{"title":"Cyclic Variations in the Mean Recurrence Times of Solar Flares in Active Regions","authors":"Yu. A. Nagovitsyn, A. I. Larionova, A. A. Osipova","doi":"10.1134/S1063773725700409","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>The recurrence times <i>RT</i> (also known as waiting times) of solar flares in active regions in soft X-rays are studied using GOES satellite data from 1998 to 2025. It is shown that the <i>RT</i> distribution is fairly well approximated by a lognormal distribution. Based on grouped samples, changes in three types of average values of log <i>RT</i> distributions over time are studied. From these studies, it can be concluded that the average logarithms of recurrence times, regardless of the method of calculation, show variations similar to variations in sunspot numbers <i>SSN</i>; mean <i>RT</i> values vary between 110 and 280 min.</p>","PeriodicalId":55443,"journal":{"name":"Astronomy Letters-A Journal of Astronomy and Space Astrophysics","volume":"51 5","pages":"322 - 326"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Astronomy Letters-A Journal of Astronomy and Space Astrophysics","FirstCategoryId":"101","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1063773725700409","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The recurrence times RT (also known as waiting times) of solar flares in active regions in soft X-rays are studied using GOES satellite data from 1998 to 2025. It is shown that the RT distribution is fairly well approximated by a lognormal distribution. Based on grouped samples, changes in three types of average values of log RT distributions over time are studied. From these studies, it can be concluded that the average logarithms of recurrence times, regardless of the method of calculation, show variations similar to variations in sunspot numbers SSN; mean RT values vary between 110 and 280 min.
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Astronomy Letters is an international peer reviewed journal that publishes the results of original research on all aspects of modern astronomy and astrophysics including high energy astrophysics, cosmology, space astronomy, theoretical astrophysics, radio astronomy, extragalactic astronomy, stellar astronomy, and investigation of the Solar system.