scholarly journals Superposed Epoch Analysis of Galactic Cosmic Rays and Solar Wind based on ACE Observations During Two Recent Solar Minima

2021 ◽  
Vol 910 (2) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
Xiaocheng Guo ◽  
Vladimir Florinski ◽  
Chi Wang ◽  
Keyvan Ghanbari
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
Cosmic Rays ◽  
Galactic Cosmic Rays ◽  
Superposed Epoch Analysis ◽  
Epoch Analysis

scholarly journals The Two-step Forbush Decrease: A Tale of Two Substructures Modulating Galactic Cosmic Rays within Coronal Mass Ejections

2021 ◽  
Vol 922 (2) ◽  
pp. 216
Author(s):  
Miho Janvier ◽  
Pascal Démoulin ◽  
Jingnan Guo ◽  
Sergio Dasso ◽  
Florian Regnault ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic Rays ◽  
Coronal Mass Ejections ◽  
Forbush Decrease ◽  
Recovery Phase ◽  
Galactic Cosmic Rays ◽  
Space Environment ◽  
Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections ◽  
Superposed Epoch Analysis ◽  
Epoch Analysis

Abstract Interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) are known to modify the structure of the solar wind as well as interact with the space environment of planetary systems. Their large magnetic structures have been shown to interact with galactic cosmic rays (GCRs), leading to the Forbush decrease (FD) phenomenon. We revisit in the present article the 17 yr of Advanced Composition Explorer spacecraft ICME detection along with two neutron monitors (McMurdo and Oulu) with a superposed epoch analysis to further analyze the role of the magnetic ejecta in driving FDs. We investigate in the following the role of the sheath and the magnetic ejecta in driving FDs, and we further show that for ICMEs without a sheath, a magnetic ejecta only is able to drive significant FDs of comparable intensities. Furthermore, a comparison of samples with and without a sheath with similar speed profiles enable us to show that the magnetic field intensity, rather than its fluctuations, is the main driver for the FD. Finally, the recovery phase of the FD for isolated magnetic ejecta shows an anisotropy in the level of the GCRs. We relate this finding at 1 au to the gradient of the GCR flux found at different heliospheric distances from several interplanetary missions.

Influence of Interacting Solar Wind Disturbances on the Variations in Galactic Cosmic Rays

2021 ◽  
Vol 61 (6) ◽  
pp. 792-800
Author(s):  
N. S. Shlyk ◽  
A. V. Belov ◽  
M. A. Abunina ◽  
E. A. Eroshenko ◽  
A. A. Abunin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
Cosmic Rays ◽  
Galactic Cosmic Rays ◽  
Solar Wind Disturbances

scholarly journals Different magnetospheric modes: solar wind driving and coupling efficiency

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (11) ◽  
pp. 4281-4291 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Partamies ◽  
T. I. Pulkkinen ◽  
R. L. McPherron ◽  
K. McWilliams ◽  
C. R. Bryant ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
Solar Wind Speed ◽  
Coupling Efficiency ◽  
Slow Solar Wind ◽  
Cycle Phase ◽  
Particle Injection ◽  
Superposed Epoch Analysis ◽  
Magnetospheric Convection ◽  
Epoch Analysis ◽  
Steady Convection

Abstract. This study describes a systematic statistical comparison of isolated non-storm substorms, steady magnetospheric convection (SMC) intervals and sawtooth events. The number of events is approximately the same in each group and the data are taken from about the same years to avoid biasing by different solar cycle phase. The very same superposed epoch analysis is performed for each event group to show the characteristics of ground-based indices (AL, PCN, PC potential), particle injection at the geostationary orbit and the solar wind and IMF parameters. We show that the monthly occurrence of sawtooth events and isolated non-stormtime substorms closely follows maxima of the geomagnetic activity at (or close to) the equinoxes. The most strongly solar wind driven event type, sawtooth events, is the least efficient in coupling the solar wind energy to the auroral ionosphere, while SMC periods are associated with the highest coupling ratio (AL/EY). Furthermore, solar wind speed seems to play a key role in determining the type of activity in the magnetosphere. Slow solar wind is capable of maintaining steady convection. During fast solar wind streams the magnetosphere responds with loading–unloading cycles, represented by substorms during moderately active conditions and sawtooth events (or other storm-time activations) during geomagnetically active conditions.

scholarly journals Quasi-periodic changes in the 3D solar anisotropy of Galactic cosmic rays for 1965–2014

2017 ◽  
Vol 609 ◽  
pp. A32 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Modzelewska ◽  
M. V. Alania
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Solar Wind ◽  
Solar Activity ◽  
Solar Cycle ◽  
Cosmic Rays ◽  
Ecliptic Plane ◽  
Galactic Cosmic Rays ◽  
Magnetic Cycle ◽  
The North ◽  
Solar Magnetic Cycle

