Multiproxy reconstructions of integral energy spectra for extreme solar particle events of 7176 BCE, 660 BCE, 775 CE and 994 CE

Koldobskiy, Sergey; Mekhaldi, Florian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8323-2955; Kovaltsov, Gennady; Usoskin, Ilya. 2023 Multiproxy reconstructions of integral energy spectra for extreme solar particle events of 7176 BCE, 660 BCE, 775 CE and 994 CE. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 128 (3), e2022JA031186. 13, pp. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JA031186

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Abstract/Summary

Extreme solar particle events (ESPEs) are rare and the most potent known processes of solar eruptive activity. During ESPEs, a vast amount of cosmogenic isotopes (CIs) 10Be, 36Cl and 14C can be produced in the Earth’s atmosphere and deposited in natural stratified archives. Accordingly, CI measurements in these archives allow us to evaluate particle fluxes during ESPEs. In this work, we present a new method of ESPE fluence (integral flux) reconstruction based on state-of-the-art modeling advances, allowing to fit together different CI data within one model. We represent the ESPE fluence as an ensemble of scaled fluence reconstructions for ground-level enhancement (GLE) events registered by the neutron monitor network since 1956 coupled with satellite and ionospheric measurements data. Reconstructed ESPE fluences appear softer in its spectral shape than earlier estimates, leading to significantly higher estimates of the low-energy (E < 100 MeV) fluence. This makes ESPEs even more dangerous for modern technological systems than previously believed. Reconstructed ESPE fluences are fitted with a modified Band function, which eases the use of obtained results in different applications.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JA031186
ISSN:	2169-9380
Additional Keywords:	solar energetic particles, extreme solar particle events, cosmogenic isotopes, solar activity
Date made live:	27 Feb 2023 10:30 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/534084

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JA031186

ISSN:

2169-9380

Additional Keywords:

solar energetic particles, extreme solar particle events, cosmogenic isotopes, solar activity

Date made live:

27 Feb 2023 10:30 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/534084