The first ground level enhancement event of solar cycle 24: Direct observation of shock formation and particle release heights

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 765, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Gopalswamy, N ^a   Xie, H ^a,b   Akiyama, S ^a,b   Yashiro, S ^a,b   Usoskin, I G ^c   Davila, J M ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

acceleration of particles; shock waves; Sun: coronal mass ejections (CMEs); Sun: flares; Sun: particle emission; Sun: radio radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874848009     PISSN: 20418205     EISSN: 20418213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/765/2/L30     Document Type: Article

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