Published March 1, 1986 | Version v1
Journal article

Phase propagation of the solar modulation of galactic cosmic rays

  • 1. State University of New York at Stony Brook

Description

The phase of the 11-year galactic cosmic ray variation, due to a varying rate of emission of long-lived, propagating regions of enhanced scattering, travels faster than the scattering regions themselves. The radial speed of the 11-year phase in the quasi-steady force field approximation is exactly twice the speed of the individual episodic decreases. A time-dependent numerical solution for 1-GeV protons at 1 and 30 AU gives a phase speed which is 1.85 times the propagation speed of the individual decreases

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Journal Title
J. Geophys. Res.
Journal Volume
91
Journal Issue
A3
Series
J. Geophys. Res.
Journal Page Range
2914-2916
ISSN
0022-1406
CODEN
JGREA