Energy Dependence of High Latitude Electron Cutoffs

Abstract

High latitude electron cutoffs are determined from electron flux data collected by the magnetic spectrometer aboard the polar orbiting OV3-3 satellite (1966-70A). The cutoffs are examined as a function of nine energies from 300 keV to 2.3 MeV and are found to be a function of energy for all local times and to exhibit an energy dependent diurnal variation. This phenomenon is explained with the use of the models of Taylor and Hones and of Williams and Mead.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0857523

Entities

People

  • Robert N. Davie Jr.

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Altitude
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Charged Particles
  • Classification
  • Contracts
  • Detectors
  • Diurnal Variations
  • Electron Flux
  • Electrons
  • Grids
  • High Latitudes
  • Latitude
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Orbits
  • Scattering
  • Solar Wind

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Military History
  • Solar Physics
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space