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Four Distinct Pathways to the Element Abundances in Solar Energetic Particles

Reames, Donald V.

Based upon recent evidence from abundance patterns of chemical elements in solar energetic particles (SEPs), and, ironically, the belated inclusion of H and He, we can distinguish four basic SEP populations: (1) SEP1—pure "impulsive" SEPs are produced by magnetic reconnection in solar jets showing steep power-law enhancements of 1 ≤Z ≤56 ions vers…