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Cambios en el carbono-14 atmosférico atribuidos a un sol variable.

M Stuiver, P D Quay

Science (New York, N.Y.)

|January 4, 1980

Resumen

Los cambios en el viento solar afectan el flujo de rayos cósmicos, alterando las tasas de producción de carbono-14 (14C). Los datos de anillos de árboles revelan mínimos solares históricos, como el Mínimo de Maunder, que se correlaciona con el aumento de la producción de 14C y el flujo de rayos cósmicos.

Área de la Ciencia:

Paleoclimatología Paleoclimatología
Física solar Física solar es la física de la energía solar.
La datación por radiocarbono fue

Sus antecedentes:

El flujo de rayos cósmicos galácticos, que influye en la producción de carbono-14 (14C), está modulado por las propiedades magnéticas del viento solar.
Los niveles atmosféricos de 14C, registrados en los anillos de los árboles, proporcionan un sustituto para las tasas de producción de 14C pasadas.

Objetivo del estudio:

Desarrollar una teoría relacionando las tasas de producción de 14C con la variabilidad solar, incorporando cambios solares a largo plazo.
Para reconstruir las tasas de producción de 14C pasadas y compararlas con los registros históricos de actividad solar.

Principales métodos:

Utilizando un modelo de depósito de carbono para calcular las tasas de producción pasadas de 14C a partir de datos de anillos de árboles.

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Comparando las tasas de producción de 14C reconstruidas con las mediciones de flujo de neutrones del siglo XX y los índices de actividad solar (Aa, números de manchas solares).

Principales resultados:

El registro de 14C de 860 años identificó mínimos solares significativos: Maunder (1654-1714), Spörer (1416-1534) y Wolf (1282-1342) también fueron identificados.
Las tasas de producción calculadas de 14C aumentaron durante la ausencia de manchas solares, con el flujo más alto durante el mínimo de Spörer.
El registro después de 1645 dC muestra una buena correlación con los números históricos de manchas solares.

Conclusiones:

El estudio presenta una nueva teoría para la producción de 14C vinculada a la variabilidad solar, teniendo en cuenta los cambios solares a largo plazo previamente descuidados.
Los mínimos solares reconstruidos y las variaciones asociadas del flujo de rayos cósmicos ofrecen información sobre la actividad solar durante el último milenio.