SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE SPECTRUM ON 2006 DECEMBER 13 DETERMINED BY IceTopShow others and affiliations
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2008 (English)In: Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 689Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
On 2006 December 13 the IceTop air shower array at the South Pole detected a major solar particle event. By numerically simulating the response of the IceTop tanks, which are thick Cerenkov detectors with multiple thresholds deployed at high altitude with no geomagnetic cutoff, we determined the particle energy spectrum in the energy range 0.6-7.6 GeV. This is the first such spectral measurement using a single instrument with a well-defined viewing direction. We compare the IceTop spectrum and its time evolution with previously published results and outline plans for improved resolution of future solar particle spectra.
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2008. Vol. 689
Keywords [en]
Sun: flares Sun: particle emission neutron monitors Astronomy & Astrophysics
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SWEDARP, IceCube
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URN: urn:nbn:se:polar:diva-2012DOI: 10.1086/595679OAI: oai:DiVA.org:polar-2012DiVA, id: diva2:811952
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Ribordy: SNF (Switzerland); A. Kappes: EU Marie Curie OIF Program; T. Kuwabara and J. W. Bieber: NASA grants NNX07AH73G and NNX08AQ18G. We thank our colleagues at IZMIRAN, Polar Geophysical Institute (Russia), and Australian Antarctic Division for furnishing neutron monitor data. 19 Iop publishing ltd Bristol Astronomy & Astrophysics
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