Publications of Bidya Binay Karak

A list of publications authored or co-authored by Bidya Binay Karak, derived from the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS). The number in brackets after each title indicates the number of citations that the paper has received.

Orcid ID: 0000-0002-8883-3562

List of publications ordered by citations
Number of papers: 63 (refereed: 60)
No. of citations: 2292
First author papers: 25 (refereed: 22)

2026

  1. Variation of the sunspot area during the rising and declining phases of the solar cycle supports the toroidal flux loss due to flux emergence [0]
    Karak, Bidya Binay, Mishra, Soumya & Sreedevi, Anu, MNRAS, 546, stag220
  2. Quasi-biennial oscillations and Rieger-type periodicities in a Babcock─Leighton solar dynamo [1]
    Kumar, Pawan, Ravindra, Belur, Chowdhury, Partha & Karak, Bidya Binay, A&A, 705, A66
  3. Backtracking Bipolar Magnetic Regions to Their Emergence: Two Groups and Their Implication in the Tilt Measurements [1]
    Sreedevi, Anu, Karak, Bidya Binay, Jha, Bibhuti Kumar, Gupta, Rambahadur & Banerjee, Dipankar, ApJ, 996, 85
  4. Does the Babcock─Leighton dynamo operate in rapidly rotating solar-type stars? Exploration using a 3D dynamo model at different rotation rates [0]
    Vashishth, Vindya & Karak, Bidya Binay, MNRAS, 545, staf2214

2025

  1. Role of Sunspot Latitude versus Tilt in Determining the Polar Field and Amplitude of the Next Cycle: Cause of the Weak Solar Cycle 20 [4]
    Dey, Bidisha, Sreedevi, Anu & Karak, Bidya Binay, ApJ, 993, 196
  2. Stellar Cycle Variability in Mount Wilson Stars and Dynamo Models: Rotation Rate and Dynamo Number Dependency [1]
    Garg, Suyog, Mandrai, Rohan B. & Karak, Bidya Binay, ApJ, 995, 194
  3. Observed Joy's Law of Bipolar Magnetic Region Tilts at Emergence Supports the Thin Flux Tube Model [3]
    Sreedevi, Anu, Karak, Bidya Binay, Jha, Bibhuti Kumar, Gupta, Rambahadur & Banerjee, Dipankar, ApJ, 994, L40
  4. Analyses of Features of Magnetic Cycles at Different Amounts of Dynamo Supercriticality: Solar Dynamo Is About Two Times Critical [4]
    Wavhal, Sanket, Kumar, Pawan & Karak, Bidya Binay, Solar Physics, 300, 21

2024

  1. Characterizing the Solar Cycle Variability Using Nonlinear Time Series Analysis at Different Amounts of Dynamo Supercriticality: Solar Dynamo is Not Highly Supercritical [6]
    Ghosh, Aparup, Kumar, Pawan, Prasad, Amrita & Karak, Bidya Binay, The Astronomical Journal, 167, 209
  2. Recent Developments in the Babcock-Leighton Solar Dynamo Theory [0]
    Karak, Bidya Binay, Dynamics of Solar and Stellar Convection Zones and Atmospheres (Editors: Getling, Alexander V. & Kitchatinov, Leonid L.), IAU Symposium, 365, p. 87
  3. Variabilities in the polar field and solar cycle due to irregular properties of bipolar magnetic regions [7]
    Kumar, Pawan, Karak, Bidya Binay & Sreedevi, Anu, MNRAS, 530, 2895
  4. Analysis of BMR Tilt from AutoTAB Catalog: Hinting toward the Thin Flux Tube Model? [16]
    Sreedevi, Anu, Jha, Bibhuti Kumar, Karak, Bidya Binay & Banerjee, Dipankar, ApJ, 966, 112
  5. The Role of Meridional Flow in the Generation of Solar/Stellar Magnetic Fields and Cycles [3]
    Vashishth, Vindya & Karak, Bidya Binay, ApJ, 974, 6

