Author : Steven Tyler Suess
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Book Synopsis Galactic Cosmic Ray Modulation in the Outer Solar System by : Steven Tyler Suess
Download or read book Galactic Cosmic Ray Modulation in the Outer Solar System written by Steven Tyler Suess and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has recently been suggested that "quiet-time electron increases" may be indicative of a galatic cosmic ray modulation region in the outer solar system that is quite distinct from the modulation region in the inner solar system. We consider the effects of an outer modulation region on the solar wind expansion, finding that the effects are somewhat more important than those associated with only an inner modulation region, when the same constraints on galactic cosmic ray energy density are applied. We also find that the existence of an outer modulation region will not lead to a shock-free solar wind transition to subsonic flow (or even to a weakly shocked transition) in the absence of an interstellar neutral gas, and that the cosmic ray effects are less important than those of the neutral gas in the presence of an interstellar atomic hydrogen gas of density 0.1 cm−3.