A stochastic view of the solar modulation phenomena of cosmic rays

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 2353-2356

  Yamada, Yoshihiko ^a   Yanagita, Shohei ^a   Yoshida, Tatsuo ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FOKKER PLANCK EQUATION; MODULATION; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; FUNCTIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CRANK-NICHOLSON METHOD; ENERGY SPECTRA; MOMENTUM DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; SOLAR MODULATION; STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

NUMERICAL METHODS; COSMIC RAYS;

CRANK-NICHOLSON METHOD; FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATION; SOLAR MODULATION PHENOMENA; STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 0032122096     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL51869     Document Type: Article

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