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Inversion of the Cosmic-Ray Solar Diurnal Variations

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We have bounded the upper cut-off rigidity (Rc) of the cosmic-ray diurnal anisotropy during the period 1968–1995. This period covers almost three solar cycles and includes three epochs of the solar polar field reversals. The diurnal variation observed by two detectors characterized by linearly independent kernels has been inverted in order to estimate the greatest lower bound (GLB) of Rc. We obtain a step function solution for the cosmic-ray anisotropy in free space which vanishes at the GLB of Rc. The greatest lower bound shows a magnetic cycle variation. The highest value of the amplitude of the anisotropy in free space at the GLB have been estimated as well.

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Sabbah, I. Inversion of the Cosmic-Ray Solar Diurnal Variations. Solar Physics 186, 413–419 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005185031762

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