On the asymmetry of the distribution of the anomalous cosmic-ray component in the heliosphere

Details On the asymmetry of the distribution of the anomalous cosmic-ray component in the heliosphere On the asymmetry of the distribution of the anomalous cosmic-ray component in the heliosphere

Feb 1994

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Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (ISSN 0067-0049), vol. 90, no. 2, p. 595-597

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Asymmetry, Heliosphere, Mathematical Models, Particle Acceleration, Solar Activity Effects, Solar Cosmic Rays, Boundary Conditions, Ion Density (Concentration), Magnetic Fields, Solar Wind, Transport Theory

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An analysis based on a fluid type equation for the spatial diffusion of the anomalous component of cosmic rays in the solar wind is presented. The source distributions of the high-energy particles are related to the pick-up ion flux intensities at the position of the heliospheric shock. Due to the strong asymmetric distributions of the different species of pick-up ions in the heliosphere and a possible aspherical termination shock of the solar wind, the source distributions are expected to exhibit element specific upwind-downwind asymmetries. An analytical treatment of the problem, using boundary conditions derived from observations by the Pioneer and Voyager satellites, leads to an estimate of the asymmetries of the anomalous component in the heliosphere. The investigation is performed in two stages: the problem is solved for an axially symmetric heliosphere in the first instance, and a latitudinal variation of the solar wind velocity as well as in the hydrodynamic diffusion coefficient is incorporated to model the effects of a heliospheric magnetic field in the second.

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