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The charge-sign dependent effect in the solar modulation of cosmic rays

dc.contributor.authorPotgieter, M.S.
dc.contributor.researchID10060014 - Potgieter, Marthinus Steenkamp
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-12T07:34:19Z
dc.date.available2016-02-12T07:34:19Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThe centennial anniversary of the discovery of cosmic rays was in 2012. Since this discovery considerable progress has been made on several aspects related to galactic cosmic rays in the heliosphere. It is known that they encounter a turbulent solar wind with an imbedded heliospheric magnetic field when entering the Sun’s domain. This leads to significant global and temporal changes in their intensity inside the heliosphere, a process known as the solar modulation of cosmic rays. The prediction of a charge-sign dependent effect in solar modulation in the late 1970s and the confirmatory observational discoveries can also be considered as a milestone. A short review is given of these predictions based on theoretical and numerical modelling work, the observational confirmation and related issues.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSouth African National Research Foundation (NRF)en_US
dc.identifier.citationPotgieter, M.S. 2014. The charge-sign dependent effect in the solar modulation of cosmic rays. Advances in space research, 53(10):1415-1425. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2013.04.015]en_US
dc.identifier.issn0273-1177
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/16269
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2013.04.015
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.subjectCosmic raysen_US
dc.subjectheliosphereen_US
dc.subjectsolar modulationen_US
dc.subjectgalactic carbonen_US
dc.titleThe charge-sign dependent effect in the solar modulation of cosmic raysen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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