The development of the maximum phase of solar cycle 23 in...

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOMAGNETISM AND AERONOMY VOL. 5, GI3008, doi:10.1029/2004GI000067, 2005

The development of the maximum phase of solar cycle 23 in the galactic cosmic ray intensity

M. B. Krainev
Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

W. R. Webber
Department of Astronomy, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA

Abstract

[1] The overall features of the solar cycle maximum phase in the galactic cosmic ray intensity near the Earth and the solar and heliospheric factors responsible for them are discussed. The development of the solar cycle in the galactic cosmic ray intensity near the Earth and in the outer heliosphere is compared, both for the absolute intensity and for that normalized allowing for the changing radial position of the spacecraft and the 22-year wave.

Received 2 June 2004; revised 11 January 2005; accepted 1 March 2005; published 30 June 2005.

Keywords: Galactic cosmic ray; Solar cycle 23; Voyager 1, 2 and IMP 8 observations.

Index Terms: 2104 Interplanetary Physics: Cosmic rays; 2114 Interplanetary Physics: Energetic particles; 7536 Solar Physics, Astrophysics, and Astronomy: Solar activity cycle.

Citation: Krainev, M. B., and W. R. Webber (2005), The development of the maximum phase of solar cycle 23 in the galactic cosmic ray intensity, Int. J. Geomagn. Aeron., 5, GI3008, doi:10.1029/2004GI000067.