Finite-time shock acceleration of energetic storm particles

• Main Authors: Chanruangrit Channok, David Ruffolo, Mihir I. Desai, Glenn M. Mason
• Other Authors: Chulalongkorn University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Earth and Planetary Sciences; Physics and Astronomy
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/16487
• Institution: Mahidol University

Energetic storm particles (ESPs) of various ion species have been shown to arise from suprathermal seed ions accelerated by traveling interplanetary (IP) shocks. The observed spectral rollovers at ∼0.1-10 MeV nucleon-1 can be attributed to the finite time available for shock acceleration. Using the...