Solar Energetic Particle Events Characterization in the Inner Solar System

by António Gomes

Thursday 6 Feb 2025, 11:00 → 13:00 Europe/Lisbon

LIP-Lisboa/3-311 - Sala de Seminários (LIP Lisboa)

Solar Energetic Particle (SEP) events are critical phenomena in space weather, posing significant radiation hazards to both human space exploration and satellite operations. Understanding their characteristics, variability, and impact, requires robust monitoring equipment, particularly in the inner solar system, where particle fluxes are more intense. Radiation monitors onboard interplanetary missions provide valuable data, enabling the study of SEP acceleration,   propagation, and interaction with planetary environments. These measurements contribute to improving space weather   forecasting models and developing effective mitigation strategies for future missions.

The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission, plays a role in studying SEP events in the inner solar system. Equipped with radiation monitors and particle detectors such as BERM and SIXS, BepiColombo provides high-resolution data on SEP events and the heliospheric environment. In this seminar I will present SEP analysis methods to study their acceleration and interaction with interplanetary environments, with data from multiple spacecraft (including BERM and SIXS) covering different points in space in relation to the event source.

Zoom link: https://cern.zoom.us/j/67461664606?pwd=ekNaaytYb20yMTZhdTdjb3BvZUZ6Zz09