Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Nov 2009
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SHOCK WAVES IN SPACE AND ASTROPHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS: 18th Annual International Astrophysics Conference. AIP Conference Proceedin
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Corona, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Shock Wave Effects, Relativistic Electron Beams, Solar Wind, Coronal Mass Ejection, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Planetary Bow Shocks, Interplanetary Shocks, Relativistic Electron And Positron Beams, Particle Emission, Solar Wind
Scientific paper
Processes in the solar corona are prodigious accelerators of near-relativistic electrons. Only a small fraction of these electrons escape the low corona, yet they are by far the most abundant species observed in Solar Energetic Particle events. These beam-like energetic electron events are sometimes time-associated with coronal mass ejections from the western solar hemisphere. However, a significant number of events are observed without any apparent association with a transient event. The relationship between solar energetic particle events, coronal mass ejections, and near-relativistic electron events are better ordered when we classify the intensity time profiles during the duration of the beam-like anisotropies into three broad categories: 1) Spikes (rapid and equal rise and decay) 2) Pulses (rapid rise, slower decay) and 3) Ramps (rapid rise followed by a plateau). We report on the results of a study that is based on our catalog (covering nearly the complete Solar Cycle 23) of 216 near-relativistic electron events and their association with: solar electromagnetic emissions, shocks driven by coronal mass ejections, models of the coronal magnetic fields and energetic protons. We conclude that electron events with time-intensity profiles of Spikes and Pulses are associated with explosive events in the low corona while events with time-intensity profiles of Ramps are associated with the injection/acceleration process of the CME driven shock.
Haggerty Dennis K.
Roelof Edmond C.
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