Table 2.
Known sources and mechanisms of 2–100 keV/nucleon suprathermal ions near 1 AU
Acceleration location | Continuous acceleration in IP space | Discrete high-energy particle events | ||
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Mechanism/source | References | Mechanism/source | References | |
Local | Bulk velocity fluctuations | Fahr and Siewert (2012) and Fahr et al. (2012) | CIR shocks and compressions | Fisk and Lee (1980), Giacalone et al. (2002) and Richardson (2004) |
Compressional turbulence | Fisk and Gloeckler (2006, (2008, (2012, (2014) | CME shocks (ESP events) | Jones and Ellison (1991), Lee (2005), Zank et al. (2006) and Li et al. (2009) | |
Waves and turbulence in the IMF | Schwadron et al. (1996), Zhang (2010) and Zhang and Lee (2013) | |||
Reconnection between magnetic islands | Drake et al. (2012) and Zank et al. (2014) | |||
SEPs from flares | Mason et al. (2002) | |||
Remote | N/A | SEPs from CME shocks near Sun | Reames (1999) | |
CIR shocks AU | Fisk and Lee (1980) | |||
Upstream ion events | Lee (1982) and Desai et al. (2008) |