Modeling Anomalous Transport of Cosmic Rays in the Heliosphere Using a Fractional Fokker–Planck Equation

Cosmic rays exhibit anomalous diffusion behaviors in the heliospheric environment that cannot be adequately described by classical diffusion models. In this paper, we develop a theoretical framework employing a fractional Fokker–Planck equation to model the anomalous transport of cosmic rays. This a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Díaz Palencia, José Luis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universidad a Distancia de Madrid (UDIMA)
Repositorio:udiMundus. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad a Distancia de Madrid
OAI Identifier:oai:udimundus.udima.es:20.500.12226/2717
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12226/2717
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:cosmic rays
anomalous diffusion
fractional calculus
Tsallis statistics
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Sumario:Cosmic rays exhibit anomalous diffusion behaviors in the heliospheric environment that cannot be adequately described by classical diffusion models. In this paper, we develop a theoretical framework employing a fractional Fokker–Planck equation to model the anomalous transport of cosmic rays. This approach accounts for the observed non-Gaussian distributions, long-range correlations and memory effects in cosmic ray fluxes. We derive analytical solutions using the Adomian Decomposition Method and express them in terms of Mittag-Leffler functions and Lévy stable distributions. The model parameters, including the fractional orders ����� and ����� and the entropic index q, are estimated by a short comparison between theoretical predictions and observational data from cosmic ray experiments. Our findings suggest that the integration of fractional calculus and non-extensive statistics can be employed for describing the cosmic ray propagation and the anomalous diffusion observed in the heliosphere.