2023

  1. Long-Term Modulation of Solar Cycles [48]
    Biswas, Akash, Karak, Bidya Binay, Usoskin, Ilya & Weisshaar, Eckhard, Space Science Reviews, 219, 19
  2. Exploring the reliability of polar field rise rate as a precursor for an early prediction of solar cycle [20]
    Biswas, Akash, Karak, Bidya Binay & Kumar, Pawan, MNRAS, 526, 3994
  3. Probing the variations in the timing of the Sun's polar magnetic field reversals through observations and surface flux transport simulations [12]
    Golubeva, Elena M., Biswas, Akash, Khlystova, Anna I., Kumar, Pawan & Karak, Bidya Binay, MNRAS, 525, 1758
  4. Models for the long-term variations of solar activity [64]
    Karak, Bidya Binay, Living Reviews in Solar Physics, 20, 3
  5. AutoTAB: Automatic Tracking Algorithm for Bipolar Magnetic Regions [21]
    Sreedevi, Anu, Jha, Bibhuti Kumar, Karak, Bidya Binay & Banerjee, Dipankar, ApJS, 268, 58
  6. Dynamo modelling for cycle variability and occurrence of grand minima in Sun-like stars: rotation rate dependence [22]
    Vashishth, Vindya, Karak, Bidya Binay & Kitchatinov, Leonid, MNRAS, 522, 2601

2022

  1. Toroidal Flux Loss due to Flux Emergence Explains why Solar Cycles Rise Differently but Decay in a Similar Way [24]
    Biswas, Akash, Karak, Bidya Binay & Cameron, Robert, Physical Review Letters, 129, 241102
  2. Is the hemispheric asymmetry of sunspot cycle caused by an irregular process with long-term memory? [20]
    Das, Ratul, Ghosh, Aparup & Karak, Bidya Binay, MNRAS, 511, 472
  3. Physical link of the polar field buildup with the Waldmeier effect broadens the scope of early solar cycle prediction: Cycle 25 is likely to be slightly stronger than Cycle 24 [35]
    Kumar, Pawan, Biswas, Akash & Karak, Bidya Binay, MNRAS, 513, L112
  4. Evolution of the Sun's activity and the poleward transport of remnant magnetic flux in Cycles 21-24 [30]
    Mordvinov, Alexander V., Karak, Bidya Binay, Banerjee, Dipankar, Golubeva, Elena M., Khlystova, Anna I., Zhukova, Anastasiya V. & Kumar, Pawan, MNRAS, 510, 1331

2021

  1. Supercriticality of the Dynamo Limits the Memory of the Polar Field to One Cycle [18]
    Kumar, Pawan, Karak, Bidya Binay & Vashishth, Vindya, ApJ, 913, 65
  2. The Polar Precursor Method for Solar Cycle Prediction: Comparison of Predictors and Their Temporal Range [41]
    Kumar, Pawan, Nagy, Melinda, Lemerle, Alexandre, Karak, Bidya Binay & Petrovay, Kristof, ApJ, 909, 87
  3. Chaotic transients and hysteresis in an α2 dynamo model [6]
    Oliveira, Dalton N., Rempel, Erico L., Chertovskih, Roman & Karak, Bidya B., Journal of Physics: Complexity, 2, 025012
  4. Subcritical dynamo and hysteresis in a Babcock-Leighton type kinematic dynamo model [9]
    Vashishth, Vindya, Karak, Bidya Binay & Kitchatinov, Leonid, Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 21, 266

2020

  1. Magnetic Field Dependence of Bipolar Magnetic Region Tilts on the Sun: Indication of Tilt Quenching [55]
    Jha, Bibhuti Kumar, Karak, Bidya Binay, Mandal, Sudip & Banerjee, Dipankar, ApJ, 889, L19
  2. Stellar dynamos with solar and antisolar differential rotations: Implications to magnetic cycles of slowly rotating stars [22]
    Karak, Bidya Binay, Tomar, Aparna & Vashishth, Vindya, MNRAS, 491, 3155
  3. Dynamo Saturation through the Latitudinal Variation of Bipolar Magnetic Regions in the Sun [43]
    Karak, Bidya Binay, ApJ, 901, L35
  4. Long-term Evolution of the Sun's Magnetic Field during Cycles 15-19 Based on Their Proxies from Kodaikanal Solar Observatory [19]
    Mordvinov, Alexander V., Karak, Bidya Binay, Banerjee, Dipankar, Chatterjee, Subhamoy, Golubeva, Elena M. & Khlystova, Anna I., ApJ, 902, L15
  5. Global maps of the magnetic field in the solar corona [154]
    Yang, Zihao, Bethge, Christian, Tian, Hui, Tomczyk, Steven, Morton, Richard, Del Zanna, Giulio, McIntosh, Scott W., Karak, Bidya Binay, Gibson, Sarah, Samanta, Tanmoy, He, Jiansen, Chen, Yajie & Wang, Linghua, Science, 369, 694

