Statistical Study of the Correlation between Solar Energetic Particles and Properties of Active Regions

Russell D. Marroquin, Viacheslav Sadykov, Alexander Kosovichev, Irina N. Kitiashvili, Vincent Oria, Gelu M. Nita, Egor Illarionov, Patrick M. O’Keefe, Fraila Francis, Chun Jie Chong, Paul Kosovich, Aatiya Ali

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Abstract

The flux of energetic particles originating from the Sun fluctuates during the solar cycles. It depends on the number and properties of active regions (ARs) present in a single day and associated solar activities, such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections. Observational records of the Space Weather Prediction Center NOAA enable the creation of time-indexed databases containing information about ARs and particle flux enhancements, most widely known as solar energetic particle (SEP) events. In this work, we utilize the data available for solar cycles 21–24 and the initial phase of cycle 25 to perform a statistical analysis of the correlation between SEPs and properties of ARs inferred from the McIntosh and Hale classifications. We find that the complexity of the magnetic field, longitudinal location, area, and penumbra type of the largest sunspot of ARs are most correlated with the production of SEPs. It is found that most SEPs (≈60%, or 108 out of 181 considered events) were generated from an AR classified with the “k” McIntosh subclass as the second component, and these ARs are more likely to produce SEPs if they fall in a Hale class containing a δ component. The resulting database containing information about SEP events and ARs is publicly available and can be used for the development of machine learning models to predict the occurrence of SEPs.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number97
JournalAstrophysical Journal
Volume952
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1 2023

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

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