Longitudinal Distribution of Solar Flares and Their Association with Coronal Mass Ejections and Forbush Decreases

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Cosmic Rays, Neutron Monitors, Solar Flares

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Major H α solar-flare events of high optical importance have been employed to study their heliographic distribution in longitude around the Sun for the period of 2001 to 2006. A statistical analysis was performed to obtain their relationship with halo/partial-halo CMEs and Forbush decreases (Fds) of cosmic-ray intensity. Our analysis indicates that 63% of the solar flares associated with halo CMEs and Fds occur in the western hemisphere and of 37% of such flares occur in the eastern hemisphere. Similarly, we found that nearly 60% of the solar flares associated with partial- halo CMEs and Fds occur in the western hemisphere and the rest (40%) occur in the eastern hemisphere. Finally, we conclude that the flares in association with CMEs and located in the western hemisphere of the solar disk are more effective in producing Fds. The magnitudes of Fds are observed to be higher when in association of halo CMEs. A slight excess in the eastern hemisphere is found for both the halo and partial-halo CMEs.

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