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dc.contributor.authorEngelbrecht, N.E.
dc.contributor.authorBurger, R.A.
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-18T06:21:13Z
dc.date.available2016-01-18T06:21:13Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationEngelbrecht, N.E. & Burger, R.A. 2014. Cosmic-ray modulation: an ab initio approach. Brazilian journal of physics, 44(5):512-519. [http://link.springer.com/journal/13538]en_US
dc.identifier.issn0103-9733
dc.identifier.issn1678-4448 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/15880
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13538-014-0241-7
dc.description.abstractA better understanding of cosmic-ray modulation in the heliosphere can only be gained through a proper understanding of the effects of turbulence on the diffusion and drift of cosmic rays. We present an ab initio model for cosmic-ray modulation, incorporating for the first time the results yielded by a two-component turbulence transport model. This model is solved for periods of minimum solar activity, utilizing boundary values chosen so that model results are in fair to good agreement with spacecraft observations of turbulence quantities, not only in the solar ecliptic plane but also along the out-of-ecliptic trajectory of the Ulysses spacecraft. These results are employed as inputs for modelled slab and 2D turbulence energy spectra. The latter spectrum is chosen based on physical considerations, with a drop-off at the very lowest wavenumbers commencing at the 2D outerscale. There currently exist no models or observations for this quantity, and it is the only free parameter in this study. The modelled turbulence spectra are used as inputs for parallel mean free path expressions based on those derived from quasi-linear theory and perpendicular mean free paths from extended nonlinear guiding center theory. Furthermore, the effects of turbulence on cosmic-ray drifts are modelled in a self-consistent way, employing a recently developed model for drift along the wavy current sheet. The resulting diffusion coefficients and drift expressions are applied to the study of galactic cosmic-ray protons and antiprotons using a threedimensional, steady-state cosmic-ray modulation code, and sample solutions in fair agreement with multiple spacecraft observations are presented.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Research Foundation (NRF)en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Verlagen_US
dc.subjectTurbulenceen_US
dc.subjectdiffusionen_US
dc.subjectdriften_US
dc.subjectcosmic-ray modulationen_US
dc.titleCosmic-ray modulation: an ab initio approachen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.researchID10188738 - Burger, Renier Adriaan
dc.contributor.researchID12580996 - Engelbrecht, Nicholas Eugene


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