The mean free path of low-rigidity cosmic rays
| dc.contributor.author | Goldstein, Melvyn | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-02T18:47:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-02T18:47:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1980-06-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A simple heuristic argument is presented which suggests that the large rigidity-independent mean free paths observed for low-rigidity solar and galactic cosmic rays can be understood in terms of weak turbulence diffusion theory if one assumes that the interplanetary magnetic turbulence consists of a combination of Alfvén waves propagating with constant field magnitude and a small (∼5–10%) admixture of compressive fluctuations. | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/JA085iA06p03033 | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 16 pages | en_US |
| dc.genre | journal articles | en_US |
| dc.genre | preprints | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m2o3x9-1nm7 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Goldstein, Melvyn L. “The Mean Free Path of Low-Rigidity Cosmic Rays.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 85, no. A6 (1980): 3033–36. https://doi.org/10.1029/JA085iA06p03033. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1029/JA085iA06p03033 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/30512 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | AGU | en_US |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Goddard Planetary Heliophysics Institute (GPHI) | |
| dc.rights | This work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law. | en_US |
| dc.rights | Public Domain Mark 1.0 | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ | * |
| dc.title | The mean free path of low-rigidity cosmic rays | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |
| dcterms.creator | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5317-988X | en_US |