Extreme solar energetic particle events recorded in cosmogenic
nuclides data
Fusa Miyake (Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan)
Cosmogenic nuclides such as 14C, 10Be, and 36Cl are produced by cosmic
rays in the atmosphere. Extreme solar energetic particle (SEP) events
can produce cosmogenic nuclides in amounts that greatly exceed the
background level. Several candidates of extreme SEP events have been
reported in 14C, 10Be and 36Cl data, since the discovery of the first
SEP event candidate in 774 CE. We continue to search for past extreme
SEP events mainly using 14C data over the last ~10,000 years. In this
presentation, reported SEP event candidates in cosmogenic nuclide data
and new event searches will be introduced.