Diverse Properties of Electron Forbush Decreases Revealed by the Dark Matter Particle Explorer

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Authors: Francesco Alemanno, Q. An, Philipp Azzarello, F. C. T. Barbato, P. Bernardini, X. J. Bi, H. Boutin, Irene Cagnoli, M. S. Cai, Elisabetta Casilli, J. Chang, D. Y. Chen
+88 more J. L. Chen, Z. X. Chen, Z. X. Chen, Paul Coppin, Maxwell Cui, T. S. Cui, I. De Mitri, F. de Palma, A. Di Giovanni, Tiekuang Dong, Z. X. Dong, Giacinto Donvito, J. L. Duan, K. K. Duan, R. R. Fan, Y. Z. Fan, F. Fang, K. Fang, C. Q. Feng, L. Feng, Sara Fogliacco, J. M. Frieden, P. Fusco, Min Gao, F. Gargano, Essna Ghose, Ke Gong, Y. Z. Gong, D. Y. Guo, J. H. Guo, S. X. Han, Y. M. Hu, G. S. Huang, X. Y. Huang, Y. Y. Huang, M. Ionica, Lu-Yao Jiang, W. Jiang, Y. Z. Jiang, J. Kong, Andrii Kotenko, Dimitrios Kyratzis, Shijun Lei, B. Li, W. L. Li, W. L. Li, X. Q. Li, X. Q. Li, Y.M. Liang, Chengming Liu, H. Liu, J. Liu, S. B. Liu, Y. Liu, F. Loparco, M. Ma, P. X. Ma, T. Ma, X. Y. Ma, G. Marsella, Mario Nicola Mazziotta, Dan Mo, Y. Nie, X. Y. Niu, A. Parenti, W. X. Peng, X. Y. Peng, C. Perrina, Enzo Putti-Garcia, Rui Qiao, J. N. Rao, Y. Rong, Arshia Ruina, R. Sarkar, Pierpaolo Savina, Z. Shangguan, W. H. Shen, Z. T. Shen, Z. T. Shen, Leandro Silveri, J. X. Song, Mikhail Stolpovskiy, H. Su, Meng Su, H. R. Sun, Z. Sun, Antonio Lo Surdo, X. J. Teng
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Abstract

The Forbush decrease of cosmic rays is an important probe of the interplanetary environment disturbed by solar activities. In this Letter, we study the properties of eight Forbush decreases' electrons (including positrons) between 2 and 20 GeV from January 2016 to March 2024 with the Dark Matter Particle Explorer. The maximum decrease amplitudes of these events are about 30%-15%, and the amplitudes reduce with energy. The recovery time of these events shows diverse behaviors of their energy dependence. Some of them show strong energy dependence, while some have a nearly constant recovery time. It has been shown that such diverse behaviors could be related to the geometry of the regions of the interplanetary space disturbed by coronal mass ejections, which can be characterized by the combined effect of the coronal mass ejection velocity, angular spread, and ejection direction.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics

Publication details

Journal / source
Physical Review Letters
Volume
136
Issue
10
Pages
101004–101004
Publication date
17 February 2026
Language
EN