Effects of Solar Particle Events on the Energetic Particle Population in the Earth's Magnetosphere,
Abstract
Solar particle events affect the radiation environment in space through the immediate appearance of energetic particles in regions of space usually devoid of such particles and also through subsequent perturbations of the trapped radiation zones. These perturbations are associated with magnetic storms and occur a few days after a solar event. Solar particles with energies > 50 keV have access to the earth's polar caps; solar protons with energies >1 MeV reach the synchronous altitude. Magnetic storms change the fluxes of trapped particles by orders of magnitude, with the changes generally being larger at higher altitudes. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 15, 1971
- Accession Number
- AD0722056
Entities
People
- George A. Paulikas
Organizations
- The Aerospace Corporation