Speaker
Dr
Klaus Scherer
(Ruhr University Bochum)
Description
In the tail direction of the heliosphere an anisotropy in the cosmic
ray flux is observed by the large area telescopes. These ansiotropy is
partly explained by the modulation of cosmic rays in the tail
region. But, most of the modeling of the large scale heliosphere is
concentrated on the nose direction, because there are the in situ
observations of the Voayger spacecraft available. The heliospheric
tail physics is only sparsely addressed in literature. I will give an
overview of heliospheric tail models and will discuss their
observability as well as their theoretical advances and
shortcomings. I will also shortly address astrospheres around hot
stars and their possible influence on comsic ray modulation.
Primary author
Dr
Klaus Scherer
(Ruhr University Bochum)
