The three-dimensional structure of relativistic galactic cosmic ray anisotropies associated with solar rotation

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics

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Cosmic Rays, Interplanetary Medium, Solar Rotation, Solar Terrestrial Interactions, Anisotropy, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Power Spectra, Spectrum Analysis, Twenty-Seven Day Variation

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Temporal power spectral analysis of data from a network of neutron monitors is used to determine the three-dimensional anisotropy vector associated with quasi-periodic 27 day solar rotational recurrences in the flux of relativistic (∼10 GV) cosmic rays near Earth. From the diurnal anisotropy, we show that the recurrent flux in the ecliptic plane is perpendicular to the average interplanetary magnetic field direction. The observed north-south intensity difference indicates that there is a similar recurrent flux in the direction perpendicular to the ecliptic. The observations are accounted for by a simple theoretical model in which the observed fluxes are attributed to particle gradient drifts arising from a symmetric cosmic-ray gradient about the average interplanetary magnetic field direction of ∼7% per AU.

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