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Ground Level Enhancement (GLE) in large solar energetic particle (SEP) events is indicative of protons accelerated to GeV energies. Almost all GLE events are associated with sustained gamma-ray emission (SGRE) from the Sun because the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-16 Nat Gopalswamy , Pertti Makela , Hong Xie , Sachiko Akiyama , Seiji Yashiro , Atul Mohan

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

We study the influence of the large-scale interplanetary magnetic field configuration on the solar energetic particles (SEPs) as detected at different satellites near Earth and on the correlation of their peak intensities with the parent…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-05 R. Miteva , K. -L. Klein , O. Malandraki , G. Dorrian

The sustained gamma ray emission (SGRE) from the Sun is one of the fascinating high energy phenomena closely related to the acceleration of protons to energies >300 MeV. Here we report on the solar cycle variation of SGRE events based on…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-16 N. Gopalswamy , P. Mäkela , S. Akiyama , S. Yashiro , H. Xie

On Oct. 29th, 2015, the Earth crossed through a fold in the heliospheric current sheet. This is called a "solar sector boundary crossing". Under this circumstances, a large coronal mass ejection (CME) occurred at 2:24 UT, behind the west…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-30 C. R. A. Augusto , C. E. Navia , M. N. de Oliveira , A. A. Nepomuceno , A. C. Fauth

Small 3He-rich solar energetic particle (SEP) events with their anomalous abundances, markedly different from solar system, provide evidence for a unique acceleration mechanism that operates routinely near solar active regions. Although the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-16 R. Bucik , D. E. Innes , L. Guo , G. M. Mason , M. E. Wiedenbeck

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

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

We describe the peculiarity of two recurrent white light flares occurred on Sept. 06, 2017, in the super Active Region (SAR) NOAA 12673, with a time interval, between their peaks, of about 3 hours. These events of X2.2 and X9.3 GOES class…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-12 P. Romano , A. Elmhamdi , M. Falco , P. Costa , A. S. Kordi , H. A. Al-Trabulsy , R. M. Al-Shammari

We report on the 2012 May 17 Ground Level Enhancement (GLE) event, which is the first of its kind in Solar Cycle 24. This is the first GLE event to be fully observed close to the surface by the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 N. Gopalswamy , H. Xie , S. Akiyama , S. Yashiro , I. G. Usoskin , J. M. Davila

Small 3He-rich solar energetic particle (SEP) events have been commonly associated with extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) jets and narrow coronal mass ejections (CMEs) which are believed to be the signatures of magnetic reconnection involving field…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 Radoslav Bucik , Davina E. Innes , Glenn M. Mason , Mark E. Wiedenbeck

By coupling the EUropean Heliospheric FORcasting Information Asset (EUHFORIA) and the improved Particle Acceleration and Transport in the Heliosphere (iPATH) model, two energetic storm particle (ESP) events, originating from the same active…

On September 5, 2022, during Parker Solar Probe's (PSP) 13th encounter, a fast shock wave and a related solar energetic particle (SEP) event were observed as the spacecraft approached the perihelion of its orbit. Observations from the…

We report on further evidence that solar energetic particles are organized by the kinematic properties of coronal mass ejections (CMEs)[1]. In particular, we focus on the starting frequency of type II bursts, which is related to the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-11 N Gopalswamy , P Mäkelä , S Yashiro , N Thakur , S Akiyama , H Xie

We present a new catalogue of solar energetic particle events near the Earth, covering solar cycle 23 and the majority of solar cycle 24 (1996-2016), based on the 55-80 MeV proton intensity data gathered by the SOHO/ERNE experiment. In…

Context. On 2022 January 20, the Energetic Particle Detector (EPD) on board Solar Orbiter measured a solar energetic particle (SEP) event showing unusual first arriving particles from the anti-Sun direction. Near-Earth spacecraft separated…

We have statistically analyzed a set of 115 low frequency (Deca- Hectometer wavelengths range) type II and type III bursts associated with major Solar Energetic Particle (SEP: Ep > 10 MeV) events and their solar causes such as solar flares…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-14 P. Pappa Kalaivani , A. Shanmugaraju , O. Prakash , R. -S. Kim

Large solar flares and eruptions may influence remote regions through perturbations in the outer-atmospheric magnetic field, leading to causally related events outside of the primary or triggering eruptions that are referred to as…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-04 Carolus J. Schrijver , Paul A. Higgins

We probe the spectral hardening of solar flares emission in view of associated solar proton events (SEPs) at earth and coronal mass ejection (CME) acceleration as a consequence. In this investigation we undertake 60 SEPs of the Solar Cycle…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-10-22 Sharad C Tripathi , Parvaiz A Khan , Aslam A M , A K Gwal , P K Purohit , Rajmal Jain

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…