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Contribution Oral
Possible Role of Transients on the Energy Spectum of Energetic Particles at Solar wind Termination Shock
Speakers
- A. C. CUMMINGS
Primary authors
- A. C. CUMMINGS (California Institute of Technology)
Co-authors
- E. C. STONE (California Institute of Technology)
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Abstract content
We examine the Voyager 1 (V1) and Voyager 2 (V2) intensity vs. time profiles in several energy bands of low-energy particle populations during the period 2005 through early 2007. There appear to be a set of propagating structures with ~1 year duration that appear first at V2, which is upwind of the solar wind termination shock, and then ~115 days later at V1 in the heliosheath. We will discuss these observations in the context of the source and transport of the termination shock particles and anomalous cosmic rays.
This work was supported by NASA under contract NAS7-03001.
Reference
Proceedings of the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference; Rogelio Caballero, Juan Carlos D'Olivo, Gustavo Medina-Tanco, Lukas Nellen, Federico A. Sánchez, José F. Valdés-Galicia (eds.); Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico, 2008; Vol. 1 (SH), pages 827-830