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Cummings et al. 1995
Cummings, A.C., Mewaldt, R.A., Blake, J.B., Cummings, J.R., Fränz, M., Hovestadt, D., Klecker, B., Mason, G.M., Mazur, J.E., Stone, E.C., von Rosenvinge, T.T. and Webber, W.R. (1995). Anomalous cosmic ray oxygen gradients throughout the heliosphere. Geophysical Research Letters 22: doi: 10.1029/94GL03343. issn: 0094-8276.

We have used data from the SAMPEX Ulysses, Voyager 1, Voyager 2, and Pioneer 10 space-craft to determine the radial and latitudinal gradients of anomalous cosmic ray oxygen at 10 MeV/nuc during the last half of 1993. These five spacecraft cover radial distances from 1 AU (SAMPEX) to 58 AU (P10) and latitudes to 41 ¿S (Ulysses) and 32 ¿N (V1). We find that the radial gradient is a decreasing function of radial distance, ~r-n, with n=1.7¿0.7. The large-scale radial gradient between the inner and outer heliosphere is much smaller than it was during the last solar minimum period in ~1987. The latitudinal gradient is small and positive, 1.3¿0.4%/deg, as opposed to the large and negative latitudinal gradients found during 1987, but similar to the small positive latitudinal gradient measured during 1976 for anomalous cosmic ray helium. These observations confirm that effects of curvature and gradient drift in the large scale magnetic field of the Sun are important for establishing the three-dimensional intensity distributions of these particles in the heliosphere during periods of solar minimum conditions. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1995

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Interplanetary Physics, Cosmic rays, Space Plasma Physics, Charged particle motion and acceleration, Space Plasma Physics, General or miscellaneous
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Geophysical Research Letters
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