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American Astronomical Society, Astrophysical Journal, 2(549), p. L261-L263, 2001

DOI: 10.1086/319179

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Hemispheric Helicity Trend for Solar Cycle 23

Journal article published in 2001 by Alexei A. Pevtsov ORCID, Richard C. Canfield, Sergei M. Latushko
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

Applying the same methods we used in solar cycle 22, we study active region vector magnetograms, full-disk X-ray images, and full-disk line-of-sight magnetograms to derive the helicity of solar magnetic fields in the first 4 years of solar cycle 23. We find that these three data sets all exhibit the same two key tendencies-significant scatter and weak hemispheric asymmetry-as were observed in solar cycle 22. This supports the interpretation of these tendencies as signatures of the writhing of magnetic flux by turbulence in the convection zone.