Monthly Archives: November 2018

115. Investigation of White-light Emission in Circular-ribbon Flares

Contributed by Yongliang Song. Posted on November 21, 2018

A total of 90 circular-ribbon flares are identified in 8 years of SDO observations, and 33 of them are found associated with white-light enhancements, a rate higher than non-circular-ribbon flares. It is thus suggested that the fan-spine magnetic field topology and the total amount of energy release plays roles in causing white-light flares.

114. What We Learned from a Long-term Study of Sunspot Physical Parameters

Contributed by Jing Li. Posted on November 20, 2018

Physical parameters, including sunspots tilt angles, total magnetic flux, polarity pole separations, and magnetic areas, are measured for most sunspot groups in solar cycles 23 and 24. Differences between Hale and anti-Hale sunspots in separate hemispheres and cycles are studied statistically.