Solar Modulation of Cosmic Rays

Understand

This is an overview of the solar modulation of cosmic rays in the heliosphere.

• It is a broad topic with numerous intriguing aspects so that a research framework has to be chosen to concentrate on.
• The review focuses on the basic paradigms and departure points without presenting advanced theoretical or observational details for which there exists a large number of comprehensive reviews.
• Instead, emphasis is placed on numerical modeling which has played an increasingly significant role as computational resources have become more abundant.