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38. Solar production and modulation of cosmic rays, and their propagation through interplanetary space

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

J. A. Simpson
J. A. Simpson*
Affiliation:
Enrico Fermi Institute for Nuclear Studies and Department of Physics, The University of Chicago, U.S.A.

Abstract

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The principal characteristics for changes of cosmic ray intensity as a function of time and primary particle energy are reviewed for those intensity variations which are thought to be of non-terrestrial origin. These variations are either (a) temporary increases of cosmic ray intensity arising from the de novo production of cosmic ray particles in the vicinity of the sun in association with some solar flares, or (b) the modulation of extra-solar cosmic radiation within the interplanetary volume by a modulation mechanism related to solar activity.

The study of these variations for low-energy cosmic ray particles is also a unique tool for the investigation of interplanetary magnetic fields and other properties of interplanetary space. As an example, the cosmic ray events associated with the giant solar flare of 23 February 1956 have been studied. The experimental evidence shows that interplanetary magnetic fields must exist for the storage and redistribution of the solar flare cosmic ray particles. A more specific model indicates that disordered magnetic fields lie mainly beyond the orbit of the earth and that diffusion through these irregular magnetic fields is the prominent mechanism for particle storage. In addition, this cosmic ray intensity increase was fortunately superposed in such a way upon a change of intensity arising from a modulation mechanism that it is possible to restrict the kinds of models which account for modulation of cosmic ray intensity within the interplanetary volume.

Type
Part V: Electromagnetic State in Interplanetary Space
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 6: Electromagnetic Phenomena in Cosmical Physics , 1958 , pp. 355 - 376
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1958 

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