Publication: Relativistic solar protons on 1989 October 22: Injection and transport along both legs of a closed interplanetary magnetic loop
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2005-01-01
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Mahidol University
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29th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2005. Vol.1, (2005), 307-310
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David Ruffolo, Paisan Tooprakai, Manit Rujiwarodom, Thiranee Khumlumlert, Maneenate Wechakama, John W. Bieber, Paul Evenson, Roger Pyle Relativistic solar protons on 1989 October 22: Injection and transport along both legs of a closed interplanetary magnetic loop. 29th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2005. Vol.1, (2005), 307-310. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/17189
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Relativistic solar protons on 1989 October 22: Injection and transport along both legs of a closed interplanetary magnetic loop
Abstract
Worldwide neutron monitor observations of relativistic solar protons on 1989 October 22 have proven puzzling, with an initial spike at some stations followed by a hump with bidirectional flows and a very slow decay. We analyze data from polar monitors, which measure the directional distribution of solar energetic particles (mainly protons) at rigidities of ~ 1-3 GV. The inferred density and anisotropy are simultaneously fit by simulating the particle transport for various magnetic field configurations and determining the best-fit injection function near the Sun. The data are not well fit for an Archimedean spiral field, a magnetic bottleneck beyond Earth, or particle injection along one leg of a closed magnetic loop. A model with simultaneous injection along both legs of a closed loop provides the best explanation. Refined fits indicate a very low spectral index of turbulence, q < 1, and hence an unusually low correlation length of magnetic fluctuations in the loop, a loop length of 4.7 ± 0.3 AU, and escape from the loop on a time scale of 3 hours.