Energetic Particle Increases Associated with Stream Interaction Regions
- Creators
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Cohen, C. M. S.
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Christian, E. R.
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Cummings, A. C.
- Davis, A. J.
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Desai, M. I.
- Giacalone, J.
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Hill, M. E.
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Joyce, C. J.
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Labrador, A. W.
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Leske, R. A.
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Matthaeus, W. H.
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McComas, D. J.
- McNutt, R. L., Jr.
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Mewaldt, R. A.
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Mitchell, D. G.
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Rankin, J. S.
- Roelof, E. C.
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Schwadron, N. A.
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Stone, E. C.
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Szalay, J. R.
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Wiedenbeck, M. E.
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Allen, R. C.
- Ho, G. C.
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Jian, L. K.
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Lario, D.
- Odstrcil, D.
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Bale, S. D.
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Badman, S. T.
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Pulupa, M.
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MacDowall, R. J.
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Kasper, J. C.
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Case, A. W.
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Korreck, K. E.
- Larson, D. E.
- Livi, Roberto
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Stevens, M. L.
- Whittlesey, Phyllis
Abstract
The Parker Solar Probe was launched on 2018 August 12 and completed its second orbit on 2019 June 19 with perihelion of 35.7 solar radii. During this time, the Energetic Particle Instrument-Hi (EPI-Hi, one of the two energetic particle instruments comprising the Integrated Science Investigation of the Sun, IS⊙IS) measured seven proton intensity increases associated with stream interaction regions (SIRs), two of which appear to be occurring in the same region corotating with the Sun. The events are relatively weak, with observed proton spectra extending to only a few MeV and lasting for a few days. The proton spectra are best characterized by power laws with indices ranging from −4.3 to −6.5, generally softer than events associated with SIRs observed at 1 au and beyond. Helium spectra were also obtained with similar indices, allowing He/H abundance ratios to be calculated for each event. We find values of 0.016–0.031, which are consistent with ratios obtained previously for corotating interaction region events with fast solar wind ≤ 600 km s⁻¹. Using the observed solar wind data combined with solar wind simulations, we study the solar wind structures associated with these events and identify additional spacecraft near 1 au appropriately positioned to observe the same structures after some corotation. Examination of the energetic particle observations from these spacecraft yields two events that may correspond to the energetic particle increases seen by EPI-Hi earlier.
Additional Information
© 2020. The American Astronomical Society. Received 2019 September 13; revised 2019 October 4; accepted 2019 October 7; published 2020 February 3. Early Results from Parker Solar Probe: Ushering a New Frontier in Space Exploration This work was supported by NASA's Parker Solar Probe Mission, contract NNN06AA01C. We thank all the scientists and engineers who have worked hard to make PSP a successful mission. In particular, we thank B. Kecman and W.R. Cook, without whom the EPI-Hi instrument would not be possible. S.D.B. acknowledges support of the Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorship program. We gratefully acknowledge the test and calibration support provided by Michigan State University's National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Texas A&M University's Cyclotron Institute, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's 88-inch Cyclotron Laboratory.Attached Files
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