The Silverman Minimum in the mid-18th century: a better assessment
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https://doi.org/10.22201/igeof.2954436xe.2026.65.4.1889Palabras clave:
Número de manchas solares, Aurora, Isótopos cosmogénicos, Ciclo solar, Registros históricosResumen
Comprender la actividad solar histórica es esencial debido a sus impactos en el clima de la Tierra, el clima espacial, el comportamiento estelar y la salud humana. En los siglos recientes se han registrado dos mínimos solares de actividad solar muy reducida a través de observaciones telescópicas de manchas solares: el Mínimo de Maunder en el siglo XVII y el Mínimo de Dalton en el siglo XIX. Los indicadores de la actividad solar, como los registros de auroras y los isótopos cosmogénicos, revelan otros mínimos solares en siglos anteriores. Además, Silverman (1992) encontró en observaciones de auroras en latitudes medias un mínimo previamente no reconocido alrededor de 1765. El presente trabajo estudia el número anual de días en que se registraron auroras en latitudes medias (AD), la serie oficial del número de manchas solares (SN) y la serie del número de manchas solares derivada de radioisótopos cosmogénicos (SN 14c) para evaluar si el Mínimo de Silverman, además de ser un mínimo en los registros de auroras, puede considerarse un mínimo destacado de actividad solar. Nuestros resultados revelan un mínimo pronunciado en AD y SN14c durante el período 1755-1766 y 1747-1752, respectivamente, mientras que solo un mínimo no pronunciado en el SN durante el período 1745-1761. Si bien la incertidumbre de las variables podría explicar parte de las diferencias en los resultados, los análisis y las comparaciones con otros períodos sugieren que las diferencias entre variables también ocurren en otros mínimos y que los mínimos no pronunciados en el SN pueden ser compatibles con mínimos pronunciados en otras variables relacionadas con la actividad solar, como AD, sin implicar una caracterización errónea de ninguna de las variables.
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