  The standard way to model the cosmic ray solar modulations is via the Parker
equation, that is as the effect of diffusion in the turbulent magnetic of an
expanding solar wind. Calculations performed with this method that do not
include a description of the regular magnetic field in the heliosphere predict,
in disagreement with the observations, equal modulations for particles and
antiparticles. The effects of the regular heliospheric field, that break the
the particle/anti-particle symmetry, have been included in the Parker equation
adding convection terms associated to the magnetic drift velocity of charged
particles moving in non--homogeneous magnetic field. In this work we take a
completely different approach and study the propagation of charged particles in
the heliosphere assuming only the presence of the regular magnetic field, and
completely neglecting the random component. Assuming that the field is purely
magnetic in the wind frame, one can deduce the existence of a large scale
electric field, that results in important energy losses for charged particles
that traverse the heliosphere and reach the Earth. The energy loss (Delta E)
due to the large scale regular electric field depends on the particle electric
charge, is proportional to the absolute value of the electric charge, and to a
good approximation is independent from the particle energy and direction. We
speculate that this deterministic energy loss is an important, or perhaps even
the leading contribution to the solar modulation effects.
