Galactic cosmic ray transport in the global heliosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A6, 2003, Pages

  Florinski, V ^a   Zank, G P ^a   Pogorelov, N V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR PROBLEMS IN MECHANICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; Interstellar atoms; Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD); Modulation wall; Solar wind LISM interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749107721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009695     Document Type: Article

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