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The solar modulation, a combination of diffusion, convection, magnetic drift and energy loss inside the heliosphere is usually seen as a depletion in the Galactic cosmic ray (CR) flux at low energy (less than 10 GeV/nuc). Antiparticles such…

Solar and Stellar 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

We use SDO/HMI and SOLIS/VSM photospheric magnetic field measurements to model the force-free coronal field above a solar active region, assuming magnetic forces to dominate. We take measurement uncertainties caused by, e.g., noise and the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 J. K. Thalmann , A. Pietarila , X. Sun , T. Wiegelmann

Herein we adopt a multi-scale dynamical spectral analysis technique to compare and study the dynamical evolution of the harmonic components of the overlapping ACRIMSAT/ACRIM3, SOHO/VIRGO and SORCE/TIM total solar irradiance (TSI) records…

General Physics · Physics 2013-11-28 Nicola Scafetta , Richard C. Willson

We believe that the extreme solar modulation of 3-60 MeV Galactic electrons measured by Voyager in the heliosheath and the interpretation of this new data in terms of the rigidity dependence of the diffusion coefficient at low rigidities…

Space Physics · Physics 2018-10-17 William R. Webber , Thomas E. Harrison , Nand Lal , Bryant Heikkila , Tina L. Villa

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

We develop a unified charge-dependent solar modulation model by solving the three-dimensional Parker transport equation, incorporating a realistic wavy heliospheric current sheet to treat drift effects self-consistently. Using a local…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-20 Hui-Ming Zhang , Su-Jie Lin , Jie Feng , Jie-Teng Jiang , Li-Li Yang

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

Extrapolation codes in Cartesian geometry for modelling the magnetic field in the corona do not take the curvature of the Sun's surface into account and can only be applied to relatively small areas, e.g., a single active region. We compare…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Tilaye Tadesse , T. Wiegelmann , B. Inhester , P. MacNeice , A. Pevtsov , X. Sun

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

We present high-statistics, precision measurements by AMS of the detailed time and rigidity dependence of the primary cosmic-ray electron, positron, proton and helium fluxes over 79 Bartels rotations from May 2011 to May 2017 in the energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-20 Davide Rozza

We study the solar-activity and solar-polarity dependence of galactic cosmic-ray intensity (CRI) on the solar and heliospheric parameters playing a significant role in solar modulation. We utilize the data for cosmic-ray intensity as…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-04-07 O. P. M. Aslam , Badruddin

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) is a new generation high-energy physics experiment installed on the International Space Station in May 2011 and operating continuously since then. Using an unprecedently large collection of particles…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-07-31 Nicola Tomassetti

We have determined the solar modulation potential, phi, vs. time that is observed at Voyager 1 and 2 from measurements of the H and He nuclei intensities at a common energy of 250 MeVnuc. The H nuclei have a rigidity 0.7 GV, the He nuclei…

Space Physics · Physics 2017-06-12 W. R. Webber , E. C. Stone , A. C. Cummings , B. Heikkila , N. Lal

We present novel constraints on cosmic-ray propagation in the Galaxy using the recent precise measurements of proton and helium spectra from AMS-02, together with preliminary AMS-02 data on the antiproton over proton ratio. To explore…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-02-08 Michael Korsmeier , Alessandro Cuoco

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

The structure of electric current and magnetic helicity in the solar corona is closely linked to solar activity over the 11-year cycle, yet is poorly understood. As an alternative to traditional current-free "potential field"…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 A. R. Yeates , J. A. Constable , P. C. H. Martens

The precision measurements of galactic cosmic ray protons from PAMELA and AMS are reproduced using a well-established 3D numerical model for the period July 2006 - November 2019. The resulting modulation parameters are applied to simulate…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-09 O. P. M. Aslam , M. S. Potgieter , Xi Luo , M. D. Ngobeni

Here we present a detailed analysis of solar acoustic mode frequencies and their rotational splittings for modes with degree up to 900. They were obtained by applying spherical harmonic decomposition to full-disk solar images observed by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-08-22 M. C. Rabello-Soares , S. G. Korzennik , J. Schou

Investigating the apparent anomalies in lithium (Li) surface abundance observed in the Sun and young stellar globular clusters holds significant promise for advancing our understanding of the mechanisms influencing Li depletion. This study…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-11 R. Caballero Navarro , A. García Hernández , J. C. Suárez

Since the beginning of the space exploration era, solar activity was observed at its lowest level during 2006 to 2009. During this period, the PAMELA space experiment observed spectra for galactic cosmic rays, specifically for protons,…

Space Physics · Physics 2017-11-30 M. S. Potgieter , E. E. Vos , D. Bisschoff , J. L. Raath , M. Boezio , R. Munini , V. Di Felice