scholarly journals A Consistent Scenario for the IBEX Ribbon, Anisotropies in TeV Cosmic Rays, and the Local Interstellar Medium

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 9-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. A. Schwadron ◽  
P. Frisch ◽  
F. C. Adams ◽  
E. R. Christian ◽  
P. Desiati ◽  
...  

Abstract. The Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) observes enhanced ~ keV energy Energetic Neutral Atoms (ENAs) from a narrow "ribbon" that stretches across the sky and appears to be centered on the direction of the local interstellar magnetic field. The Milagro collaboration, the Asγ collaboration and the IceCube observatory have made global maps of TeV cosmic rays. This paper provides links between these disparate observations. We develop a simple diffusive model of the propagation of cosmic rays and the associated cosmic ray anisotropy due to cosmic ray streaming against the local interstellar flow. We show that the local plasma and field conditions sampled by IBEX provide characteristics that consistently explain TeV cosmic ray anisotropies. These results support models that place the interstellar magnetic field direction near the center of the IBEX ribbon.

2019 ◽  
Vol 885 (1) ◽  
pp. 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Hanusch ◽  
Tatyana V. Liseykina ◽  
Mikhail Malkov ◽  
Felix Aharonian

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (29) ◽  
pp. 6621-6632 ◽  
Author(s):  
BERND HEBER

The heliosphere is the region around the Sun that is filled by the solar wind and its embedded magnetic field. The interaction of the supersonic solar wind with the local interstellar medium leads to a transition from supersonic to subsonic speeds at the heliospheric termination shock. The latter is regarded to be the source of the anomalous component of cosmic rays. Within the heliosphere "local" energetic particle sources, like the Sun and interplanetary shock waves contribute to the cosmic ray flux, too. At energies below a few GeV the observed galactic and anomalous cosmic ray intensities are modulated by the heliospheric magnetic field. In my contribution, both the current knowledge and hypotheses about modulation and the transport of cosmic rays in the heliosphere are reviewed.


1985 ◽  
Vol 107 ◽  
pp. 361-363
Author(s):  
A.H. Nelson

Parker (1966, 1969, 1979) has shown that the magnetic buoyancy of a uniform horizontal magnetic field will destabilize the Galactic gas layer. Perturbations of the form shown in Fig. 1 will grow in time with the magnetic loops ballooning up into the Galactic halo, and the interstellar gas draining down the field lines to collect in the mid-plane. Parker also showed that if the dynamical effect of the cosmic ray component of the interstellar medium is included, using an isotropic cosmic ray pressure, then the instability is enhanced.


2007 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 25-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. A. Kasatkina ◽  
O. I. Shumilov ◽  
M. Krapiec

Abstract. It is generally believed that the low-frequency variability of climatic parameters seems to be connected to solar cycles. The principal periodicities are: 11-year (Schwabe), 22-year (Hale), 33-year (Bruckner) and 80–100-year (Gleissberg) cycles. The main heliophysical factors acting on climate, the biosphere and the atmosphere are solar irradiance, the intensity of solar and galactic cosmic rays (relativistic charged particles with energies >500 MeV) changing the cloud cover of the atmosphere, and UV-B-radiation. The 11-year and 80–90-year solar cycles are apparent in solar radiation and galactic cosmic ray trends. At the same time the bidecadal Hale cycle, related to a reversal of the main solar magnetic field direction is practically absent in either solar radiation or galactic cosmic ray variations. Besides, nobody can identify any physical mechanisms by which a reversal in the solar magnetic field direction could influence climate. However, the 22-year cycle has been identified in rather many regional climatic (droughts, rainfall, tree growth near 68° N, 30° E) and temperature records all over the world. We discuss here three possible cause of the bidecadal periodicity in climatic records, one of which is associated with a variation of stardust flux inside the Solar System. The most recent observations by the DUST experiment on board the Ulysses spacecraft have shown that the solar magnetic field lost its protective power during the last change of its polarity (the most recent solar maximum), so that the stardust level inside of the Solar System has been enhanced by a factor of three. It is possible that the periodic increases of stardust in the Solar System may influence the amount of extraterrestrial material that falls to the Earth and consequently act on the Earth's atmosphere and climate through alteration of atmospheric transparency and albedo. This material (interstellar dust and/or cometary matter) may also provide nucleation sites and thereby influence precipitation.


1998 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 937-939 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nobuhiko Sakai ◽  
Hiroshi Ohkubo ◽  
Yasushi Nakamura

A 3 T superconducting magnet has been designed and constructed for magnetic Compton-profile (MCP) measurements with the new capabilities that the magnetic field direction can be altered quickly (within 5 s) and liquid-He refill is not required for more than one week. For the latter capability, two refrigerators have been directly attached to the cryostat to maintain the low temperature of the radiation shields and for the recondensation of liquid He. The system has been satisfactorily operated for over one week.


1970 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 168-183
Author(s):  
E. N. Parker

The topic of this presentation is the origin and dynamical behavior of the magnetic field and cosmic-ray gas in the disk of the Galaxy. In the space available I can do no more than mention the ideas that have been developed, with but little explanation and discussion. To make up for this inadequacy I have tried to give a complete list of references in the written text, so that the interested reader can pursue the points in depth (in particular see the review articles Parker, 1968a, 1969a, 1970). My purpose here is twofold, to outline for you the calculations and ideas that have developed thus far, and to indicate the uncertainties that remain. The basic ideas are sound, I think, but, when we come to the details, there are so many theoretical alternatives that need yet to be explored and so much that is not yet made clear by observations.


2021 ◽  
Vol 917 (2) ◽  
pp. L20
Author(s):  
N. V. Pogorelov ◽  
F. Fraternale ◽  
T. K. Kim ◽  
L. F. Burlaga ◽  
D. A. Gurnett

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-54
Author(s):  
Libo Ai ◽  
Shengxiang Bao ◽  
Yongda Hu ◽  
Xueke Wang ◽  
Chuan Luo

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