Empirical model of cosmic ray spectrum in energy interval 1 MeV-100 GeV during 11-year solar cycle

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1026-1034

  Buchvarova, M ^a   Velinov, P I Y ^a  

^a Faculty of Physics Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

11 year solar modulation; Cosmic ray spectra; Modeling

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMIC LANGUAGES; ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; C++ (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENT; COSMOLOGY; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MODELS; NEWTON-RAPHSON METHOD; SOLAR ENERGY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

COSMIC RAY SPECTRA; GALACTIC AND ANOMALOUS COSMIC RAYS; GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS; GLOBALLY CONVERGENT METHOD; LEVENBERG-MARQUARDT ALGORITHM; NON-LINEAR SYSTEMS OF EQUATIONS; ONE DIMENSIONAL TRANSPORT; SOLAR MODULATION;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 77649338411     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2009.12.014     Document Type: Article

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