Diurnal variations in cosmic ray intensity caused by high latitude magnetospheric-ionospheric current systems |
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| Authors: | A E Levitin L I Gromova L A Dremukhina |
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| Institution: | (1) Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, U.S.A;(2) Unit for Space Physics, Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, R.S.A |
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| Abstract: | Cosmic ray intensity measurements obtained with the neutron monitors at Thule (geomagnetic latitude, 84.8°) and McMurdo (geomagnetic
latitude, −79.9°) in 2007–2009 were used to test the effect of the magnetic field generated by magnetospheric currents flowing
along geomagnetic field lines in the high latitude region on cosmic ray intensity. The existence of such a relation in a region
where the geomagnetic field lines are virtually radial should revise our concept of the unimpeded access that cosmic ray particles
have to the Earth’s atmosphere. |
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