Space Weather Effects: Decay Phases in Gradual and Impulsive Solar Energetic Particle Events
Abstract
This report results from a contract tasking Skobeltsyn Nuclear Physics Institute of Moscow State University as follows: This is an investigation of the decay phases of gradual and impulsive solar energetic particle (SEP) events associated and non-associated to coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and CME-driven shocks. The contractor will use the multispacecraft (m/s) data obtained in the 1970s and 1980s to develop understanding of processes of particle transport and losses and the role of travelling shocks for formation of particle intensity-time profiles at late phase of event at different radial distances and heliologitudes of the observer. This will be done based on a database of energetic protons, alphas and electrons, as well as solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field, from the Prognoz, the Venera, the Vega, the Phobos 2, the Helios and IMP 7,8 spacecraft. The correlated observations will be used to test modern models of SEP event formation. Practical application of the results to be obtained is related to the problems of space weather, as well as radiation hazards during manned space missions and radiation affects on materials and instruments.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 30, 2001
- Accession Number
- ADA433282
Entities
People
- Elena I. Daibog
- Vladislav G. Stolpovskii
Organizations
- Moscow State University