7–11 Oct 2019
GSSI
Europe/Rome timezone

Recent progress in solar modulation modelling in light of new cosmic-ray data from AMS-02

9 Oct 2019, 16:40
30m
Ex-ISEF/Building-Main Lecture Hall (GSSI)

Ex-ISEF/Building-Main Lecture Hall

GSSI

Viale Francesco Crispi 7, 67100 L'Aquila
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Speaker

Dr Behrouz Khiali (INFN, Sez. di Tor Vergata, SSDC-ASI)

Description

After entering the Galactic cosmic rays (CRs) into the heliosphere, their intensities decrease during their propagation toward the Earth. This effect is subjected to a variety of physical processes through their propagation which referred to as CR solar modulation. The key ingredients in the study of this phenomenon are the knowledge of the local interstellar spectrum (LIS) of Galactic cosmic rays and the understanding of how the solar modulation affects the LIS inside the heliosphere. For this purpose, here we present an improved data-driven description of the solar modulation phenomenon, that is, the temporal evolution of the CR flux inside the heliosphere caused by the 11-year variability cycle of the Sun's magnetic activity. The model was applied to the Galactic proton flux measured by Voyager 1, AMS-02 and PAMELA missions which provide valuable information, allowing us to shed light on the shape of the LIS and the details of the solar modulation for the time period from mid-2006 to mid-2017. The new results for the temporal dependence of the key model parameters, their relationship with solar activity proxies, the implications for the CR transport in magnetic turbulence, and the new insights on our understanding of the solar modulation effect are presented.

Primary authors

Dr Behrouz Khiali (INFN, Sez. di Tor Vergata, SSDC-ASI) Prof. Bruna Bertucci (Perugia University , INFN Sez. Di Perugia ) Prof. Emanuele Fiandrini (Perugia University , INFN Sez. Di Perugia ) Dr Nicola Tomassetti (Perugia University , INFN Sez. Di Perugia )

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