Grand minima and maxima of solar activity: new observational constraints

Ilya Usoskin, S. K. Solanki, G. A. Kovaltsov

Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2007 · 460 citations · 49 references

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Aims.Using a reconstruction of sunspot numbers stretching over multiple millennia, we analyze the statistics of the occurrence of grand minima and maxima and set new observational constraints on long-term solar and stellar dynamo models.

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