Energetic Particle Observations: Report of Working Group C

Authors: Klecker, B.; Kunow, H.; Cane, H.; Dalla, S.; Heber, B.; Kecskemety, K.; Klein, K.-L.; Kota, J.; Kucharek, H.; Lario, D.; Lee, M.; Popecki, M.; Posner, A.; Rodriguez-Pacheco, J.; Sanderson, T.; Simnett, G.; Roelof, E.

Source: Space Science Reviews, Volume 123, Numbers 1-3, March 2006 , pp. 217-250(34)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

The characteristics of solar energetic particles (SEP) as observed in interplanetary space provide fundamental information about the origin of these particles, and the acceleration and propagation processes at the Sun and in interplanetary space. Furthermore, energetic particles provide information on the development and structure of coronal mass ejections as they propagate from the solar corona into the interplanetary medium. In this paper we review the measurements of energetic particles in interplanetary space and discuss their implication for our understanding of the sources, and of acceleration and propagation processes.

Keywords: solar energetic particles; energetic particle propagation; energetic particle accelerataion; energetic particle composition; energetic particle ionic charge states; solar electrons; shock acceleration; interplanetary coronal mass ejections

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11214-006-9018-9

Affiliations: 1: Email: berndt.klecker@mpe.mpg.de

Publication date: 2006-03-01