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Advances in Astronomy
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 167375, 6 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/167375
Research Article

Probable Values of Current Solar Cycle Peak

V. M. Silbergleit1,2

1Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
2Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Av. Las Heras 2214-Piso 3-C1127AAR, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Received 18 November 2011; Revised 27 December 2011; Accepted 3 January 2012

Academic Editor: J. P. Rozelot

Copyright © 2012 V. M. Silbergleit. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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