Numerical simulation of corotating interaction regions

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Solar Wind, Current Sheets, Corotation, Computerized Simulation, Radial Flow, Magnetohydrodynamics, Heliosphere, Solar Activity Effects, Sun, Computational Astrophysics, Solar Physics, Rotating Plasmas, Cosmic Rays, Shock Waves, Reversed Flow, Transport Theory, Particle Acceleration, Trapped Magnetic Fields, Mathematical Models

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We report on a numerical simulation of Corotating Interaction Regions (CIRs) in the solar wind. We employ an MHD calculation with a tilted dipole model: slow wind is assumed around the tilted current sheet. As a simplifying assumption the solar wind is kept radial, meridional and azimuthal deflections are neglected. Despite of this simplification the model reproduces several observed features of CIR-s. CIR-s turn out most prominent at mid-latitudes. Toward increasing heliographic latitudes, reverse shocks become dominant, forward shocks tend to become weaker then disappear. The frozen in magnetic field is calculated and applied for the simulation of the transport of cosmic rays in the heliosphere. Some consequences on recurrent cosmic ray phenomena and on the acceleration of energetic particles will be discussed.

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