RESULTS OF SOVIET INVESTIGATIONS OF CHARGED PARTICLES AND MAGNETIC FIELDS IN SPACE,
Abstract
The paper sums up the results of Soviet satellite investigations of charged particles and magnetic fields in space during the last 10 years. These are as follows: (1) discovery of radiation belts around the earth; (2) discovery of a zone of soft electrons beyond these belts; (3) discovery of a plasma sheath extending up to 3-5 earth radii out; (4) experimental confirmation of the existence of solar wind; (5) determination of the form of the earth's magnetosphere and detection of a neutral layer on the night side; (6) confirmation of the absence of a strong lunar magnetic field; (7) investigation of magnetic field and charged particles near Venus and Mars; (8) detection of protons with an energy of 1 MeV filling the solar corpuscular streams in interplanetary space; (9) determination of the intensity of primary cosmic rays; (10) detection of helicity of magnetic lines of force in interplanetary space; (11) detection of electrons in the composition of particles appearing during chromospheric flares on the Sun. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 22, 1969
- Accession Number
- AD0692150
Entities
People
- K. I. Gringauz
- S. N. Vernov
- Sh. Sh. Dolginov
- Yu. I. Logachev
Organizations
- National Air and Space Intelligence Center