Physics
Scientific paper
Aug 1987
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987jgr....92.8502p&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 92, Aug. 1, 1987, p. 8502-8510. NASA-supported research.
Physics
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Galactic Cosmic Rays, Solar Activity Effects, Solar Cycles, Solar Electrons, Solar Protons, Diffusion Coefficient, Heliosphere, Hysteresis, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields
Scientific paper
A solution of the time-dependent, spherically symmetric cosmic ray transport equation, with a defensible diffusion coefficient and a natural model for an 11-year cycle of diffusive scattering disturbances that originate on the sun and travel through interplanetary space, accounted simultaneously for the spectral changes of both galactic protons and electrons, for the time and phase lag of high- versus low-energy protons, and for the integral radial gradients of protons >100 MeV over most of the solar cycle and over large distances in the heliosphere. Each individual disturbance caused a sudden particle intensity decrease as it passed a point in space; recovery of intensity began immediately afterward. The characteristic recovery time at 1 AU was in the range found in neutron monitor and satellite data, except that the recovery time constant was rigidity-dependent, contrary to these same data. Also, spectral changes over successive solar minima in 1965 and 1977, heretofore linked to drifts, can be explained as an adjunct to the hysteresis effect.
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