Aims. We study features of the 3D solar anisotropy of Galactic cosmic rays (GCR) for 1965−2014 (almost five solar cycles, cycles 20−24). We analyze the 27-day variations of the 2D GCR anisotropy in the ecliptic plane and the north-south anisotropy normal to the ecliptic plane. We study the dependence of the 27-day variation of the 3D GCR anisotropy on the solar cycle and solar magnetic cycle. We demonstrate that the 27-day variations of the GCR intensity and anisotropy can be used as an important tool to study solar wind, solar activity, and heliosphere. Methods. We used the components Ar, Aϕ and At of the 3D GCR anisotropy that were found based on hourly data of neutron monitors (NMs) and muon telescopes (MTs) using the harmonic analyses and spectrographic methods. We corrected the 2D diurnal (~24-h) variation of the GCR intensity for the influence of the Earth magnetic field. We derived the north-south component of the GCR anisotropy based on the GG index, which is calculated as the difference in GCR intensities of the Nagoya multidirectional MTs. Results. We show that the behavior of the 27-day variation of the 3D anisotropy verifies a stable long-lived active heliolongitude on the Sun. This illustrates the usefulness of the 27-day variation of the GCR anisotropy as a unique proxy to study solar wind, solar activity, and heliosphere. We distinguish a tendency of the 22-yr changes in amplitude of the 27-day variation of the 2D anisotropy that is connected with the solar magnetic cycle. We demonstrate that the amplitudes of the 27-day variation of the north-south component of the anisotropy vary with the 11-yr solar cycle, but a dependence of the solar magnetic polarity can hardly be recognized. We show that the 27-day recurrences of the GG index and the At component are highly positively correlated, and both are highly correlated with the By component of the heliospheric magnetic field.

scholarly journals Dynamics of large‐scale solar wind streams obtained by the double superposed epoch analysis

2015 ◽  
Vol 120 (9) ◽  
pp. 7094-7106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu. I. Yermolaev ◽  
I. G. Lodkina ◽  
N. S. Nikolaeva ◽  
M. Yu. Yermolaev
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Superposed Epoch Analysis ◽  
Epoch Analysis

scholarly journals The Galactic cosmic ray intensity at the evolving Earth and young exoplanets

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna Rodgers-Lee ◽  
Aline Vidotto ◽  
Andrew Taylor ◽  
Paul Rimmer ◽  
Turlough Downes
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
Cosmic Rays ◽  
Cosmic Ray ◽  
Galactic Cosmic Rays ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Cosmic Ray Intensity ◽  
Chemical Signature ◽  
Exoplanetary Systems ◽  
Life On Earth ◽  
Galactic Cosmic Ray

<p>Cosmic rays may have contributed to the start of life on Earth. Cosmic rays also influence and contribute to atmospheric electrical circuits, cloud cover and biological mutation rates which are important for the characterisation of exoplanetary systems. The flux of Galactic cosmic rays present at the time when life is thought to have begun on the young Earth or in other young exoplanetary systems is largely determined by the properties of the stellar wind. </p> <p>The spectrum of Galactic cosmic rays that we observe at Earth is modulated, or suppressed, by the magnetised solar wind and thus differs from the local interstellar spectrum observed by Voyager 1 and 2 outside of the solar system. Upon reaching 1au, Galactic cosmic rays subsequently interact with the Earth’s magnetosphere and some of their energy is deposited in the upper atmosphere. The properties of the solar wind, such as the magnetic field strength and velocity profile, evolve with time. Generally, young solar-type stars are very magnetically active and are therefore thought to drive stronger stellar winds. </p> <p>Here I will present our recent results which simulate the propagation of Galactic cosmic rays through the heliosphere to the location of Earth as a function of the Sun's life, from 600 Myr to 6 Gyr, in the Sun’s future. I will specifically focus on the flux of Galactic cosmic rays present at the time when life is thought to have started on Earth (~1 Gyr). I will show that the intensity of Galactic cosmic rays which reached the young Earth, by interacting with the solar wind, would have been greatly reduced in comparison to the present day intensity. I will also discuss the effect that the Sun being a slow/fast rotator would have had on the flux of cosmic rays reaching Earth at early times in the solar system's life.</p> <p>Despite the importance of Galactic cosmic rays, their chemical signature in the atmospheres’ of young Earth-like exoplanets may not be observable with instruments in the near future. On the other hand, it may instead be possible to detect their chemical signature by observing young warm Jupiters. Thus, I will also discuss the HR 2562b exoplanetary system as a candidate for observing the chemical signature of Galactic cosmic rays in a young exoplanetary atmosphere with upcoming missions such as JWST.</p>

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