scholarly journals Galactic Cosmic Ray Variability at Two Neutron Monitors: Relation to Kp Index

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kingsley Chukwudi Okpala
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Solar Wind ◽  
Solar Activity ◽  
Cosmic Ray ◽  
Neutron Monitors ◽  
Flow Pressure ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Galactic Cosmic Ray ◽  
Present Understanding

The average characteristics of year-to-year variability of Galactic cosmic ray (GCR) flux measured in one mid-latitude neutron monitor stations (Newark) and high latitude station (Apatity) have been studied under different planetary disturbance (Kp) conditions. The year-to-year variability which oscillates in response to solar cycle was analyzed using Fourier technique and the amplitude of variation was obtained using data for 1980–2005. There is a noticeable trend in the difference between the amplitudes of the year-to-year variation of the two stations. The difference is highest during low Kp conditions and lowest during high Kp condition. There is generally lesser association of GCR with solar wind (SW) flow pressure and density as the Kp index increases. Similar feature is observed with the interplanetary magnetic field IMF (total). These observations have important implications for our present understanding of the effect of solar activity to variability in GCR flux.

scholarly journals MANIFESTATIONS OF TWO BRANCHES OF SOLAR ACTIVITY IN THE HELIOSPHERE AND GCR INTENSITY

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 10-20
Author(s):  
Mikhail Krainev
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Solar Activity ◽  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Coronal Holes ◽  
Active Regions ◽  
Cosmic Ray ◽  
Heliospheric Current Sheet ◽  
Field Size ◽  
Galactic Cosmic Ray ◽  
The Magnetic Field

This paper provides insight into heliospheric processes and galactic cosmic ray (GCR) modulation occurring due to the presence of two branches of solar activity in this solar layer. According to the topology of solar magnetic fields, these branches are called toroidal (active regions, sunspots, flares, coronal mass ejections, etc.) and poloidal (high-latitude magnetic fields, polar coronal holes, zonal unipolar magnetic regions, etc.). The main cause of different manifestations of the two branches on the solar surface and in the heliosphere — the layer at the base of the heliosphere in which the main energetic factor is the magnetic field — is formulated. In this case, the magnetic fields of the poloidal branch, which have a larger scale but a lower intensity, gain an advantage in penetrating into the heliosphere. A connection is shown between the poloidal branch and the heliospheric characteristics (solar wind velocity field, size of the heliosphere, form of the heliospheric current sheet, regular heliospheric magnetic field and its fluctuations) that, according to modern notions, determine GCR propagation in the heliosphere.

INTERPLANETARY AND SOLAR PLASMA PARAMETERS OF THE 14 JULY 2000 GROUND LEVEL ENHANCEMENT

2003 ◽  
Vol 12 (02) ◽  
pp. 337-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. S. AL-THOYAIB
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Change ◽  
Cosmic Ray ◽  
Ground Level ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Neutron Monitors ◽  
Ground Level Enhancement ◽  
Plasma Parameters ◽  
Cosmic Ray Intensity ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Galactic Cosmic Ray

The ground level enhancement (GLE) of 14 July 2000 observed in the cosmic ray intensity has been examined. The event was recorded only by neutron monitors. It has a complex intensity-time structure. The northern hemisphere stations (Thule, Goose Bay, and Oulu) recorded abrupt increases earlier by 10 minutes than those in the southern hemisphere. Due to the difference in sensitivity at rigidity less than ~3 GV, the considered detectors recorded different increases in count rates relative to galactic cosmic ray background. This paper presents the study of GLE associated with the X5.7 solar flare. The rapid change of arriving particles were anisotropic during the onset of the event; it become isotropic during the declining phase of the event, where only low energy protons remained. In addition, the observations of energetic solar particles and interplanetary parameters have been examined.

THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF THE 11-YEAR AND 27-DAY VARIATIONS OF THE GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS INTENSITY AND ANISOTROPY

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (29) ◽  
pp. 6666-6668 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. V. ALANIA ◽  
A. GIL ◽  
K. ISKRA ◽  
R. MODZELEWSKA ◽  
M. SILUSZYK
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Solar Activity ◽  
Cosmic Rays ◽  
Energy Range ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Cosmic Ray ◽  
Galactic Cosmic Rays ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Magnetic Cycles ◽  
Galactic Cosmic Ray

The changes of the structure in the energy range of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) turbulence versus solar activity can be considered as one of the important reasons of the long period (11-year) modulation of galactic cosmic ray (GCR) intensity; the amplitude of the 27-day variation of GCR anisotropy is greater in the qA > 0 periods than in the qA < 0 periods of the solar magnetic cycles in a good correlation with the similar changes of the 27-day variation of GCR intensity.

scholarly journals MANIFESTATIONS OF TWO BRANCHES OF SOLAR ACTIVITY IN THE HELIOSPHERE AND GCR INTENSITY

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 12-25
Author(s):  
Mikhail Krainev
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Solar Activity ◽  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Coronal Holes ◽  
Active Regions ◽  
Cosmic Ray ◽  
Heliospheric Current Sheet ◽  
Field Size ◽  
Galactic Cosmic Ray ◽  
The Magnetic Field

This paper provides insight into heliospheric processes and galactic cosmic ray (GCR) modulation occurring due to the presence of two branches of solar activity in this solar layer. According to the topology of solar magnetic fields, these branches are called toroidal (active regions, sunspots, flares, coronal mass ejections, etc.) and poloidal (high-latitude magnetic fields, polar coronal holes, zonal unipolar magnetic regions, etc.). The main cause of different manifestations of the two branches on the solar surface and in the heliosphere — the layer at the base of the heliosphere in which the main energetic factor is the magnetic field — is formulated. In this case, the magnetic fields of the poloidal branch, which have a larger scale but a lower intensity, gain an advantage in penetrating into the heliosphere. A connection is shown between the poloidal branch and the heliospheric characteristics (solar wind velocity field, size of the heliosphere, form of the heliospheric current sheet, regular heliospheric magnetic field and its fluctuations) that, according to modern notions, determine GCR propagation in the heliosphere.

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