On coronal influence for GCR distribution in the absence of its interaction with the interstellar medium

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1Kolesnyk, YL, 1Shakhov, BA
1Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Kinemat. fiz. nebesnyh tel (Online) 2015, 31(1):32-39
Start Page: Space Physics
Language: Russian
Abstract: 

Two problems of stationary galactic cosmic ray (GCR) modulation in closed heliospheric model are considered. In so doing the heliosphere is seen as a spherically-symmetrical medium restricted by heliopause and the GCR are considered as propagating from it to a region which is spheri-cally-symmetrical with respect to the Sun (corona). The GCR scattering beyond coronal region is characterized by the constant diffusion coefficient. The solar wind velocity does not change in this region also. In the first problem of the paper, the GCR are absorbed on the corona border due to the interaction with coronal substance. In the second problem, the GCR are elastically scattered by the corona magnetic fields. It is shown that coronal influence on the GCR modulation manifests itself only in some restricted region near the Sun.

Keywords: cosmic rays, magnetic corona fields
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