Published 1976 | Version v1
Journal article

Current density and diffusion coefficient for cosmic ray particles

  • 1. Slovenska Akademia Vied, Kosice (Czechoslovakia). Ustav Experimentalnej Fyziky

Description

The expression of current density for cosmic ray particles scattering in the interplanetary turbulent magnetic fields is found and it is shown that the convectional component of the velocity of the current particles does not correspond to solar wind velocity, but it is determined by the 'drifting' velocity of the charged particles in the solar wind. A tensor diffusion coefficient is calculated in the case of R<<Lsub(c), where R is the Larmor radius. The longitudinal spatial diffusion coefficient and the mean free path are discussed in detail. (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Acta Phys. Slovaca
Journal Volume
26
Journal Issue
4
Series
Acta Phys. Slovaca.
Journal Page Range
257-266

INIS

Country of Publication
Serbia and Montenegro
Country of Input or Organization
Serbia and Montenegro
INIS RN
8329440
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC RAY PROPAGATION; CURRENT DENSITY; DIFFUSION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; MEAN FREE PATH; SCATTERING; TENSORS; VELOCITY
Descriptors DEC
IONIZING RADIATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; RADIATIONS