Cosmic ray transport near the Sun
Abstract
The strongly diverging magnetic field lines in the very inner heliosphere, through the associated magnetic focusing/mirroring forces, can, potentially, lead to highly anisotropic galactic cosmic ray distributions close to the Sun. Using a simplified analytical approach, validated by numerical simulations, we study the behaviour of the galactic cosmic ray distribution in this newly explored region of the heliosphere and find that significant anisotropies can be expected inside 0.2 au.
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