The variability of the proton cosmic ray flux on the Sun's way around the galactic center

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 504-509

  Busching I ^a   Potgieter, M S ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cosmic ray origin; Cosmic ray propagation; Galaxy; Spiral arms; Super novae

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; GALAXIES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SUPERNOVAE;

COSMIC RAY PROPAGATION; DISTRIBUTED POINT SOURCES; ENERGETIC PARTICLES; GALACTOCENTRIC RADIUS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPIRAL ARMS; SUPERNOVA REMNANTS;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 44849087461     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.05.051     Document Type: Article

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