Low-Energy Cosmic-Ray Modulation Related to Observed Interplanetary Magnetic Field Irregularities
- 25 July 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 17 (4), 203-207
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.17.203
Abstract
The diffusion coefficient describing the motion of cosmic-ray particles in the interplanetary magnetic field is determined from the power spectrum of magnetic irregularities observed on space probes, and is found to be proportional to (, ). Near minimum solar activity, only this dependence of the diffusion coefficient on and can account for the observed long-term intensity variations of cosmic-ray protons and helium nuclei down to 10 MeV per nucleon in energy. Thus, the motion of cosmic rays in interplanetary space may be quantitatively related to the observed magnetic field.
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