Abstract
Based on the theory of diffusive shock acceleration of charged particles, we have investigated the spectra of protons recorded in the solar cosmic ray event near the Earth’s orbit on November 22, 1977 (ground level enhancement no. 30, GLE30). The proton flux data from the CPME instrument installed on the IMP-8 spacecraft and the worldwide network of neutron monitors have been used to analyze the event. Using GLE30 as an example, we have shown for the first time that solar cosmic rays of relativistic energies can be produced by a shock wave with a relatively low speed of 560 km s–1 in the lower solar corona at a distance up to 1.6 $${{R}_{ \odot }}$$ ( $${{R}_{ \odot }}$$ is the solar radius) within 615 s. The calculated proton spectra satisfactorily reproduce the measurements in the Earth’s orbit.
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