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Analysis of Coronal Magnetic Field Conditions during Major Solar Energetic Particle Events of 23rd Solar Cycle

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dc.date.accessioned 2014-06-02T09:48:04Z und
dc.date.accessioned 2017-10-24T12:03:35Z
dc.date.available 2014-06-02T09:48:04Z und
dc.date.available 2017-10-24T12:03:35Z
dc.date.issued 2014-06-02T09:48:04Z
dc.identifier.uri http://radr.hulib.helsinki.fi/handle/10138.1/3746 und
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10138.1/3746
dc.title Analysis of Coronal Magnetic Field Conditions during Major Solar Energetic Particle Events of 23rd Solar Cycle en
ethesis.department.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/3acb09b1-e6a2-4faa-b677-1a1b03285b66
ethesis.department Institutionen för fysik sv
ethesis.department Department of Physics en
ethesis.department Fysiikan laitos fi
ethesis.faculty Matematisk-naturvetenskapliga fakulteten sv
ethesis.faculty Matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen tiedekunta fi
ethesis.faculty Faculty of Science en
ethesis.faculty.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/8d59209f-6614-4edd-9744-1ebdaf1d13ca
ethesis.university.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/50ae46d8-7ba9-4821-877c-c994c78b0d97
ethesis.university Helsingfors universitet sv
ethesis.university University of Helsinki en
ethesis.university Helsingin yliopisto fi
dct.creator Dinku, Zerihun Megersa
dct.issued 2014
dct.language.ISO639-2 eng
dct.abstract Coronal magnetic field governs most of the coronal activities. Despite of its importance in solar atmosphere, there is no accurate method of measuring the coronal magnetic field. The current measurement methods of coronal magnetic fields depend on extrapolation of photospheric magnetic fields. There are different models to study the global structure of coronal magnetic field. The most commonly used models are PFSS model and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) model. In this thesis, we study the coronal magnetic field condition during major solar energetic particle (SEP) event of 23rd solar cycle by using the PFSS model. We use 114 SEP events observed by the SOHO/ERNE experiment in 1996-2010. In the beginning we identified 43 events that are relatively free from the disturbance caused by interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs). We examined these SEP events using IDL software developed by Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Lab (LMSAL). We produced plots of open coronal magnetic field of each events using SolarSoft. We also classified SEP events according to their number of connection points as events with; single connection point, double connection points and multiple connection points. Events with multiple connection points make up almost one third of the total events. These events show that the coronal magnetic connection are typically complicated and neighboring magnetic field lines in the solar wind can be magnetically connected to regions that are well separated in the low corona. We also found that the actual connection longitude (a longitude that takes in to account the coronal magnetic field) is most of the time is closer to the flare site associated with the event than the Parker spiral connection longitude. The Parker spiral longitudes, connection longitudes and flare longitudes are analyzed in detail by histograms. Finally, we chose two example events and analyzed them by using intensity-time profile of particles, plots of from LASCO CME catalog and plots produce by the SolarSoft. Based on our analysis we classified the example events into gradual and hybrid SEP events. en
dct.language en
ethesis.language.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/languages/eng
ethesis.language English en
ethesis.language englanti fi
ethesis.language engelska sv
ethesis.thesistype pro gradu-avhandlingar sv
ethesis.thesistype pro gradu -tutkielmat fi
ethesis.thesistype master's thesis en
ethesis.thesistype.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/thesistypes/mastersthesis
ethesis.degreeprogram Space Sciences en
dct.identifier.urn URN:NBN:fi-fe2017112251911
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