Deriving the properties of coronal pressure fronts in 3-D: application to the 17 May 2012 ground level enhancement

Alexis P. Rouillard, Illya Plotnikov, Rui F. Pinto +12

We study the link between an expanding coronal shock and the energetic particles measured near Earth during the Ground Level Enhancement (GLE) of 17 May 2012. We developed a new te…