2019

  1. Waldmeier Effect in Stellar Cycles [20]
    Garg, Suyog, Karak, Bidya Binay, Egeland, Ricky, Soon, Willie & Baliunas, Sallie, ApJ, 886, 132
  2. Exploring the Cycle Period and Parity of Stellar Magnetic Activity with Dynamo Modeling [19]
    Hazra, Gopal, Jiang, Jie, Karak, Bidya Binay & Kitchatinov, Leonid, ApJ, 884, 35

2018

  1. Consequences of high effective Prandtl number on solar differential rotation and convective velocity [38]
    Karak, Bidya Binay, Miesch, Mark & Bekki, Yuto, Physics of Fluids, 30, 046602
  2. Double Peaks of the Solar Cycle: An Explanation from a Dynamo Model [62]
    Karak, Bidya Binay, Mandal, Sudip & Banerjee, Dipankar, ApJ, 866, 17
  3. Recovery from Maunder-like Grand Minima in a Babcock-Leighton Solar Dynamo Model [52]
    Karak, Bidya Binay & Miesch, Mark, ApJ, 860, L26
  4. The Extended Solar Cycle: Muddying the Waters of Solar/Stellar Dynamo Modeling Or Providing Crucial Observational Constraints? [9]
    Srivastava, Abhishek K., McIntosh, Scott W., Arge, N., Banerjee, Dipankar, Dikpati, Mausumi, Dwivedi, Bhola N., Guhathakurta, Madhulika, Karak, B. B., Leamon, Robert J., Matthew, Shibu K., Munoz-Jaramillo, Andres, Nandy, D., Norton, Aimee, Upton, L., Chatterjee, S., Mazumder, Rakesh, Rao, Yamini K. & Yadav, Rahul, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 5, 38

2017

  1. Solar Cycle Variability Induced by Tilt Angle Scatter in a Babcock-Leighton Solar Dynamo Model [97]
    Karak, Bidya Binay & Miesch, Mark, ApJ, 847, 69
  2. Latitude Distribution of Sunspots: Analysis Using Sunspot Data and a Dynamo Model [28]
    Mandal, Sudip, Karak, Bidya Binay & Banerjee, Dipankar, ApJ, 851, 70

2016

  1. Babcock-Leighton Solar Dynamo: The Role of Downward Pumping and the Equatorward Propagation of Activity [59]
    Karak, Bidya Binay & Cameron, Robert, ApJ, 832, 94
  2. Is the Small-scale Magnetic Field Correlated with the Dynamo Cycle? [25]
    Karak, Bidya Binay & Brandenburg, Axel, ApJ, 816, 28
  3. Multiple dynamo modes as a mechanism for long-term solar activity variations [83]
    Käpylä, M. J., Käpylä, P. J., Olspert, N., Brandenburg, A., Warnecke, J., Karak, B. B. & Pelt, J., A&A, 589, A56

2015

  1. Correlation Between Decay Rate and Amplitude of Solar Cycles as Revealed from Observations and Dynamo Theory [31]
    Hazra, Gopal, Karak, Bidya Binay, Banerjee, Dipankar & Choudhuri, Arnab Rai, Solar Physics, 290, 1851
  2. Magnetically controlled stellar differential rotation near the transition from solar to anti-solar profiles [107]
    Karak, B. B., Käpylä, P. J., Käpylä, M. J., Brandenburg, A., Olspert, N. & Pelt, J., A&A, 576, A26
  3. Hysteresis between Distinct Modes of Turbulent Dynamos [24]
    Karak, Bidya Binay, Kitchatinov, Leonid L. & Brandenburg, Axel, ApJ, 803, 95

