Differential measurement and model calculations of cosmic ray latitudinal gradient with respect to the heliospheric current sheet

Details Differential measurement and model calculations of cosmic ray latitudinal gradient with respect to the heliospheric current sheet Differential measurement and model calculations of cosmic ray latitudinal gradient with respect to the heliospheric current sheet

Mar 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986jgr....91.2867c&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 91, March 1, 1986, p. 2867-2877.

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Current Sheets, Galactic Cosmic Rays, Heliosphere, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Proton Flux Density, Solar Cycles, Sunspot Cycle, Voyager 1 Spacecraft, Voyager 2 Spacecraft

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Simultaneous magnetic field and charged particle measurements from the Voyager spacecraft with heliographic latitude separations of more than 10 deg are used to investigate the distribution of about 1-GeV galactic cosmic ray protons with respect to the heliospheric current sheet in the outer solar system. By comparing the ratio of cosmic ray flux at Voyager 1 to that at Voyager 2 during periods of relatively quiet interplanetary conditions when the spacecraft are either both north or both south of the heliospheric current sheet, an average latitude component of the gradient of the cosmic ray flux on opposite sides of the current sheet is derived under restricted interplanetary conditions of -0.22 + or - 0.03 pct/deg, equivalent to a decrease of about 1 percent/AU away from the current sheet at about 12 AU. The results for these limited periods are in qualitative agreement with propagation models incorporating particle drifts.

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