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The Periodicities of Solar X-ray Flares and Coronal Mass ejections during Solar Cycle 23

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2005

Ahmed Abdel Hady
Affiliation:
Astronomy and Meteorology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt, E-mail: aahady@main-scc.cairo.edu.eg
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Abstract

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The Events of energetic particles from solar X-ray flares and shock waves have been studied. The data were taken from the National Geophysical data center (NGDC) in Boulder, Colorado, USA, Where the data were taken during the solar cycle 23rd. The 23rd cycle is the present one, that started in April 1996, and its maximum was in May 2001, and it will be decayed during year 2007. Power spectrum methods have been applied for analysis of the data given, to find the short and intermediate periodicities. The periodicity around 14 days has appeared in this analysis. This has important implications for understanding and predicting the effects of solar activity on the Earth and on the earth's atmosphere. If a Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) hit the Earth, it can excite a geomagnetic storm. Large geomagnetic storms, among other things, can cause electrical power which can damage satellite communications. In space CME typically drive shock waves that produce energetic particles that can damage both electronic equipment and astronauts that are outside the protection of the Earth's magnetic field. So, the prediction of the high energetic particle events is of vital importance for space navigation and airline disasters.To search for other articles by the author(s) go to: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html

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