Sudden intensity increases and radial gradient changes of cosmic ray MeV electrons and protons observed at Voyager 1 beyond 111 AU in the heliosheath

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Webber, W R ^a   McDonald, F B ^b   Cummings, A C ^c   Stone, E C ^c   Heikkila, B ^d   Lal, N ^d  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS;

GALACTIC ELECTRONS; HELIOPAUSE; HELIOSHEATH; LOW ENERGIES; MEV-ELECTRONS; PERIODIC VARIATION; RADIAL DISTANCE; RADIAL GRADIENT; RADIAL INTENSITY GRADIENT; TIME-PERIODS; VOYAGER 1;

ELECTRONS;

COSMIC RAY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLE; PERIODICITY; SOLAR ACTIVITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 84859312820     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051171     Document Type: Article

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