Measurements of the ionic charge states of solar energetic particles at 15-70 MeV/nucleon using the geomagnetic field

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Particle Emission, Solar Wind, Mass Spectrometers

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The mean charge states of abundant heavy ions with ~15-70 MeV nucleon-1 in the two large solar energetic particle events of 1992 October 30 and November 2 have been determined using measurements of the invariant latitude of the cosmic ray geomagnetic cutoffs as a function of time, particle energy, and element from the Mass Spectrometer Telescope on the polar-orbiting SAMPEX satellite. The deduced charge state values are in good agreement with the mean values measured directly in previous solar energetic particle events at much lower energies of ~1 MeV nucleon-1, with inferred equilibrium source temperatures of typically 2×106 K. This result provides additional evidence that solar energetic particles in gradual-type events consist of accelerated coronal material.

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