Interplanetary Protons versus Interacting Protons in the 2017 September 10 Solar Eruptive Event
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· The Astrophysical Journal (Online)
- Univ. of Oulu (Finland)
- National Inst. of Nuclear Physics (INFN), Pisa (Italy)
- Univ. of Central Lancashire (United Kingdom)
- Univ. of Kiel (Germany)
- Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Lab., Palo Alto, CA (United States); SETI Inst., Mountain View, CA (United States)
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Trieste (Italy); Univ. of Trieste (Italy)
- Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA (United States)
- Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS (Australia)
- Univ. of Turku (Finland)
We analyze the relativistic proton emission from the Sun during the eruptive event on 2017 September 10, which caused a ground-level enhancement (GLE 72) registered by the worldwide network of neutron monitors. Using the neutron monitor data and interplanetary transport modeling both along and across interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) lines, we deduce parameters of the proton injection into the interplanetary medium. The inferred injection profile of the interplanetary protons is compared with the profile of the >100 MeV γ-ray emission observed by the Fermi Large Area Telescope, attributed to pion production from the interaction of >300 MeV protons at the Sun. GLE 72 started with a prompt component that arrived along the IMF lines. This was followed by a more prolonged enhancement caused by protons arriving at the Earth across the IMF lines from the southwest. The interplanetary proton event is modeled using two sources—one source at the root of the Earth-connected IMF line and another source situated near the solar western limb. The maximum phase of the second injection of interplanetary protons coincides with the maximum phase of the prolonged >100 MeV γ-ray emission that originated from a small area at the solar western limb, below the current sheet trailing the associated coronal mass ejection (CME). A possible common source of interacting protons and interplanetary protons is discussed in terms of proton acceleration at the CME bow shock versus coronal (re-)acceleration in the wake of the CME.
- Research Organization:
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 1617136
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 23080078
- Journal Information:
- The Astrophysical Journal (Online), Journal Name: The Astrophysical Journal (Online) Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 890; ISSN 1538-4357
- Publisher:
- Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Radio Astronomical Tools for the Study of Solar Energetic Particles II.Time-Extended Acceleration at Subrelativistic and Relativistic Energies
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