Relativistic cosmic rays and corotating interaction regions

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Sep 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981jgr....86.7473d&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 86, Sept. 1, 1981, p. 7473-7479.

Physics

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Cosmic Rays, Interplanetary Space, Neutral Sheets, Plasma-Particle Interactions, Relativistic Particles, Solar Wind, Galactic Radiation, High Energy Interactions, Magnetic Storms, Particle Intensity

Scientific paper

The relationships between relativistic galactic cosmic ray intensity variations and corotating interaction regions (CIRs) are examined. Times of CIRs overtaking the earth as indicated by Pioneer 10 and 11 plasma and field observations are compared with nucleonic intensities recorded at the Thule and McMurdo polar stations in a superposed epoch analysis, with the centers of the CIR as zero days. Results indicate a decrease in intensity around the zero days, as well as a maximum around the ninth day and a general upward trend from days -13 to 13. Further examination reveals the observed features to be present only for those CIR- associated streams in which a neutral sheet is embedded. In contrast, superposed epoch analysis of the geomagnetic Ap index with respect to CIR epochs reveals CIRs both with and without neutral sheets to produce geomagnetic storms, although the peak increase in Ap index is greater for neutral-sheet-associated CIRs. Results suggest that the CIRs modulate high-energy particle intensities by means of drifts related to neutral sheets, although diffusion effects cannot yet be ruled out.

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