Spaceship Earth Observations of the Easter 2001 Solar Particle Event

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Jan 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004apj...601l.103b&link_type=abstract

The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 601, Issue 1, pp. L103-L106.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Acceleration Of Particles, Sun: Solar-Terrestrial Relations, Sun: Coronal Mass Ejections (Cmes), Sun: Flares, Sun: Particle Emission

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The largest relativistic (~1 GeV) solar proton event of the current solar activity cycle occurred on Easter 2001 (April 15). This was the first such event to be observed by Spaceship Earth, an 11-station network of neutron monitors optimized for measuring the angular distribution of solar cosmic rays. We derive the particle density and anisotropy as functions of time and model these with numerisolutions of the Boltzmann equation. We conclude that transport in the interplanetary medium was diffusive in this event, with a radial mean free path of 0.17 AU. The high time resolution of the Spaceship Earth network and the fast particle speed permit accurate determination of particle injection timing at the solar source. We find that particle injection at the Sun began at 13:42 UT +/-1 minute, about 14 minutes before the first arrival of particles at Earth, in close association with the onset of shock-related radio emissions and ~15 minutes after liftoff of a coronal mass ejection (CME). Our results are consistent with the hypothesis that solar particles were accelerated to GeV energies on Easter 2001 by a CME-driven shock wave.

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