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Table 1.

Galactic cosmic-ray and SEP tracks in the Metis cosmic-ray matrices. Observations are averaged over 60 s.

# cosmic-ray matrices Straight Slant Squares Total
May 2020 4
GCR Average 188 79 4 271±22

May 2022 3
GCR Average 151 57 4 212±6

February 2023 3
GCR Average 83 36 1 120±5

July 2023 3
GCR Average 82 32 1 115±4

February 2024 2
GCR Average 73 28 1 102±3

SEP July 24, 2023 – 19:00–19:30 UT
(Onset – Not available)

SEP July 25, 2023 – 03:00–04:00 UT 2
Peak Average 4740 4892 257 9889±19

SEP July 25, 2023 – 15:00–16:00 UT 2
Decay 1 Average 787 664 47 1498±6

SEP July 26, 2023 – 03:00–04:00 UT 2
Decay 2 Average 281 183 9 473±11

SEP July 26, 2023 – 15:00–16:00 UT 2
Decay 3 Average 115 59 2 176±9

SEP February 11, 2024 4
Peak 2 Average 1536 884 26 2446±13

SEP February 12, 2024 4
Near peak 3 Average 337 217 10 564±13

Notes. Galactic cosmic-ray data from solar minimum in 2020 through solar maximum in 2024 are compared. The uncertainties indicate the variance from the average of the number of tracks in each set of cosmic-ray matrices. Based on availability, between two and four cosmic-ray matrices were analyzed. All observations are normalized to cosmic-ray matrix one-minute exposure time for the GCR comparison with the analysis carried out at solar minimum in 2020. Examples of the track topologies are shown in Fig. 14. The SEP observations also include the GCR contribution.

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