Solar Energetic Particle Track-production Rates at 1 au: Comparing In Situ Particle Fluxes with Lunar Sample-derived Track Densities

Heavy ( Z > 26) solar energetic particles (SEPs) with energies ∼1 MeV nucleon ^−1 are known to leave visible damage tracks in meteoritic materials. The density of such “solar flare tracks” in lunar and asteroidal samples has been used as a measure of a sample’s exposure time to space, yielding cr...

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Main Authors: A. R. Poppe, P. S. Szabo, E. R. Imata, L. P. Keller, R. Christoffersen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad0cf6