ANALYSIS OF JASON DATA

Abstract

Investigations are described of the data obtained by the Jason sounding rockets during the Argus tests. These instrumented rockets detected electrons which were injected into the geomagnetic field by the detonation of nuclear devices at high altitudes. The investigations yielded: (1) the orientations of the detectors with respect to a plane perpendicular to local magnetic lines of force, (2) the calibration of the detectors in a planar flux of electrons as functions of electron energy and orientation of the detectors with respect to the electron plane, and (3) a re-evaluation of the Jason data based on items (1) and (2) and on recent data on characteristics of the natural radiation.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0268400

Entities

Organizations

  • Lockheed Martin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electron Energy
  • Electron Flux
  • Energy
  • High Altitude
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Measurement
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Radiation
  • Scattering
  • Spectra
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Time Dependence

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Solar Physics

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics