Published August 1, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Solar Energetic Particle Spectral Breaks

  • 1. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA 91125 (United States)
  • 2. University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 (United States)
  • 3. Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA 90245 (United States)
  • 4. Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel MD 207232 (United States)
  • 5. Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, NJ 07974 (United States)
  • 6. IGPP, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521 (United States)
  • 7. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91007 (United States)

Description

The five large solar particle events during October-November 2003 presented an opportunity to test shock acceleration models with in-situ observations. We use solar particle spectra of H to Fe ions, measured by instruments on ACE, SAMPEX, and GOES-11, to investigate the Q/M-dependence of spectral breaks in the 28 October 2003 event. We find that the break energies scale as (Q/M)b with b ≤ 1.56 to 1.75, somewhat less than predicted. We also conclude that SEP spectra >100 MeV/nucleon are best fit by a double power-law shape

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
781
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 227-232
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
4. annual IGPP international astrophysics conference
Dates
26 Feb - 3 Mar 2005
Place
Palm Springs, CA (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37031448
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ACCELERATION; ENERGY SPECTRA; HYDROGEN IONS; IRON IONS; SHOCK WAVES; SOLAR PARTICLES
Descriptors DEC
CHARGED PARTICLES; IONS; RADIATIONS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRA; STELLAR RADIATION

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