Twenty-Seven-Day Variation of Galactic Cosmic Rays |
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| Authors: | I Sabbah |
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| Institution: | (1) Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Kuwait University, Kuwait, Kuwait;(2) Physics Department, Faculty of Science, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt |
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| Abstract: | Neutron monitor data observed at Climax (CL) and Huancayo/Haleakala (HU/HAL) have been used to calculate the amplitude A of the 27-day variation of galactic cosmic rays (CRs). The median primary rigidity of response, R
m, for these detectors encompasses the range 18 ≤R
m≤46 GV and the threshold rigidity R
0 covers the range 2.97≤R
0≤12.9 GV. The daily average values of CR counts have been harmonically analyzed for each Bartels solar rotation (SR) during
the period 1953 – 2001. The amplitude of the 27-day CR variation is cross-correlated to solar activity as measured by the
sunspot number R, the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) strength B, the z-component B
z
of the IMF vector, and the tilt angle ψ of the heliospheric current sheet (HCS). It is anticorrelated to the solar coronal
hole area (CHA) index as well as to the solar wind speed V. The wind speed V leads the amplitude by 24 SRs. The amplitude of the 27-day CR variation is better correlated to each of the these parameters
during positive solar polarity (A>0) than during negative solar polarity (A<0) periods. The CR modulation differs during A>0 from that during A<0 owing to the contribution of the z-component of the IMF. It differs during A
1>0 (1971 – 1980) from that during A
2>0 (1992 – 2001) owing to solar wind speed. |
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