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During the solar journey through galactic space, variations in the physical properties of the surrounding interstellar medium (ISM) modify the heliosphere and modulate the flux of galactic cosmic rays (GCR) at the surface of the Earth, with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 Priscilla C. Frisch , Hans-Reinhard Mueller

The 11-year and 22-year modulation of galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) in the inner heliosphere are studied using a numerical model developed by Qin and Shen in 2017. Based on the numerical solutions of Parker's transport equations, the model…

Space Physics · Physics 2018-02-28 Z. -N. Shen , G. Qin

We present initial results from our new two-dimensional (radius and latitude), self-consistent model of galactic cosmic rays in the heliosphere. We focus on the latitudinal variations in the solar wind flow caused by the energetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 V. Florinski , J. R. Jokipii

We have derived background corrected intensities of 3-50 MeV galactic electrons observed by Voyager 1 as it passes through the heliosheath from 95 to 122 AU. The overall intensity change of the background corrected data from the inner to…

Space Physics · Physics 2017-08-09 W. R. Webber , N. Lal , B. Heikkila

Numerical modeling of galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) penetration through the heliosphere to the vicinity of the Sun is considered. Galactic cosmic rays are charged particles with energies exceeding 10 MeV/nucl., originating from far beyond the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-04 D. A. Shestakov , V. V. Izmodenov

The observed variability of the cosmic-ray intensity in the interplanetary space is driven by the evolution of the Sun's magnetic activity over its 11-year quasiperiodical cycle. Investigating the relationship between solar activity indices…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-13 Nicola Tomassetti , Bruna Bertucci , Emanuele Fiandrini

When traveling in the heliosphere, Galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) are subjected to the solar modulation effect, a quasiperiodical change of their intensity caused by the 11-year cycle of solar activity. Here we investigate the association of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-22 Nicola Tomassetti , Bruna Bertucci , Emanuele Fiandrini

Cosmic ray flux in our planetary system is primarily modulated by solar activity. Radiation effects of cosmic rays on the Earth strongly depend on latitude due to the variation of the geomagnetic field strength. To study these effects we…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-04 Ritabrata Sarkar , Sandip K. Chakrabarti , Partha Sarathi Pal , Debashis Bhowmick , Arnab Bhattacharya

Data obtained over the last three solar cycles have been analysed to reveal the relationships between the intensity of the photospheric field measured along the line of sight by the WSO group at heliolatitudes from -75 to 75 degrees and the…

Geophysics · Physics 2018-02-14 E. A. Gavryuseva

Cosmic Ray transport in curved background magnetic fields is investigated using numerical Monte-Carlo simulation techniques. Special emphasis is laid on the Solar system, where the curvature of the magnetic field can be described in terms…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-06-17 R. C. Tautz , A. Shalchi , A. Dosch

We have obtained the energy spectra of cosmic ray He, B, C, O, Mg, S and Fe nuclei in the range 0.5-1.5 GeV/nuc and above using the penetrating particle mode of the High Energy Telescope, part of the Cosmic Ray Science (CRS) experiment on…

Space Physics · Physics 2017-12-11 W. R. Webber , N. Lal , E. C. Stone , A. C. Cummings , B. Heikkila

The recovery of cosmic ray He nuclei of energy ~150-250 MeV/nuc in solar cycle #23 from 2004 to 2010 has been followed at the Earth using IMP and ACE data and at V2 between 74-92 AU and also at V1 beyond the heliospheric termination shock…

Geophysics · Physics 2012-03-21 W. R. Webber , F. B. McDonald , P. R. Higbie , B. Heikkila

Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCRs) are mainly protons confined in the galactic magnetic field to form an isotropic flux inside the galaxy. Before reaching the Earth orbit they enter the Heliosphere and undergo diffusion, convection, magnetic drift…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 P. Bobik , M. J. Boschini , C. Consolandi , S. Della Torre , M. Gervasi , D. Grandi , K. Kudela , S. Pensotti , P. G. Rancoita

The acceleration of cosmic ray particles and their propagation in the Milky Way and the heliosphere tangle with each other, leading to complexity and degeneracy of the modeling of Galactic cosmic rays (GCRs). The recent measurements of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-22 Cheng-Rui Zhu , Qiang Yuan , Da-Ming Wei

We present an analysis of the time-dependent modulation of galactic cosmic rays near Earth, with a focus on the cosmic proton flux and polar field. Using data from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) and the Wilcox Solar Observatory, we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-30 Shaokun Gong , Linjing Duan , Jiawei Zhao , Xueyu Wei , Jie Feng , Zhibing Li

The impact of the solar activity on the heliosphere has a strong influence on the modulation of the flux of low energy galactic cosmic rays arriving at Earth. Different instruments, such as neutron monitors or muon detectors, have been…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 S. Dasso , H. Asorey

Based on theoretical and experimental consideration of the first (the Twomey effect) and second indirect aerosol effects the quasianalytic description of physical connection between the galactic cosmic rays intensity and the Earth's cloud…

Propagation of cosmic rays (CRs) from their sources to the observer is described mainly as plain diffusion at high energies, while at lower energies there are other physical processes involved, both in the interstellar space and in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-11 S. Della Torre , M. Gervasi , D. Grandi , G. Johannesson , G. La Vacca , N. Masi , I. V. Moskalenko , E. Orlando , T. A. Porter , L. Quadrani , P. G. Rancoita , D. Rozza

In this Letter, we provide constraints on the direction and magnitude of the pristine (i.e., unperturbed by the interaction with the Sun) local interstellar magnetic field. The constraints are based on analysis of the interstellar magnetic…

Space Physics · Physics 2020-01-29 Vladislav V. Izmodenov , Dmitry B. Alexashov

After six years of continuous observations in space, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment has released new data on the temporal evolution of the proton and helium fluxes in cosmic rays. These data revealed that the ratio between…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-12-24 Nicola Tomassetti , Fernando Barão , Bruna Bertucci , Emanuele Fiandrini , José Figueiredo , João Barreira , Miguel Orcinha