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Changes in the umbra brightness and in the magnetic field over time should occur on long-period sunspot oscillations in accordance with Birman’s idea of inhibition of circulation (overturning) convection by a strong vertical magnetic field in antiphase mode.When the sunspot as a whole shifts upward, its power flux tube expands with a fixed magnetic flux, the magnetic field decreases, and the umbra brightness should increase. Vice versa, when the magnetic flux tube of the sunspot is lowered, it is compressed, the field grows, and the umbra brightness should decrease. Until now, this oscillatory process, which is described by the theoretical model of a shallow sunspot, has remained unexplored. This paper attempts to prove the Birman effect (Biermann, 1941) on the example of long-period oscillations of the sunspot 2010/12/07-13 (NOAA 11 133), for which there are available data from both the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) and Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).
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This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 18-02-00168).
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Efremov, V.I., Solov’ev, A.A., Parfinenko, L.D. et al. Anticorrelation of Variations of the Magnetic Field of a Sunspot and the Brightness of Its Umbra in Long-Period Sunspot Oscillations. Geomagn. Aeron. 60, 1023–1027 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793220080071
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