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Statistical Analysis of Individual Solar Active Regions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2018

Garyfallia Kromyda  and
Loukas Vlahos
Garyfallia Kromyda
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki GR-52124 Thessaloniki, Greece email: glkromyda@gmail.com
Loukas Vlahos
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki GR-52124 Thessaloniki, Greece email: vlahos@astro.auth.gr
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glkromyda@gmail.com
vlahos@astro.auth.gr
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Abstract

In the last decades, numerous observational and computational studies have shown that the global flare distribution is a power-law with a slope less than 2. In these studies, active regions are treated as statistically indistinguishable. To test this, we identify and separately analyze the flares produced by ten individual active regions (2006-2016). In five regions, we find a single power-law distribution, with a slope of a < 2. In the other five, we find a broken double power-law distribution, with slopes a1 < 2 and a2 > 2.

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Sun: corona flares X-rays radiation mechanisms: thermal methods: statistical data analysis
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 13 , Symposium S335: Space Weather of the Heliosphere: Processes and Forecasts , July 2017 , pp. 3 - 6
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2018 

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