Characterization of local self-similarity and criticality in the solar active regions

• Published in: Advances in Space Research Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 463 - 468
• Main Authors: Rosa, R.R., Vats, H.O., Ramos, F.M., Zanandrea, A., Rodrigues Neto, C., Fernandes, F.C.R., Bolzan, M.J.A., Rempel, E.L., Brito, R.C., Vijaykumar, N.L., Sawant, H.S.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2002
• ISSN: 0273-1177; 1879-1948
• DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(01)00613-5

From solar radio burst data we computed wavelet transforms and frequency distribution for investigation of self-similar temporal variability and power-laws, as the fundamental conditions for characterization of dynamical criticality (self or forced) in the solar active regions. The main result indicates that, as for the global activity, the local coronal magnetic field, in millisecond time scales, can be in a critical state where the dynamics of solar active regions works as avalanches of many small intermittent particle acceleration events.