33RD INTERNATIONAL COSMIC RAY CONFERENCE, RIO DE JANEIRO 2013 THE ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS CONFERENCE

Abstract: Jovian electrons in Earth orbit can be regarded as probes of the inner heliosphere. They readily penetrate into the inner heliosphere in periods of the optimum magnetic connection between Earth and Jupiter. Such a penetration is also occasionally observed at seemingly unfavourable Earth–Jupiter dispositions. This phenomenon can be explained by the occurrence of long-living magnetic traps extending from the Sun to Jupiter and rotating along with the Sun