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In addition to several recent articles devoted to the rare event of ground-level enhancement of the solar relativistic proton flux observed on 2021 October 28 (GLE73), we study the 10-100 MeV solar energetic particle (SEP) component of this…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-11 I. M. Chertok

We explore the link between solar energetic particles (SEPs) observed at 1 AU and large-scale disturbances propagating in the solar corona, named after the Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT) as EIT waves, which trace the lateral…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 R. Miteva , K. -L. Klein , I. Kienreich , M. Temmer , A. Veronig , O. E. Malandraki

We summarize observations of around a thousand solar energetic particle (SEP) events since 1967 that include ~25 MeV protons, made by various near-Earth spacecraft (IMPs 4, 5, 7, 8, ISEE 3, SOHO), that encompass Solar Cycle 20 to the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-11 Ian G. Richardson , Tycho T. von Rosenvinge , Hilary V. Cane

A large data set of 78 solar proton events observed near the Earth's orbit during 1996-2011 is investigated. An East-West longitudinal (azimuthal) asymmetry is found to exist in the distribution of flare sources of solar proton events. With…

Space Physics · Physics 2016-10-19 H. -Q. He , W. Wan

We present a study of 7 large solar proton events (SPEs) of current solar cycle 24 (from 2009 January up to date). They were recorded by GOES spacecraft with highest proton fluxes over 200 pfu for energies $>$10 MeV. In situ particle…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-12 Chuan Li , Leonty Miroshnichenko , Cheng Fang

Solar energetic particle (SEP) events are associated with coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and/or solar flares. SEPs travel through the corona and interplanetary space to reach Earth, posing a radiation hazard to spacecraft and astronauts…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-07 Lei Cheng , Ming Zhang , Ryun Young Kwon , David Lario

Aims The possible influence of solar superflares on the near-Earth space radiation environment are assessed through the investigation of scaling laws between the peak proton flux and fluence of Solar Energetic Particle (SEP) events with the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-08 Athanasios Papaioannou , Konstantin Herbst , Tobias Ramm , Edward W. Cliver , David Lario , Astrid M. Veronig

A statistical analysis of the relationship between solar energetic particles (SEPs) and properties of solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) is presented. SEP events during solar cycle 23 are selected which are associated with solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-18 M. Dierckxsens , K. Tziotziou , S. Dalla , I. Patsou , M. S. Marsh , N. B. Crosby , O. Malandraki , G. Tsiropoula

This paper investigates the onset time of Solar Energetic Particle (SEP) events with numerical simulations, and analyses the accuracy of the Velocity Dispersion Analysis (VDA) method. Using a 3-dimensional focused transport model, we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Y. Wang , G. Qin

Solar energetic particles are mainly protons and originate from the Sun during solar flares or coronal shock waves. Forecasting the Solar Energetic Protons (SEP) flux is critical for several operational sectors, such as communication and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-19 Mohamed Nedal , Kamen Kozarev , Nestor Arsenov , Peijin Zhang

We present a statistical analysis of near-relativistic (NR) solar energetic electron event spectra near 1au. We use measurements of the STEREO Solar Electron and Proton Telescope (SEPT) in the energyrange of 45-425 keV and utilize the SEPT…

Sixty years ago the first observation was published showing solar energetic particles (SEPs) with a sampling of chemical elements. Thus began study of the direct products of dynamic physics in the solar corona. As we have progressed from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-19 Donald V. Reames

The Parker Solar Probe was launched on 2018 August 12 and completed its second orbit on 2019 June 19 with perihelion of 35.7 solar radii. During this time, the Energetic particle Instrument-Hi (EPI-Hi, one of the two energetic particle…

In this work, we examine the association between solar active regions and 152 solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and solar energetic particle (SEP) events over solar cycles 23-24 (1997-2017). The CDAW center's GOES data in the energy…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-21 Raj Kumar , Ramesh Chandra , Bimal Pande , Seema Pande

Aims. The space radiation environment conditions and the maximum expected coronal mass ejection (CME) speed are being assessed through the investigation of scaling laws between the peak proton flux and fluence of Solar Energetic Particle…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-02 Athanasios Papaioannou , Konstantin Herbst , Tobias Ramm , David Lario , Astrid M. Veronig

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

In this work, more than a dozen solar energetic particle (SEP) events are identified where the source region is magnetically well-connected to at least one spacecraft at 1~au. The observed intensity-time profiles, for all available proton…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-11 J. T. Lang , R. D. Strauss , N. E. Engelbrecht , J. P. van den Berg , N. Dresing , D. Ruffolo , R. Bandyopadhyay

We calculate the interplanetary magnetic field path lengths traveled by electrons in solar electron events detected by the WIND 3DP instrument from $1994$ to $2016$. The velocity dispersion analysis method is applied for electrons at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-26 Lulu Zhao , Gang Li , Ming Zhang , Linghua Wang , Ashraf Moradi , Frederic Effenberger

We investigate the characteristics and the sources of the slow (< 450 km/s) solar wind during the four years (2006-2009) of low solar activity between Solar Cycles 23 and 24. We use a comprehensive set of in-situ observations in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-05 E. K. J. Kilpua , M. S. Madjarska , N. Karna , T. Wiegelmann , C. Farrugia , W. Yu , K. Andreeova

Using high-cadence extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) images obtained by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on board the Solar Dynamics Observatory, we investigate the solar sources of 26 $^{3}$He-rich solar energetic particle (SEP) events at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Nariaki V. Nitta , Glenn M. Mason , Linghua Wang , Christina M. S. Cohen , Mark E. Wiedenbeck