Phase shifts of the paired wings of butterfly diagrams

• Published in: Research in astronomy and astrophysics 2010-11, Vol.10 (11), p.1177-1185
• Main Authors: Li, Ke-Jun, Liang, Hong-Fei, Feng, Wen
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: 南北半球; 太阳黑子; 活动强度; 相对相位; 蝴蝶翅膀
• ISSN: 1674-4527; 2397-6209
• DOI: 10.1088/1674-4527/10/11/008

Sunspot groups observed by the Royal Greenwich Observatory/US Air Force/NOAA from 1874 May to 2008 November and the Carte Synoptique solar filaments from 1919 March to 1989 December are used to investigate the relative phase shift of the paired wings of butterfly diagrams of sunspot and filament activi- ties. Latitudinal migration of sunspot groups （or filaments） does asynchronously occur in the northern and southern hemispheres, and there is a relative phase shift between the paired wings of their butterfly diagrams in a cycle, making the paired wings spa- tially asymmetrical on the solar equator. It is inferred that hemispherical solar activity strength should evolve in a similar way within the paired wings of a butterfly diagram in a cycle, demonstrating the paired wings phenomenon and showing the phase rela- tionship between the northern and southern hemispherical solar activity strengths, as well as a relative phase shift between the paired wings of a butterfly diagram, which should bring about almost the same relative phase shift of hemispheric solar activity strength.