Where is the cosmic-ray modulation boundary of the heliosphere?

Zhang, Ming; Luo, Xi; Pogorelov, Nikolai

doi:10.1063/1.4928945

Title: Where is the cosmic-ray modulation boundary of the heliosphere?

Authors:

Zhang, Ming ^[1]; Luo, Xi ^[2]; Pogorelov, Nikolai ^[3]

Department of Physics and Space Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida 32901, USA
Center for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa, State Key Laboratory of Space Weather, Center for Space Science and Applied Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research and Department of Space Science, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama 35899, USA

Publication Date:: Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 EDT 2015

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1229627

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0008334; SC0008721

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physics of Plasmas

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Volume: 22 Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Zhang, Ming, Luo, Xi, and Pogorelov, Nikolai. Where is the cosmic-ray modulation boundary of the heliosphere?.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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Cosmic-ray lifetime in the galaxy: Experimental results and models journal, January 1988

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Onset and amplitude of the 11-year solar modulation of cosmic ray intensities at the Earth and at Voyagers 1 and 2 during the period from 1997 to 2003 journal, January 2004

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The passage of energetic charged particles through interplanetary space journal, January 1965

VOYAGER 1 NEAR THE HELIOPAUSE journal, February 2014

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Propagation of Cosmic‐Ray Nucleons in the Galaxy journal, December 1998

Anisotropy and Corotation of Galactic Cosmic Rays journal, October 2006

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Cosmic-ray lifetime in the galaxy: Experimental results and models
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Onset and amplitude of the 11-year solar modulation of cosmic ray intensities at the Earth and at Voyagers 1 and 2 during the period from 1997 to 2003
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RADIAL VELOCITY ALONG THE VOYAGER 1 TRAJECTORY: THE EFFECT OF SOLAR CYCLE
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journal, April 2005

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