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Jun 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007ssrv..130..301c&link_type=abstract
Space Science Reviews, Volume 130, Issue 1-4, pp. 301-307
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Acceleration Of Particles, Shock Waves, Sun: Flares
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It is widely accepted that diffusive shock acceleration is an important process in the heliosphere, in particular in producing the energetic particles associated with interplanetary shocks driven by coronal mass ejections. In its simplest formulation shock acceleration is expected to accelerate ions with higher mass to charge ratios less efficiently than those with lower mass to charge. Thus it is anticipated that the Fe/O ratio in shock-accelerated ion populations will decrease with increasing energy above some energy. We examine the circumstances of five interplanetary shocks that have been reported to have associated populations in which Fe/O increases with increasing energy. In each event, the situation is complex, with particle contributions from other sources in addition to the shock. Furthermore, we show that the Fe/O ratio in shock-accelerated ions can decrease even when the shock is traveling through an Fe-rich ambient ion population. Thus, although shock acceleration of an Fe-rich suprathermal population has been proposed to explain large Fe-rich solar particle events, we find no support for this proposal in these observations.
Cane Hilary V.
Richardson Ian G.
von Rosenvinge Tycho T.
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