Solar Energetic Particle Events with Short and Long Onset Times
arXiv:2302.13541 · doi:10.3847/1538-4357/acbea3
Abstract
Gradual solar energetic particle (SEP) events, usually attributed to shock waves driven by coronal mass ejections (CMEs), show a wide variety of temporal behaviors. For example, TO, the >10 MeV proton onset time with respect to the launch of the CME, has a distribution of at least an order of magnitude, even when the source region is not far from the so-called well-connected longitudes. It is important to understand what controls TO, especially in the context of space weather prediction. Here we study two SEP events from the western hemisphere that are different in TO on the basis of >10 MeV proton data from the Geostationary Operations Environmental Satellite, despite similar in the CME speed and longitude of the source regions. We try to find the reasons for different TO, or proton release times, in how the CME-driven shock develops and the Alfvén Mach number of the shock wave reaches some threshold, by combining the CME height-time profiles with radio dynamic spectra. We also discuss how CME-CME interactions and active region properties may affect proton release times.
arXiv comment14 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
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