Multi-spacecraft observations of particle events and interplanetary shocks during November/December 1982

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Oct 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993soph..147..377k&link_type=abstract

Solar Physics, Volume 147, Issue 2, pp.377-410

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We present a sample of solar energetic particle events observed between November 18 and December 31, 1982 by the HELIOS 1, the VENERA 13, and IMP 8 spacecraft. During the entire time period all three spacecraft were magnetically connected to the western hemisphere of the Sun with varying radial and angular distances from the flares. Eleven proton events, all of them associated with interplanetary shocks, were observed by the three spacecraft. These events are visible in the low-energy (about 4 MeV) as well as the high-energy (30 MeV) protons. In the largest events protons were observed up to energies of about 100 MeV. The shocks were rather fast and in some cases extended to more than 90% east of the flare site. Assuming a symmetrical configuration, this would correspond to a total angular extent of some interplanetary shocks of about 180%. In addition, due to the use of three spacecraft at different locations we find some indication for the shape of the shock front: the shocks are fastest close to the flare normal and are slower at the eastern flank. For particle acceleration we find that close to the flare normal the shock is most effective in accelerating energetic particles. This efficiency decreases for observers connected to the eastern flank of the shock. In this case, the efficiency of shock acceleration for high-energy protons decreases faster than for low-energy protons. Observation of the time-intensity profiles combined with variations of the anisotropy and of the steepness of the proton spectrum allows one in general to define two components of an event which we term ‘solar’ and ‘interplanetary’. We attempt to describe the results in terms of a radially variable efficiency of shock acceleration. Under the assumption that the shock is responsible not only for the interplanetary, but also for the solar component, we find evidence for a very efficient particle acceleration while the shock is still close to the Sun, e.g., in the corona. In addition, we discuss this series of strong flares and interplanetary shocks as a possible source for the formation of a superevent.

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