Constructing a Basis of Solar Energetic Particle Event Characteristics based on Source and Solar Wind Plasma Conditions

Authors: Manuel Enrique Cuesta (Princeton University), David J. McComas (Princeton University), PSP/ISOIS Team (Princeton University, Goddard Space Flight Center, California Institute of Technology, Southwest Research Institute, University of Texas at San Antonio, University of Arizona, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, National Observatory of Athens, University of Delaware, NASA HQ, University of New Hampshire, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, The Blackett Laboratory, University of Michigan, Simthsonian Astrophysical Observatory, CNRS)

Solar energetic particle (SEP) events have been observed by the Parker Solar Probe (PSP) spacecraft since its launch in 2018.  These events include solar flares and coronal mass ejections.  Onboard PSP is the ISoIS instrument suite that measures ions and electrons over a range of decades of energy via the EPI-HI and EPI-LO detectors.  Here we conduct a cumulative systematic study of SEP events with similar particle signatures to construct a basis of expected values for local plasma conditions throughout each event. This can help determine which set of parameters can be used to predict specific characteristics common over these solar storms.  An implication of such a study may contribute to the capability of predicting plasma conditions of SEP events only from observed particle signatures in the lack of supplementary remote and in-situ observations.