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SPECTRAL VARIATION OF PRIMARY COSMIC RAYS DURING FORBUSH DECREASES

Journal Article · · Nuovo Cimento (Italy) Divided into Nuovo Cimento A and Nuovo Cimento B
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02785553· OSTI ID:4743830
Variations of primary cosmic ray rigidity spectrum occurring at typical Forbush decreases in the geomagnetically sensitive range are studied. Selected events are grouped in two classes according to the degree of associated geomagnetic perturbation. It is shown that the systematic differences between the two classes, arising when spectral variation is derived from the latitude effect of the amplitude of nucleonic intensity decrease, do practically vanish when tests independent of any variation on the geomagnetic field are applied. For events of the geomagnetically quiet group an inverse power law delta D(R)/ D(R) = -BR/sup -k/ with an exponent k lower than unity is found to approximate well all the analyzed experimental data. (auth)
Research Organization:
Universita, Rome and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Rome
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
NSA Number:
NSA-17-016930
OSTI ID:
4743830
Journal Information:
Nuovo Cimento (Italy) Divided into Nuovo Cimento A and Nuovo Cimento B, Journal Name: Nuovo Cimento (Italy) Divided into Nuovo Cimento A and Nuovo Cimento B Vol. Vol: (10), 27; ISSN NUCIA
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English

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