THE ENERGETIC CHARGED PARTICLE ENVIRONMENT OF THE EARTH (HITCH-HIKER I DATA ANALYSIS)
Abstract
The results of the reduction and analysis of data obtained from instrumentation flown on the Air Force Satellite Hitch-hiker I (1963-25B) are presented. The instrumentation included two electrostatic analyzers (one for electrons, 15 to 100 kev, the other for protons, 15 to 100 kev); a scintillation spectrometer (for electrons, 0.7 to 4.0 Mev); a phoswich scintillation spectrometer (for protons 1. to 5. Mev and 7.5 to 120 Mev); and a Geiger counter (electrons greater than 4. Mev, protons greater than 40. Mev). Detailed data on integral energy spectra, pitch angle distributions, and perpendicular unidirectional intensities, as functions of B, L(or lambda, L) and time are given in five papers appended to this report. No substantial intensities of protons, 15 to 100 kev, were observed. Electrons, 15 to 100 kev, were observed with intensities as great as 2 x 100lll/sq cm-sec-ster-kev at 40 kev, but the anomalous angular distributions obtained cast doubt on the credibility of these data. Peak inner belt intensities for electrons above 1 Mev were about 5 x 100, 000 electrons/sq cm sec ster at L approx. 1.6.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 13, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0625960
Entities
People
- Frank R. Paolini
- George C. Theodoridis
- Michael Bate