Cycles and universality in sunspot numbers _fluctuations

dc.contributor.author	Alberto Pinto	en
dc.contributor.author	Nico Stollenwerk	en
dc.contributor.author	Rui Gonçalves	en
dc.date.accessioned	2017-11-17T13:00:19Z
dc.date.available	2017-11-17T13:00:19Z
dc.date.issued	2009	en
dc.description.abstract	We analyze the famous Wolf's sunspot numbers. Surprisingly, we discovered that the distribution of the sunspot number fluctuations for both the ascending and descending phases is close to the universal nonparametric Bramwell-Holdsworth-Pinton (BHP) distribution. Since the BHP probability density function appears in several other physical phenomena, our result reveals a universal feature of the Wolf's sunspot numbers.	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://repositorio.inesctec.pt/handle/123456789/3453
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/691/2/1583	en
dc.language	eng	en
dc.relation	5682	en
dc.relation	5881	en
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess	en
dc.title	Cycles and universality in sunspot numbers _fluctuations	en
dc.type	article	en
dc.type	Publication	en