2014

  1. Is a Deep One-cell Meridional Circulation Essential for the Flux Transport Solar Dynamo? [98]
    Hazra, Gopal, Karak, Bidya Binay & Choudhuri, Arnab Rai, ApJ, 782, 93
  2. Flux Transport Dynamos: From Kinematics to Dynamics [100]
    Karak, Bidya Binay, Jiang, Jie, Miesch, Mark S., Charbonneau, Paul & Choudhuri, Arnab Rai, Space Science Reviews, 186, 561
  3. Quenching and Anisotropy of Hydromagnetic Turbulent Transport [40]
    Karak, Bidya Binay, Rheinhardt, Matthias, Brandenburg, Axel, Käpylä, Petri J. & Käpylä, Maarit J., ApJ, 795, 16
  4. A Dynamo Model of Magnetic Activity in Solar-like Stars with Different Rotational Velocities [49]
    Karak, Bidya Binay, Kitchatinov, Leonid L. & Choudhuri, Arnab Rai, ApJ, 791, 59
  5. Polar Network Index as a Magnetic Proxy for the Solar Cycle Studies [48]
    Priyal, Muthu, Banerjee, Dipankar, Karak, Bidya Binay, Muñoz-Jaramillo, Andrés, Ravindra, B., Choudhuri, Arnab Rai & Singh, Jagdev, ApJ, 793, L4

2013

  1. On the Compatibility of a Flux Transport Dynamo with a Fast Tachocline Scenario [7]
    Karak, Bidya Binay & Petrovay, Kristof, Solar Physics, 282, 321
  2. Studies of grand minima in sunspot cycles by using a flux transport solar dynamo model [45]
    Karak, Bidya Binay & Choudhuri, Arnab Rai, Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 13, 1339-1357
  3. Dynamo in protostars [0]
    Verma, Mahendra K., Karak, Bidya Binay & Kumar, Rohit, Pramana, 81, 1037

2012

  1. Origin of Grand Minima in Sunspot Cycles [90]
    Choudhuri, Arnab Rai & Karak, Bidya Binay, Physical Review Letters, 109, 171103
  2. Quenching of Meridional Circulation in Flux Transport Dynamo Models [43]
    Karak, Bidya Binay & Choudhuri, Arnab Rai, Solar Physics, 278, 137
  3. Is meridional circulation important in modelling irregularities of the solar cycle? [2]
    Karak, Bidya Binay & Choudhuri, Arnab Rai, Comparative Magnetic Minima: Characterizing Quiet Times in the Sun and Stars (Editors: Mandrini, Cristina H. & Webb, David F.), IAU Symposium, 286, p. 367
  4. Turbulent Pumping of Magnetic Flux Reduces Solar Cycle Memory and thus Impacts Predictability of the Sun's Activity [75]
    Karak, Bidya Binay & Nandy, Dibyendu, ApJ, 761, L13

2011

  1. The Waldmeier effect and the flux transport solar dynamo [136]
    Karak, Bidya Binay & Choudhuri, Arnab Rai, MNRAS, 410, 1503
  2. Possible explanations of the Maunder minimum from a flux transport dynamo model [0]
    Karak, Bidya Binay & Choudhuri, Arnab Rai, Physics of Sun and Star Spots (Editors: Prasad Choudhary, Debi & Strassmeier, Klaus G.), IAU Symposium, 273, p. 430

2010

  1. Importance of Meridional Circulation in Flux Transport Dynamo: The Possibility of a Maunder-like Grand Minimum [117]
    Karak, Bidya Binay, ApJ, 724, 1021
  2. Search for Chaos in Neutron Star Systems: Is Cyg X-3 a Black Hole? [15]
    Karak, Bidya Binay, Dutta, Jayanta & Mukhopadhyay, Banibrata, ApJ, 708, 862

2009

  1. A possible explanation of the Maunder minimum from a flux transport dynamo model [64]
    Choudhuri, Arnab Rai & Karak, Bidya Binay, Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 9, 953

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