A Statistical Analysis of Magnetic Parameters in Solar Source Regions of Halo-CMEs with and without SEP events

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Main Authors: Duan, Xuchun, Li, Ting, Hou, Yijun, Wang, Yang, Li, Yue, Zhang, Yining, Sun, Zheng, Zhou, Guiping
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author Duan, Xuchun
Li, Ting
Hou, Yijun
Wang, Yang
Li, Yue
Zhang, Yining
Sun, Zheng
Zhou, Guiping
author_facet Duan, Xuchun
Li, Ting
Hou, Yijun
Wang, Yang
Li, Yue
Zhang, Yining
Sun, Zheng
Zhou, Guiping
contents Large SEPs can cause adverse space weather hazard to humans technology and such events are especially associated with halo coronal mass ejections (CMEs). But in turn, a significant portion of halo-CMEs are not associated with large SEPs. The objective of this study is to gain an understanding of the source region distinctions between halo-CMEs in SEP and No-SEP events. Among the 176 halo-CMEs observed from 2010-2024, we screen out 45 large SEP events and 131 No-SEP events from this dataset. It is revealed that CME speed is a good discriminator between SEP and No-SEP events. Through classifying the source regions of all the halo-CMEs, we find that 53\% of SEP events originate from ``Single AR'', and 47\% from ``Multiple ARs'' or ``Outside of ARs''. The corresponding proportion for No-SEP events is 70\% and 30\%. This suggests that SEP source regions are more likely to originate from large-scale sources. We have also calculated the relevant magnetic parameters of the source regions and found that SEP source regions have higher magnetic free energy and reconnection flux compared to No-SEP source regions. However, SEP source regions are smaller in terms of the intensive magnetic parameters such as mean characteristic magnetic twist $α$ and mean shear angles. Our statistical results can provide new potential variables for forecasting SEPs.
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spellingShingle A Statistical Analysis of Magnetic Parameters in Solar Source Regions of Halo-CMEs with and without SEP events
Duan, Xuchun
Li, Ting
Hou, Yijun
Wang, Yang
Li, Yue
Zhang, Yining
Sun, Zheng
Zhou, Guiping
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Large SEPs can cause adverse space weather hazard to humans technology and such events are especially associated with halo coronal mass ejections (CMEs). But in turn, a significant portion of halo-CMEs are not associated with large SEPs. The objective of this study is to gain an understanding of the source region distinctions between halo-CMEs in SEP and No-SEP events. Among the 176 halo-CMEs observed from 2010-2024, we screen out 45 large SEP events and 131 No-SEP events from this dataset. It is revealed that CME speed is a good discriminator between SEP and No-SEP events. Through classifying the source regions of all the halo-CMEs, we find that 53\% of SEP events originate from ``Single AR'', and 47\% from ``Multiple ARs'' or ``Outside of ARs''. The corresponding proportion for No-SEP events is 70\% and 30\%. This suggests that SEP source regions are more likely to originate from large-scale sources. We have also calculated the relevant magnetic parameters of the source regions and found that SEP source regions have higher magnetic free energy and reconnection flux compared to No-SEP source regions. However, SEP source regions are smaller in terms of the intensive magnetic parameters such as mean characteristic magnetic twist $α$ and mean shear angles. Our statistical results can provide new potential variables for forecasting SEPs.
title A Statistical Analysis of Magnetic Parameters in Solar Source Regions of Halo-CMEs with and without SEP events
topic Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21907