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: 64 (refereed: 61)
No. of citations: 2412
First author papers: 26 (refereed: 23)

2026

  1. Large Ephemeral Regions and Their Tilt Angles [0]
    Gupta, Rambahadur, Sreedevi, Anu, Jha, Bibhuti Kumar & Karak, Bidya Binay, Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 26, 125006
  2. Solar cycle prediction: challenges, progress, and future perspectives [1]
    Karak, Bidya Binay, Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics, 10, 11
  3. Variation of the sunspot area during the rising and declining phases of the solar cycle supports the toroidal flux loss due to flux emergence [1]
    Karak, Bidya Binay, Mishra, Soumya & Sreedevi, Anu, MNRAS, 546, stag220
  4. Quasi-biennial oscillations and Rieger-type periodicities in a Babcock─Leighton solar dynamo [4]
    Kumar, Pawan, Ravindra, Belur, Chowdhury, Partha & Karak, Bidya Binay, A&A, 705, A66
  5. Backtracking Bipolar Magnetic Regions to Their Emergence: Two Groups and Their Implication in the Tilt Measurements [2]
    Sreedevi, Anu, Karak, Bidya Binay, Jha, Bibhuti Kumar, Gupta, Rambahadur & Banerjee, Dipankar, ApJ, 996, 85
  6. 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 [5]
    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 [2]
    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 [4]
    Sreedevi, Anu, Karak, Bidya Binay, Jha, Bibhuti Kumar, Gupta, Rambahadur & Banerjee, Dipankar, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 994, L40
  4. Analyses of Features of Magnetic Cycles at Different Amounts of Dynamo Supercriticality: Solar Dynamo Is About Two Times Critical [5]
    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 [10]
    Ghosh, Aparup, Kumar, Pawan, Prasad, Amrita & Karak, Bidya Binay, The Astronomical Journal, 167, 209
  2. Recent Developments in the Babcock-Leighton Solar Dynamo Theory [1]
    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 [11]
    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? [21]
    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 [6]
    Vashishth, Vindya & Karak, Bidya Binay, ApJ, 974, 6

2023

  1. Long-Term Modulation of Solar Cycles [51]
    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 [21]
    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 [15]
    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 [68]
    Karak, Bidya Binay, Living Reviews in Solar Physics, 20, 3
  5. AutoTAB: Automatic Tracking Algorithm for Bipolar Magnetic Regions [26]
    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 [23]
    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 [25]
    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 [37]
    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 [32]
    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 [20]
    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 [46]
    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 [10]
    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 [57]
    Jha, Bibhuti Kumar, Karak, Bidya Binay, Mandal, Sudip & Banerjee, Dipankar, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 889, L19
  2. Stellar dynamos with solar and antisolar differential rotations: Implications to magnetic cycles of slowly rotating stars [24]
    Karak, Bidya Binay, Tomar, Aparna & Vashishth, Vindya, MNRAS, 491, 3155
  3. Dynamo Saturation through the Latitudinal Variation of Bipolar Magnetic Regions in the Sun [44]
    Karak, Bidya Binay, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 901, L35
  4. Long-term Evolution of the Sun's Magnetic Field during Cycles 15-19 Based on Their Proxies from Kodaikanal Solar Observatory [20]
    Mordvinov, Alexander V., Karak, Bidya Binay, Banerjee, Dipankar, Chatterjee, Subhamoy, Golubeva, Elena M. & Khlystova, Anna I., The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 902, L15
  5. Global maps of the magnetic field in the solar corona [168]
    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 [22]
    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 [21]
    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 [40]
    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 [65]
    Karak, Bidya Binay, Mandal, Sudip & Banerjee, Dipankar, ApJ, 866, 17
  3. Recovery from Maunder-like Grand Minima in a Babcock-Leighton Solar Dynamo Model [55]
    Karak, Bidya Binay & Miesch, Mark, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 860, L26
  4. The Extended Solar Cycle: Muddying the Waters of Solar/Stellar Dynamo Modeling Or Providing Crucial Observational Constraints? [12]
    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 [102]
    Karak, Bidya Binay & Miesch, Mark, ApJ, 847, 69
  2. Latitude Distribution of Sunspots: Analysis Using Sunspot Data and a Dynamo Model [29]
    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? [29]
    Karak, Bidya Binay & Brandenburg, Axel, ApJ, 816, 28
  3. Multiple dynamo modes as a mechanism for long-term solar activity variations [84]
    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 [32]
    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 [109]
    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 [26]
    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? [96]
    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 [50]
    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 [52]
    Priyal, Muthu, Banerjee, Dipankar, Karak, Bidya Binay, Muñoz-Jaramillo, Andrés, Ravindra, B., Choudhuri, Arnab Rai & Singh, Jagdev, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 793, L4

2013

  1. On the Compatibility of a Flux Transport Dynamo with a Fast Tachocline Scenario [8]
    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 [91]
    Choudhuri, Arnab Rai & Karak, Bidya Binay, Physical Review Letters, 109, 171103
  2. Quenching of Meridional Circulation in Flux Transport Dynamo Models [44]
    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 [76]
    Karak, Bidya Binay & Nandy, Dibyendu, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 761, L13

2011

  1. The Waldmeier effect and the flux transport solar dynamo [139]
    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 [119]
    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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