Fluxes of relativistic electrons in low-Earth orbit during the decline of solar cycle 22

2001 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 2016-2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.D. Pesnell
2001 ◽  
Vol 106 (A12) ◽  
pp. 30039-30046 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Dean Pesnell ◽  
Richard A. Goldberg ◽  
D. L. Chenette ◽  
E. E. Gaines ◽  
M. Schulz

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 1059-1062
Author(s):  
W.Dean Pesnell ◽  
Richard A. Goldberg ◽  
D.L. Chenette ◽  
M. Schulz ◽  
E.E. Gaines

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. A01 ◽  
Author(s):  
Athanassios C. Katsiyannis ◽  
Marie Dominique ◽  
Viviane Pierrard ◽  
Graciela Lopez Rosson ◽  
Johan De Keyser ◽  
...  

Aims. To better understand the radiation environment in low Earth orbit (LEO), the analysis of in-situ observations of a variety of particles, at different atmospheric heights, and in a wide range of energies, is needed. Methods. We present an analysis of energetic particles, indirectly detected by the large yield radiometer (LYRA) instrument on board ESA's project for on-board autonomy 2 (PROBA2) satellite as background signal. Combining energetic particle telescope (EPT) observations with LYRA data for an overlapping period of time, we identified these particles as electrons with an energy range of 2 to 8 MeV. Results. The observed events are strongly correlated to geo-magnetic activity and appear even during modest disturbances. They are also well confined geographically within the L = 4–6 McIlwain zone, which makes it possible to identify their source. Conclusions. Although highly energetic particles are commonly perturbing data acquisition of space instruments, we show in this work that ultra-relativistic electrons with energies in the range of 2–8 MeV are detected only at high latitudes, while not present in the South Atlantic Anomaly region.


2004 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 878-883
Author(s):  
Eugene G Stansbery ◽  
James Lee Foster

2001 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 2010-2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.H. Brautigam ◽  
B.K. Dichter ◽  
K.P. Ray ◽  
W.R. Turnbull ◽  
D. Madden ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 1031-1038 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Chen ◽  
Geoffrey D. Reeves ◽  
Gregory S. Cunningham ◽  
Robert J. Redmon ◽  
Michael G. Henderson

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