SEP events from solar eruptions in later March 2022

Authors: Christopher Light (NASA-CCMC), Claudio Corti (NASA-CCMC), M Leila Mays (NASA-CCMC), Beatriz Sanchez-Cano (University of Leicester), David Lario (NASA-GSFC), Alessandro Bruno (NASA-GSFC), Ian Richardson (NASA-GSFC), Michelangelo Romano (NASA-GSFC), Daniel Heyner (TU Braunschweig), Laura Rodriguez -Garcia (Universidad de Alcala)

Between March 28th and April 2nd 2022, multiple flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) originated from the same active region (NOAA AR12975), resulting in three solar energetic particle (SEP) events.  We analyze these events using particle, solar wind plasma, and magnetic field data from multiple spacecraft:  OMNI, GOES, SOHO, STEREO-A (-30 deg longitude), Bepi Colombo (-10 deg longitude, 0.58 AU), and Solar Orbiter (90 deg longitude, 0.33 AU).  STEREO-A and Bepi Colombo were also closely aligned along the same Parker spiral line for the time period.  Of particular interest is the SEP event on March 30th, which was observed a few hours ahead of the arrival of an Earth-directed CME ejected on March 28th.  WSA-ENLIL+Cone simulations are used to estimate the magnetic connectivity between source regions and different observers, with and without a concurrent CME.  We find that even nearby spacecraft observe different SEP time profiles, indicating a possible effect of CME structures on SEP transport.