Solar Energetic Particle events observed by Solar Orbiter

Abstract

Solar energetic particle events are a component of the space weather. Understanding their generation and evolution is essential to mitigate their hazardous effects. By using data collected by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft, this work analyses and interprets the electron directional intensities for two events. With the help of interplanetary magnetic field observations, we determine the electron pitch-angle distributions at different times during the events, and conclude that the transport of the electrons was dominated by focusing in one case and modulated by scattering off magnetic field fluctuations in the other instance