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The solar modulation effect of cosmic rays in the heliosphere is an energy-, time-, and particle-dependent phenomenon which arises from a combination of basic particle transport processes such as diffusion, convection, adiabatic cooling,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-07-31 Nicola Tomassetti , Miguel Orcinha , Fernando Barao , Bruna Bertucci

Our basic theoretical understanding of the sources of cosmic rays and their propagation through the interstellar medium is hindered by the Sun, that through the solar wind affects the observed cosmic-ray spectra. This effect is known as…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-12 Ilias Cholis , Ian McKinnon

Our ability to identify the sources of cosmic rays and understand how these particles propagate through the interstellar medium is hindered by the combined effects of the solar wind and its embedded magnetic field, collectively known as…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-03 Ilias Cholis , Dan Hooper , Tim Linden

The intensity and energy spectrum of energetic charged radiation in the heliosphere are significantly influenced by solar activity. This phenomenon is known as solar modulation of galactic cosmic rays. As interplanetary travel becomes a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-16 Miguel Orcinha , Fernando Barão , Bruna Bertucci , Emanuele Fiandrini , David Pelosi , Nicola Tomassetti

The time-dependent modulation of galactic cosmic rays in the heliosphere is studied by computing intensities using a time-dependent modulation model. By introducing recent theoretical advances in the transport coefficients in the model,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Rex Manuel , Stefan Ferreira , Marius Potgieter

The solar modulation effect of Galactic cosmic rays is a time-dependent phenomenon that is caused by the transport of these particles through the magnetized plasma of the heliosphere. Using a data-driven model of cosmic-ray transport in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-22 Miguel Orcinha , Nicola Tomassetti , Fernando Barão , Bruna Bertucci

We perform a comprehensive analysis of cosmic-ray propagation using the time-dependent AMS-02 flux measurements covering a full solar cycle, with particular emphasis on the role of solar modulation. We fit two representative Galactic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-23 Isabelle John , Alessandro Cuoco , Mattia Di Mauro

A key goal of heliophysics is to understand how cosmic rays propagate in the solar system's complex, dynamic environment. One observable is solar modulation, i.e., how the flux and spectrum of cosmic rays changes as they propagate inward.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-22 Jung-Tsung Li , John F. Beacom , Annika H. G. Peter

A two-dimensional, time-dependent numerical model is used to calculate the modulation of cosmic rays in the heliosphere. Computations are compared to spacecraft observations in the inner and outer heliosphere. It is shown that the model…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-10-22 Rex Manuel , Stefan Ferreira , Marius Potgieter

On their way through the heliosphere, Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCRs) are modulated by various effects before they can be detected at Earth. This process can be described by the Parker equation, which calculates the phase space distribution of…

Space Physics · Physics 2017-11-28 Jan Gieseler , Bernd Heber , Konstantin Herbst

The intensity and energy spectrum of galactic cosmic rays in the heliosphere are significantly influenced by the 11-year solar cycle, a phenomenon known as solar modulation. Understanding this effect and its underlying physical mechanisms…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-26 David Pelosi , Fernando Barão , Bruna Bertucci , Francesco Faldi , Emanuele Fiandrini , Alejandro Reina Conde , Miguel Orcinha , Nicola Tomassetti

The standard way to model the cosmic ray solar modulations is via the Parker equation, that is as the effect of diffusion in the turbulent magnetic of an expanding solar wind. Calculations performed with this method that do not include a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-08-05 Paolo Lipari

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 magnetised solar wind modulates the Galactic cosmic ray flux in the heliosphere up to rigidities as high as 40 GeV. In this work, we present a new and straightforward extension of the popular, but limited force-field model, thus…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-12-25 Marco Kuhlen , Philipp Mertsch

Thanks to space-borne experiments such as the AMS-02 and PAMELA missions in low-Earth orbit, along with the Voyager spacecrafts in the interstellar space, a large collection of multi-channel and time-resolved Galactic cosmic ray (GCR) data…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-06 Bruna Bertucci , Emanuele Fiandrini , Behrouz Khiali , Nicola Tomassetti

As galactic cosmic rays propagate through the turbulent plasma environment within the heliosphere, they undergo a process of diffusion, drift and energy loss, leading to a notable reduction in their flux. This is the solar modulation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-04-23 Cheng-Rui Zhu , Mei-Juan Wang

The cosmic rays differential intensity inside the heliosphere, for energy below 30 GeV/nuc, depends on solar activity and interplanetary magnetic field polarity. This variation, termed solar modulation, is described using a 2-D (radius and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 P. Bobik , G. Boella , M. J. Boschini , C. Consolandi , S. Della Torre , M. Gervasi , D. Grandi , K. Kudela , S. Pensotti , P. G. Rancoita , D. Rozza , M. Tacconi

In this paper, we investigate the heliospheric modulation of cosmic rays in interplanetary space, focusing on their propagation times and energy losses over the solar cycle. To perform the calculations, we employed a data-driven model based…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-20 Nicola Tomassetti , Bruna Bertucci , Emanuele Fiandrini , Behrouz Khiali

The cosmic-ray Sun shadow, which is caused by high-energy charged cosmic rays being blocked and deflected by the Sun and its magnetic field, has been observed by various experiments, such as Argo-YBJ, HAWC, Tibet, and IceCube. Most notably,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-11-03 Julia Becker Tjus , Paolo Desiati , Niklas Döpper , Horst Fichtner , Jens Kleimann , Mike Kroll , Frederik Tenholt

Understanding the time-dependent relationship between the Sun's variability and cosmic rays (GCR) is essential for developing predictive models of energetic radiation in space. When traveling inside the heliosphere, GCRs are affected by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-23 N. Tomassetti , E. Fiandrini , B. Bertucci , F. Donnini , M. Graziani , B. Khiali , A. Reina Conde
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