ok.

i'm a bit confused.

please correct me if i'm wrong.

The most regular solar cycle is 22 years. This is the magnetic poles shifting twice.

year 0 = strong north north orientation. low solar wind. strong field?

year 5.5 = solar max. high sunspot #. high solar wind (particle flux). weak (chaotic) field?

year 11 = strong north south orientation. low solar wind.

year 16.5 = solar max. weak field?

year 22 = strong north north orientation


Just as the earth's field protects us from high energy solar particles, the sun's field protects the solar system from strong cosmic particles...and part of the reason we fear a geomagnetic reversal is cuz we'll be subject to a stronger solar particle flux durring the reversal process, right?

so shouldn't we see a smaller cosmic ray flux during a solar min? not the solar max (which is a field min, right?).
yet the data gathered clearly shows high cosmic ray flux during periods of solar min activity (high field coherence).

this based on Russian data here [link to helios.izmiran.rssi.ru] and this data here (so called magnetic buterfly diagram) [link to science.nasa.gov]

so.
why have higher cosmic ray flux when the sun's field is the strongest?

and why do we suddenly now have a huge particle flux (according to the Russian data: highest in 50 years!) now, during a solar max.

i = confused.

is it possible the the secondary particles (the neutrons that we are actually measuring) are coming from someplace else? like maybe plutonium?

or?