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Fast and Wide CMEs without Observed >20MeV Protons

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    SYSNO ASEP0523146
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitleFast and Wide CMEs without Observed >20MeV Protons
    Author(s) Lario, D. (US)
    Kwon, R.-Y. (KR)
    Balmaceda, L. (US)
    Richardson, I.G. (US)
    Krupař, Vratislav (UFA-U) RID, ORCID
    Thompson, B. J. (US)
    Cyr, O.C.S. (US)
    Zhao, L. (US)
    Zhang, M. (US)
    Number of authors9
    Article number92
    Source TitleAstrophysical Journal - ISSN 0004-637X
    Roč. 889, č. 2 (2020)
    Number of pages20 s.
    Languageeng - English
    CountryUS - United States
    KeywordsSolar coronal mass ejections ; Solar coronal mass ejection shocks ; Solar particle emission ; Solar energetic particles
    Subject RIVBL - Plasma and Gas Discharge Physics
    OECD categoryFluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)
    R&D ProjectsGJ17-06818Y GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
    Method of publishingLimited access
    Institutional supportUFA-U - RVO:68378289
    UT WOS000520183400001
    EID SCOPUS85081291821
    DOI10.3847/1538-4357/ab64e1
    AnnotationStatistical studies have found a close association between large solar energetic particle (SEP) events and fast and wide coronal mass ejections (CMEs). However, not all fast and wide CMEs have an associated SEP event. From the Coordinated Data Analysis Web catalog of CMEs observed by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) between 2009 January 1 and 2014 September 30, we select fast (plane-of-sky speed >1000 km s-1) and wide (plane-of-sky angular width >120°) CMEs and determine whether >20 MeV protons were detected by either SOHO or the Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO-A or STEREO-B). Among the 123 selected CMEs, only 11 did not produce a >20 MeV proton intensity increase at any of the three spacecraft. We use multispacecraft coronagraph observations to reevaluate the speeds and widths of the CMEs. The 11 CMEs without observed >20 MeV protons tend to be in the narrow and slow end of the distribution of the selected CMEs. We consider several factors that might play a role in the nonobservation of high-energy particles in these events, including (1) the ambiguous determination of the CME parameters, (2) the inefficiency of the particle sources to produce >20 MeV protons, (3) the lack of magnetic connection between particle sources and any spacecraft, and (4) the lack of particles accelerated and released during the parent solar eruptions. Whereas the extent of the high Mach number regions formed in front of the CME is limited, the characteristic that seems to distinguish those fast and wide CMEs that lack observed >20 MeV protons is a deficit in the release of particles during the solar eruptions.
    WorkplaceInstitute of Atmospheric Physics
    ContactKateřina Adamovičová, adamovicova@ufa.cas.cz, Tel.: 272 016 012 ; Kateřina Potužníková, kaca@ufa.cas.cz, Tel.: 272 016 019
    Year of Publishing2020
    Electronic addresshttps://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ab64e1
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