The Long Period of 3He-rich Solar Energetic Particles Measured by Solar Orbiter on 2020 November 17-23

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Title: The Long Period of 3He-rich Solar Energetic Particles Measured by Solar Orbiter on 2020 November 17-23
Authors: Bucik, R., Mason, G. M., Gomez-Herrero, R., Lario, D., Balmaceda, L., Nitta, N. V., Krupar, V., Dresing, N., Ho, G. C., Allen, R. C., Carcaboso, F., Rodriguez-Pacheco, J., Schuller, F., Warmuth, A., Wimmer-Schweingruber, R. F., von Forstner, J. L. Freiherr, Andrews, G. B., Berger, L., Cernuda, I., Lara, F. Espinosa, Lees, W. J., Martin, C., Pacheco, D., Prieto, M., Sanchez-Prieto, S., Schlemm, C. E., Seifert, H., Tyagi, K., Maksimovic, M., Vecchio, A., Kollhoff, A., Kuhl, P., Xu, Z. G., Eldrum, S.
Source: A&A 656, L11 (2021)
Publication Year: 2021
Collection: Astrophysics
Physics (Other)
Subject Terms: Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Physics - Space Physics
More Details: We report observations of a relatively long period of 3He-rich solar energetic particles (SEPs) measured by Solar Orbiter. The period consists of several well-resolved ion injections. The high-resolution STEREO-A imaging observations reveal that the injections coincide with EUV jets/brightenings near the east limb, not far from the nominal magnetic connection of Solar Orbiter. The jets originated in two adjacent, large, and complex active regions as observed by the Solar Dynamics Observatory when the regions rotated to the Earth's view. It appears that the sustained ion injections were related to the complex configuration of the sunspot group and the long period of 3He-rich SEPs to the longitudinal extent covered by the group during the analyzed time period.
Comment: accepted for publication in A&A, Letters to the Editor
Document Type: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141009
Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2109.05570
Accession Number: edsarx.2109.05570
Database: arXiv
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DOI:10.1051/0004-6361/202141009