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. 2016 Sep 7;13(1):3. doi: 10.1007/s41116-016-0002-5

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
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 >2 AU Fisk and Lee (1980)
Upstream ion events Lee (1982) and Desai et al. (2008)