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Ground Level Enhancement (GLE) events provide rare opportunities to study high-energy solar particle acceleration through direct detection of secondary radiation at ground level. On November 11, 2025, the Aragats Solar Neutron Telescope…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-10 A. Chilingarian , B. Sargsyan , L. Kozliner , T. Karapetyan

The SPEARHEAD (specification, analysis, and re-calibration of high-energy particle data) project, funded by the European Union Horizon Europe programme, enhances the accuracy and usability of high-energy particle measurements. It…

We study the large solar energetic particle (SEP) events that were detected by GOES in the $>$ 10 MeV energy channel during December 2006 to March 2014. We derive and compare solar particle release (SPR) times for the 0.25--10.4 MeV…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-26 Hong Xie , Pertti Makela , Nat Gopalswamy , Orville St. Cyr

The probability of occurrence of extreme solar particle events (SPEs) with the fluence of (>30 MeV) protons F30>10^{10} cm^{-2} is evaluated based on data of cosmogenic isotopes 14C and 10Be in terrestrial archives centennial-millennial…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-23 I. G. Usoskin , G. A. Kovaltsov

Solar energetic protons (SEPs) in different energy channels from 10 to above 100 MeV are analyzed and their relationship to solar and geomagnetic activity is investigated. We performed temporal association analysis between the SEPs, solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-19 Rositsa Miteva , Susan W. Samwel , Svetoslav Zabunov

In a field overflowing with beautiful images of the Sun, solar energetic particle (SEP) events are a hidden asset, perhaps a secret weapon, that can sample the solar corona and carry away unique imprints of its most bizarre and violent…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-08 Donald V. Reames

Analysis of spectra obtained with the gamma-ray spectrometer SPI onboard INTEGRAL of the GOES X17-class flare on October 28, 2003 is presented. In the energy range 600 keV - 8 MeV three prominent narrow lines at 2.223, 4.4 and 6.1 MeV,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 J. Kiener , M. Gros , V. Tatischeff , G. Weidenspointner

The backside coronal mass ejection (CME) of 2012 July 23 had a short Sun to Earth shock transit time (18.5 hours). The associated solar energetic particle (SEP) event had a >10 MeV proton flux peaking at ~5000 pfu, and the energetic storm…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-28 Nat Gopalswamy , Seiji Yashiro , Neeharika Thakur , Pertti Mäkelä , Hong Xie , Sachiko Akiyama

Solar energetic particles are a result of intense solar events such as solar flares and Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs). These latter events all together can cause major disruptions to spacecraft that are in Earth's orbit and outside of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-13 Soukaina Filali Boubrahimi , Berkay Aydin , Petrus Martens , Rafal Angryk

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…

Metric type II solar radio bursts and solar energetic particles (SEPs) are both associated with shock fronts driven by coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in the solar corona. Recent studies of ground level enhancements (GLEs), regular large…

Solar energetic particle (SEP) events are related to flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). This work is a new investigation of statistical relationships between SEP peak intensities - deka-MeV protons and near-relativistic electrons -…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 G. Trottet , S. Samwel , K. -L. Klein , T. Dudok de Wit , R. Miteva

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

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…

The injection, propagation and arrival of solar energetic particles (SEPs) during eruptive solar events is an important and current research topic of heliospheric physics. During the largest solar events, particles may have energies up to a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-16 M. Battarbee , J. Guo , S. Dalla , R. Wimmer-Schweingruber , B. Swalwell , D. J. Lawrence

We study the solar energetic particle (SEP) event associated with the 2012 July 23 extreme solar storm, for which STEREO and the spacecraft at L1 provide multi-point remote sensing and in situ observations. The extreme solar storm, with a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-31 Bei Zhu , Ying D. Liu , Janet G. Luhmann , Huidong Hu , Rui Wang , Zhongwei Yang

How impulsive solar energetic particle (SEP) events are produced by magnetic-reconnection-driven processes during solar flares remains an outstanding question. Here we report a short-duration SEP event associated with an X-class eruptive…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-11 Meiqi Wang , Bin Chen , Trevor Knuth , Christina Cohen , Jeongwoo Lee , Haimin Wang , Sijie Yu

Ground Level Enhancements (GLEs) of cosmic-ray intensity occur, on average, once a year. Due to their rareness, studying the solar sources of GLEs is especially important to approach understanding their origin. The SOL2001-12-26…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 V. V. Grechnev , A. A. Kochanov

Solar energetic particles (SEPs) are an important space radiation source, especially for the space weather environment in the inner heliosphere. The energy spectrum of SEP events is crucial both for evaluating their radiation effects and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-18 Yubao Wang , Jingnan Guo

We report on four large filament eruptions (FEs) from solar cycles 23 and 24 that were associated with large solar energetic particle (SEP) events and interplanetary type II radio bursts. The post-eruption arcades corresponded to mostly…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 N. Gopalswamy , P. Makela , S. Akiyama , S. Yashiro , H. Xie , N. Thakur , S. W. Kahler