SPEARHEAD
SPEcification, Analysis & Re-calibration of High Energy pArticle Data
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About SPEARHEAD
Through a detailed analysis of very high-energy particle observations from the most important heliophysics missions combined with ground based measurements, SPEcification, Analysis & Re-calibration of High Energy pArticle Data – SPEARHEAD will provide answers to three science questions:
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How are protons accelerated beyond 100 MeV and electrons beyond 1 MeV in solar eruptions?
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What are the release times and spectral characteristics of near-relativistic particles from solar eruptions?
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How do coronal and interplanetary structures affect the transport processes of very high energetic particles?
To enable the scientific data analysis SPEARHEAD has three technical objectives:
Determining the response functions of a large number of spacecraft instruments to derive high-energy particle fluxes from observations at unprecedented accuracy releasing revised and completely new datasets
Performing cross-calibration of datasets measured by science-grade and monitoring instruments to enable the use of monitoring data for scientific analyses
Combining high-energy particle and context observations together with modeling of plasma structures for easier in-depth analysis of solar eruptions, quantifying their effect and delivering them to the community
Project's Results
The scientific results of SPEARHEAD, including catalogs, datasets, publications, and tools, are presented below and will be regularly updated as the project progresses. Open-access repositories such as Zenodo, GitHub, and arXiv form an integral part of SPEARHEAD’s distribution network, ensuring seamless dissemination and accessibility of the project’s outputs
Catalogues & Data
Publications
Tools
MSc Course
Partners
