国际空间站上的热度计电子望远镜观察到的电荷信号依赖宇宙射线调制
O Adriani1,2, Y Akaike3,4, K Asano5
1Department of Physics, University of Florence, Via Sansone, 1 - 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
Physical review letters
|June 9, 2023
概括
银河系宇宙射线 (GCRs) 显示电荷信号依赖的太阳调制,电子的变化比质子更多. 这一发现,观察了六年,证实了日球运输模型中的漂移效应.
科学领域:
- * 空间物理 空间物理
- * 天体粒子物理学
背景情况:
- *银河系宇宙射线 (GCR) 是来自太阳系外的高能粒子.
- * 太阳能调制描述了太阳磁场和太阳风如何影响到达地球的GCR.
- *以前的研究表明电荷信号依赖的效应,但单个探测器的直接观察是有限的.
研究的目的:
- * 为了研究GCRs的电荷信号依赖太阳能调制.
- *使用中子监测器数据验证GCR计数速率测量.
- * 为了比较类似刚度的GCR电子和质子的调制幅度.
主要方法:
- *利用了国际空间站 (ISS) 上的热度计电子望远镜 (CALET) 的数据.
- * 在阳性太阳磁场极性期内分析了六年的GCR电子和质子计数率.
- *采用数值漂移模型来模拟GCR在日球中的运输.
主要成果:
- * 观察到GCRs的明显电荷信号依赖的太阳能调制.
- *质子计数速率的变化与中子监测器数据一致.
- *电子和质子计数率都显示与日球电流板倾斜角的反对应关系.
- *电子计数速率变化明显大于质子计数速率变化.
结论:
- * 观察到的充电信号依赖是GCR运输中漂移效应的直接特征.
- *漂移模型成功地复制了观察到的电荷信号依赖调制.
- * CALET的观测提供了强有力的证据,证明依赖电荷的漂移机制影响了GCR.
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