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We present simulation results of a gradual solar energetic particle (SEP) event detected on 2021 October 9 by multiple spacecraft, including BepiColombo (Bepi) and near-Earth spacecraft such as the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE). A…

Solar energetic particle (SEP) events are one of the most crucial aspects of space weather. Their prediction depends on various factors including the source solar eruptions such as flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). The Geostationary…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-16 Sumanth A. Rotti , Petrus C. Martens

We present a catalog of solar energetic particle (SEP) events covering solar cycles 22, 23 and 24. We correlate and integrate three existing catalogs based on Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) integral proton flux…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-21 Sumanth Rotti , Berkay Aydin , Manolis K. Georgoulis , Petrus C. Martens

We present the implementation of coupling the EUropean Heliospheric FORcasting Information Asset (EUHFORIA) and the improved Particle Acceleration and Transport in the Heliosphere (iPATH) model and simulate the widespread solar energetic…

Space Physics · Physics 2022-12-07 Zheyi Ding , Nicolas Wijsen , Gang Li , Stefaan Poedts

Observations over the past two solar cycles show a highly irregular pattern of occurrence for major solar flares, gamma-ray events, and solar energetic particle (SEP) fluences. Such phenomena do not appear to follow the direct indices of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Hugh S. Hudson

Large solar eruptions are often associated with long-duration gamma-ray emission extending well above 100 MeV. While this phenomenon is known to be caused by high-energy ions interacting with the solar atmosphere, the underlying dominant…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-27 Alessandro Bruno , Georgia A. de Nolfo , James M. Ryan , Ian G. Richardson , Silvia Dalla

An interval of exceptional solar activity was registered in early September 2017, late in the decay phase of solar cycle 24, involving the complex Active Region 12673 as it rotated across the western hemisphere with respect to Earth. A…

Space Physics · Physics 2019-07-16 A. Bruno , E. R. Christian , G. A. de Nolfo , I. G. Richardson , J. M. Ryan

Solar type III radio bursts are generated by beams of energetic electrons that travel along open magnetic field lines through the corona and into interplanetary space. However, understanding the source of these electrons and how they escape…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-20 Meiqi Wang , Bin Chen , Sijie Yu , Dale E. Gary , Jeongwoo Lee , Haimin Wang , Christina Cohen

This paper presents a stochastic three-dimensional (3D) focused transport simulation of solar energetic particles (SEPs) produced by a data-driven coronal mass ejection (CME) shock propagating through a data-driven model of coronal and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-08 Lei Cheng , Ming Zhang , David Lario , Laura A. Balmaceda , Ryun Young Kwon , Christina Cohen

Solar energetic particles in the heliosphere are produced by flaring processes on the Sun or shocks driven by coronal mass ejections. These particles are regularly detected remotely as electromagnetic radiation (X-rays or radio emission),…

Forecasting solar energetic particles (SEPs), and identifying flare/CMEs from active regions (ARs) that will produce SEP events in advance is extremely challenging. We investigate the magnetic field environment of AR 12673, including the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-05 Stephanie L. Yardley , Lucie M. Green , Alexander W. James , David Stansby , Teodora Mihailescu

Enhancement of minor ions such as $^3$He and heavy ions in flare-associated solar energetic particle (SEP) events remains one of the major puzzles in heliophysics. In this work, we use 3D hybrid simulations (kinetic protons and fluid…

Space Physics · Physics 2020-03-04 Xiangrong Fu , Fan Guo , Hui Li , Xiaocan Li

The extreme solar and SEP event of 20 January 2005 is analyzed from two perspectives. Firstly, we study features of the main phase of the flare, when the strongest emissions from microwaves up to 200 MeV gamma-rays were observed. Secondly,…

We have evaluated the energetics of 38 solar eruptive events observed by a variety of spacecraft instruments between February 2002 and December 2006, as accurately as the observations allow. The measured energetic components include: (1)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 A. G. Emslie , B. R. Dennis , A. Y. Shih , P. C. Chamberlin , R. A. Mewaldt , C. S. Moore , G. H. Share , A. Vourlidas , B. T. Welsch

On 28 January 2018, the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) reported a significant very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray activity, occurring nearly 11 days after the high-energy (HE) gamma-ray flare observed by \textit{Fermi}-LAT from the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-17 Sunanda , Reetanjali Moharana

On 2017 September 10 Neutron Monitors (NMs) apparatus located at ground level and high latitudes detected an increase in the counting rate associated to solar energetic particles (SEPs) emission from X8.2-class solar flare and its…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-19 C. R. A. Augusto , C. E. Navia , M. N. de Oliveira , A. A. Nepomuceno , A. C. Fauth , V. Kopenkin , T. Sinzi

Heavy ion ratio abundances in Solar Energetic Particle (SEP) events, e.g.~Fe/O, often exhibit decreases over time. Using particle instruments on the ACE, SOHO and STEREO spacecraft, we analysed heavy ion data from 4 SEP events taking place…

Space Physics · Physics 2017-01-25 P. Zelina , S. Dalla , C. M. S. Cohen , R. A. Mewaldt

Quasi-separatrix layers (QSLs) at the Sun are created from regions where channels of open magnetic flux have footpoints near regions of large-scale closed magnetic flux. These regions are particularly prone to magnetic reconnection at the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-12 Nathan A. Schwadron , Ronald M. Caplan , Jon A. Linker , Erika Palmerio , Matthew A. Young

High energy solar protons were observed by particle detectors aboard spacecraft in near-Earth orbit on May 11, 2024 and produced the 74th ground level enhancement (GLE74) event registered by ground-based neutron monitors. This study…