The mean ionic charge state of solar energetic Fe ions above 200 MeV per nucleon

Details The mean ionic charge state of solar energetic Fe ions above 200 MeV per nucleon The mean ionic charge state of solar energetic Fe ions above 200 MeV per nucleon

May 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995apj...444l.109t&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 444, no. 2, p. L109-L113

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

52

Electric Charge, Energetic Particles, Ferric Ions, Geomagnetism, Particle Acceleration, Shock Fronts, Solar Flares, Solar Wind, Atomic Weights, Explorer 50 Satellite, Flux Density, Statistical Analysis, Trajectory Analysis

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We have analyzed the geomagnetic transmission of solar energetic Fe ions at approximately 200-600 MeV per nucleon during the great solar energetic particle (SEP) events of 1989 September-October. By comparing fluences from the Chicago charged-particle telescope on IMP-8 in interplanetary space and from NRL's Heavy Ions in Space (HIIS) experiment aboard the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) in low-Earth orbit, we obtain a mean ionic charge (Q3) = 14.2 +/- 1.4. This result is significantly lower than (Q) observed at approximately 1 MeV per nucleon in impulsive, He-3 rich SEP events, indicating that neither acceleration at the flare site nor flare-heated plasma significantly contributes to the high-energy Fe ions we observe. But it agrees well with the (Q) observed in gradual SEP events at approximately 1 MeV per nucleon, in which ions are accelerated by shocks driven by fast coronal mass ejections, and hence shows that particles are accelerated to very high energies in this way. We also note apparent differences between solar wind and SEP charge state distributions, which may favor a coronal (rather than solar wind) seed population or may suggest additional ionization in the ambient shock-region plasma.

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