Physics
Scientific paper
Jun 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993adspr..13..257k&link_type=abstract
Advances in Space Research (ISSN 0273-1177), vol. 13, no. 6, p. 257-260.
Physics
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Galactic Cosmic Rays, Heliosphere, Shock Discontinuity, Solar Wind, Spatial Distribution, Convection-Diffusion Equation, Radial Distribution
Scientific paper
We report on a study of the expected spatial variation of the galactic cosmic-ray intensity in the vicinity of the solar-wind termination shock. Model simulations predict that the radial gradients change abruptly at the shock, and that the nature of the effect varies significantly with particle energy. At low energies, the radial gradient changes abruptly from a lower value inside the shock to a higher value outside, whereas at high energies, the higher value of the gradient is inside the shock. This effect, which is a consequence of the matching conditions at the shock and is closely related to diffusive shock acceleration, is qualitatively the same for both heliospheric magnetic polarity states and remains much the same in one-dimensional, two-dimensional and three-dimensional models. Hence drifts do not change the nature of this phenomenon, although they change it quantitatively. The effect may prove to be an important diagnostic tool for the study of the termination of the solar wind.
Jokipii Randy J.
Kota József
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