Effects of various dissipation range onset models on the 26-day variations of low-energy galactic cosmic-ray electrons

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1015-1025

  Engelbrecht, N E ^a   Burger, R A ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; Diffusion; Fisk type heliospheric magnetic fields; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; DIFFUSION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MODULATION; TURBULENCE;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; COSMIC RAY INTENSITY; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION; GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS; HELIOSPHERIC MAGNETIC FIELDS; MODULATION PARAMETERS; RELATIVE AMPLITUDE; SCALE-DEPENDENT MODELS;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 77649342339     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2009.12.012     Document Type: Article

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