Systematic investigation of solar modulation of galactic protons for solar cycle 23 using A Monte Carlo approach with particle drift effects and latitudinal dependence

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 745, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Bobik, P ^a,b   Boella, G ^a,c,d   Boschini, M J ^a,c,e   Consolandi, C ^a,c   Torre, S Della ^a,c,f   Gervasi, M ^a,c,d   Grandi, D ^a,c   Kudela, K ^a,b   Pensotti, S ^a,c,d   Rancoita, P G ^a,c   Tacconi, M ^a,c  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Slovakia)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^e CILEA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cosmic rays; solar; solar wind; Sun: heliosphere; terrestrial relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855960342     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/745/2/132     Document Type: Article

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