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The compton-getting effect

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The differential current density and anisotropy seen by an observer moving relative to the frame of reference in which a flux of cosmic ray particles or photons is isotropic, is derived assuming that the observer's speed is small. The results are applied to examples relevant to the theory of cosmic ray modulation and the expected anisotropies of photons originating outside our galaxy.

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  1. Faculty of Science, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

    L. J. Gleeson

  2. Institute for Pure and Applied Physics and Depts. of Physics and Applied Electrophysics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, Calif., U.S.A.

    W. I. Axford

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This research was supported by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (Project DEFENDER) and was monitored by the U.S. Army Research Office-Durham under Contract DA-31-124-ARO-D-257, and by NASA under contract #NGR-05-009-081.

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Gleeson, L.J., Axford, W.I. The compton-getting effect. Astrophys Space Sci 2, 431–437 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02175919

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