HR: 14:15h
AN: SH53B-04    [Abstracts]
TI: Spatio-temporal dynamics of magnetic fields in the photosphere and flaring productivity of active regions
AU: * Abramenko, V
EM: avi@bbso.njit.edu
AF: Big Bear Solar Observatory of NJIT, 40386 North Shore Lane, Big Bear City, CA 92314 United States
AB: The role of spatio-temporal dynamics of the photospheric magnetic flux tubes in processes of energy built-up and energy release seems to be a subject of much controversy. To provide an insight into the problem, we propose to study the turbulence state, the multifractality and the fragmentation process in the photospheric magnetic structures and examine their relationship with the flare activity of different active regions (ARs). By calculating magnetic power spectra and structure functions of the line-of-sight magnetograms, as well as distribution functions of the the magnetic flux in magnetic elements, we found that parameters of these functions correlate with the flare productivity of an AR. Namely, flare-productive ARs display non-stationary non-homogeneous turbulent regime, high degree of multifractality and very intensive fragmentation of magnetic elements. On the contrary, for flare-quiet ARs we found a Kolmogorov-type homogeneous stationary turbulent regime, nearly monofractal structure of the field and low fragmentation rate. This study demonstrates that structural and dynamical characteristics of the magnetic field as measured in the photosphere are relevant to the intensity of non-stationary processes in the entire magnetic configuration.
UR: http://www.bbso.njit.edu/~avi/
DE: 3250 Fractals and multifractals
DE: 7519 Flares
DE: 7524 Magnetic fields
DE: 7839 Nonlinear phenomena
DE: 7863 Turbulence
SC: SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics [SH]
MN: 2005 Joint Assembly