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Dec 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008agufmsh21c..06m&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #SH21C-06
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7536 Solar Activity Cycle (2162)
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Studies of the galactic cosmic rays temporal variations (GCRs) over the "Modern Era" (from 1950s) establish the existence of a 22-year cosmic ray modulation cycle that is dominated by the 11-year solar activity cycle but is significantly influenced by gradient and curvature drifts in the interplanetary magnetic field (IPB) in association with changes in the tilt of the heliospheric neutral current sheet over the heliomagnetic cycle. In qA<0 epochs (when positive ions flow in along the neutral sheet and out over the solar poles), the solar minimum cosmic rays intensity is peaked over a period of several months (1965, 1987) in contrast to the 3 - 4 year plateau periods for qA>0 minima when the flow pattern is reversed. However, for 200 MeV/n GCR HE at 1 AU there is a quasi-plateau region for the cycle 23 solar minimum that now extends over some 12 months. The intensity level of this component is essentially the same as that of 1965 and 1987, as is the large depression of anomalous cosmic ray ACR He (10 - 40 MeV/n) relative to the qA>0 minima. There appears to be two different solar effects, the current sheet tilt in 2007 is less than in 1987 while the magnitude of the 1P B field is at its lowest value since essentially continuous measurements began in 1963. These will have off-setting effects on the GCR intensity. 10 Be and 14 C studies have shown that previous epochs of low solar activity [Oort (1050 AD); Spoerer (1420-1540); and Maunder (1615-1715)] have been marked by high cosmic ray intensity. There were other periods of reduced solar activity [Wolf (1320) and Dalton (1810)] which were associated with more moderate enhancements of the GCR intensity. Studies using data from the Cosmic Ray Network [IMP, ACE, neutron monitors at 1 AU, and Pioneer, Voyager, and Ulysses at greater heliocentric distances] are providing a better understanding of the solar phenomena that produce the cosmic ray modulation and should lead to an understanding of the solar changes in the distant past associated with the epochs of enhanced GCR intensity.
McDonald Frank B.
Reames Donald. V.
Webber William R.
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