Abstract
Since the discovery of Forbush decrease of cosmic-ray intensity, it has become clear that the intensity and its daily variation are subject to various kinds of solar modulation; these are due to the diffusion-convection1,2 of cosmic rays in interplanetary magnetic fields, which is controlled by various kinds of solar activity. We now demonstrate that the amplitude of diurnal variation of cosmic-ray intensity is intimately correlated with the magnitude of magnetic dipole moment of the Sun and that, contrary to the conventional concept of the modulation, such a correlation exists only in the cosmic-ray high-rigidity region.
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Nagashima, K., Ueno, H. & Fujimoto, K. Heliomagnetic dipole moment and daily variation of cosmic rays underground. Nature 328, 600–601 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1038/328600a0
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