Energetic particle composition variations during the March 1991 events measured with the ULYSSES EPAC instrument

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Jun 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992georl..19.1255k&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 19, no. 12, June 19, 1992, p. 1255-1258. Research supported by Max-Planck-Ge

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Chemical Composition, Energetic Particles, Solar Corpuscular Radiation, Solar Flares, Stellar Mass Ejection, Ulysses Mission, Heavy Ions, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Iron, Oxygen, Solar Corona, Solar Electrons, Solar Protons

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Energetic particle measurements are reported which were obtained with the EPAC instrument on board the Ulysses spacecraft during March 1991 when a series of important flares occurred at the sun. The time interval March 22 through March 29 is studied in three periods with different ion compositions. At a quasi-perpendicular shock on March 23, shock-drift acceleration of protons, helium and electrons was observed. Thirteen hours after this shock the energetic ion composition changed dramatically by almost two orders of magnitude, signaling the arrival of a coronal mass ejection or driver gas. This driver gas was still present at the spacecraft when a second quasi-perpendicular shock passed the spacecraft. The ratio Fe/O increased from 0.6 to 1.0 indicative of a connection to solar particles for about six hours after the second shock. The second shock did not accelerate ions as well and electrons not at all. Six hours after this shock the same oxygen and ion composition was observed as before, indicating that the second shock did not alter the energetic ion composition. A third ion composition was observed before the driver gas disappeared which was significantly different from those observed before the first and between the two shocks.

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