Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Aug 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002jgra..107.1156m&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), Volume 107, Issue A8, pp. SSH 2-1, CiteID 1156, DOI 10.1029/2001JA000206
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Interplanetary Physics: Cosmic Rays, Interplanetary Physics: Heliopause And Solar Wind Termination, Interplanetary Physics: Interplanetary Shocks, Interplanetary Physics: Solar Cycle Variations (7536), Solar Physics, Astrophysics, And Astronomy: Coronal Mass Ejections
Scientific paper
For solar cycle 22 the large-scale interplanetary disturbances produced by the intense solar activity of March/June 1991 had a long-term effect on the recovery of galactic cosmic rays throughout the heliosphere that persisted for almost 5 years. At 1 AU, the recovery of 13 MeV/nucleon anomalous cosmic ray oxygen (ACR O+) is much more rapid than that of 265 MeV/nucleon galactic cosmic ray helium (GCR He), consistent with previous observations in the distant heliosphere [McDonald et al., 2000] and strengthening the concept that the region of the heliosheath plays an important role in the modulation of galactic cosmic rays. A comparison of the time histories of GCR He and ACR O+ at 1 and 44 AU observations suggest the recovery moves from the distant heliosphere inward toward 1 AU for this particular phase of the heliomagnetic cycle. There is a very low relative modulation potential, Φ, between 1 and 70 AU of 116 +/- 6 MV for GCR He at solar minimum using the force field approximation. When combined with the small radial intensity gradients in the distant heliosphere, a much lower modulation potential is implied between 1 AU and the termination shock at solar minimum than had been assumed previously. There is no effect on the 13 MeV/nucleon ACR O+ intensity as the inclination of the heliospheric neutral current sheet decreases from 32° to its minimum value of 8°.
Klecker Berndt
McDonald Frank B.
McGuire Robert. E.
Reames Donald. V.
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