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Solar cycle variation of helicity characteristics indicated by SP/Hinode

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2013

Juan Hao
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Solar Activity, National Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Datun Road A20, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100012, China email: haojuan@bao.ac.cn
Mei Zhang
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Solar Activity, National Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Datun Road A20, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100012, China email: haojuan@bao.ac.cn
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Abstract

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Helicity characteristics in active regions (ARs) are studied, using so far the most accurate vector magnetic field measurements obtained with SP/Hinode. Our sample includes all ARs observed by SP/Hinode, up to June 2012. The sample is divided into three sub-samples: Cycle 23 (from 2006.11 to 2008.06), Cycle 24a (from 2008.10 to 2010.09) and Cycle 24b (from 2010.10 to 2012.06). We confirm our previous findings that the usual hemispheric helicity sign rule is not obeyed in the descending phase of solar cycle 23 and is obeyed in the ascending phase of solar cycle 24. And we find that the second phase of the solar cycle 24 (Cycle 24b) shows an even stronger evidence of the usual hemispheric helicity sign rule than its first phase (Cycle 24a). It is also found that our previous finding that the strong and weak fields possess the opposite helicity signs is not followed in Cycle 24b, whereas it is weakly followed in Cycle 24a and strongly followed in the descending phase of Cycle 23. This means that this rule also has a solar cycle variation, in addition to the solar cycle variation of the usual hemispheric helicity sign rule, and there is a roughly 2-years time delay between the two.

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