass Ejections in Solar Cycle 23 – 24. Sol Phys 289, 649–656 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-013-0392-7
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