My poor answer is that articles about Carrington events targeted to the layperson tend to be of poor quality, and you would be best served by looking for peer-r

My poor answer is that articles about Carrington events targeted to the layperson tend to be of poor quality, and you would be best served by looking for peer-reviewed articles. Some authors that come to mind are Overbye or Latingen. The math actually isn't too bad, so a lot of these papers are accessible to people outside the field.