Composition and energetics of solar flare particle events measured by satellites, 1989--1991
The Synchronous Orbit Particle Analyzer (SOPA), on board the satellite 1989-046 and others, has detected ions from carbon through nickel at energies from 2 to 50 MeV in the great solar energetic particle events of the current solar cycle. Energetic protons from the same events have been detected by the Charged Particle Analyzer (CPA) on board the satellite 1984-129 and others. We present here a collection of data from these various instruments that includes events of 1989, 1990, and 1991. We demonstrate the association of the events detected by the satellites with solar flares, and examine local solar wind features that in some instances alter the flux. We determine the ionic composition of the events, and compare these compositions among the various events and with those events, and compare these compositions among the various events and with those found in events of previous solar cycles. We obtain time-histories of the energetic particle fluxes, resolved both by ion species and by energy range. These detailed histories are of use, in conjunction with other data, in determining the parameters of the acceleration region.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 5378229
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-91-2637; CONF-9108141-1; ON: DE91018028
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: International cosmic ray conference, Dublin (Ireland), 11-23 Aug 1991
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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