AN EXPERIMENTAL PAYLOAD TO INVESTIGATE THE SOLAR WIND-GEOMAGNETIC FIELD INTERFACE

Abstract

The preliminary design is given for an experiment to measure certain properties of the region of interaction between the solar wind and the earth's magnetic field. The instrumentation described will measure magnetic fields and lowenergy proton spectra in a manner such that veryACCURATE DIRECTIONAL AND TIME CORRELATIONS CAN BE MADE; THE SAMPLING RATE WILL BE HIGH ENOUGH TO STUDY THE TRANSIENT PHENOMENA WHICH MAY BE CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS REGION. The experiment is to be flown on Blue Scout Junior probe vehicles to altitudes of 50,000 to 100,000 miles during FY62. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0262395

Entities

People

  • David J. Knecht

Organizations

  • Air Force Special Weapons Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Diffractometers
  • Directional
  • Instrumentation
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Sampling
  • Solar Wind
  • Spectra

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Solar Physics