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The principal result of this paper is the demonstration that in interplanetary space the electric-field drifts and convective flow parallel to the magnetic field of cosmic-ray particles combine as a simple convective flow with the solar wind. In addition there are diffusive currents and transverse gradient drift currents. With this interpretation direct reference to the interplanetary electric-field drifts is eliminated and the study of steady-state and transient cosmic-ray anisotropies is both more systematic and simpler.
Following a discussion of our present knowledge of the diffusion coefficient in the interplanetary medium, the theory is applied to steady-state anisotropies near Earth in the kinetic energy (T) range 7.5 MeV<T<20 GeV. First the theory of the diurnal variation atT>-2 GeV is examined and it is suggested that the azimuthal streaming associated with the observations be regarded simply as proof that there is no significant net radial flow of cosmic rays at these energies. Second, it is predicted that, near Earth, the radial anisotropy will have a (+−+) variation with energy and this prediction is very insensitive to the precise values of the parameters used: intensity spectrum, solar wind speed, radial density gradient, and diffusion coefficient. Then, third, the small and radial steady-state anisotropies reported by Raoet al. (1967) in the intervals 7.5<T<45 MeV and 45<T<90 MeV are re-examined and it is found that the gradients and diffusion coefficients required to produce the reported anisotropies in 7.5<T<45 MeV are inconsistent with those expected from other data.
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Forman, M.A., Gleeson, L.J. Cosmic-ray streaming and anisotropies. Astrophys Space Sci 32, 77–94 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00646218
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