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Modeling drift along the heliospheric wavy neutral sheet

dc.contributor.authorBurger, R.A.
dc.contributor.researchID10188738 - Burger, Renier Adriaan
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-11T10:30:28Z
dc.date.available2013-11-11T10:30:28Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractDrift along the wavy heliospheric neutral sheet is believed to play an important role in cosmic-ray modulation and can explain the peaked versus flat intensity profiles during consecutive solar magnetic epochs. Modulation models are becoming more and more realistic and in order to determine the role of the wavy neutral sheet more accurately, we revisit a previous calculation for drift along it. While mathematically correct, we argue that the previous expression for neutral sheet drift, which follows naturally from the standard expression for gradient and curvature drift, must be adapted in order for the drift speed to be less than particle speed. We compare the effect of both the previous and the current more accurate version of neutral sheet drift on cosmic-ray modulation with results obtained by other methods.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBurger, R.A. 2012. Modeling drift along the heliospheric wavy neutral sheet. Astrophysical journal, 760(1): Article no 60. [http://iopscience.iop.org/0004-637X/]en_US
dc.identifier.issn0004-637x
dc.identifier.issn1538-4357 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/9468
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/760/1/60
dc.identifier.urihttp://iopscience.iop.org/0004-637X/760/1/60/pdf/0004-637X_760_1_60.pdf
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIOP Publishingen_US
dc.subjectCosmic raysen_US
dc.subjectdiffusionen_US
dc.subjectmagnetic fieldsen_US
dc.subjectmethods: analyticalen_US
dc.subjectsun: heliosphereen_US
dc.titleModeling drift along the heliospheric wavy neutral sheeten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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