Physics
Scientific paper
Nov 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990jgr....9518731s&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 95, Nov. 1, 1990, p. 18731-18743.
Physics
58
Current Sheets, Galactic Cosmic Rays, Heliosphere, Solar Activity Effects, Particle Flux Density, Solar Cycles, Solar Wind
Scientific paper
The posssible effect of the heliospheric current sheet on the modulation of cosmic rays is examined by examining the number and the nature of coronal mass ejections on the basis of data collected on an abrupt onset of cosmic ray modulation observed in May 1987 on earth and in September 1987 by Pioneer 10 and 11 and in a previous study of modulation for the years 1976-1986. The measure used to examine the gradient-drift theory (according to which modulation is associated with solar cycle changes in the current sheet) is the value of the difference in the maximum latitudinal extents for the current sheet in the northern and the southern solar hemispheres. These were obtained from contours of the current sheet produced by extrapolating photospheric magnetic field measurements to a solar wind source surface. The observations are found to be consistent with the predictions of the gradient drift model.
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