Cosmic ray flux at the Earth in a variable heliosphere

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1171-1176

  Scherer, K ^a   Fichtner, H ^a   Heber, B ^b   Ferreira, S E S ^c   Potgieter, M S ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cosmic ray propagation; Interstellar medium; Variable heliosphere

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; ISOTOPES; SOLAR RADIATION;

COSMIC RAY PROPAGATION; COSMOGENIC ISOTOPES; INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM; VARIABLE HELIOSPHERE;

GALAXIES;

EID: 40649116433     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.03.016     Document Type: Article

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