A study of electron spectra in the inner belt

Details A study of electron spectra in the inner belt A study of electron spectra in the inner belt

Sep 1976

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976jgr....81.4696w&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 81, Sept. 1, 1976, p. 4696-4700.

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Aerial Explosions, Electron Energy, Energy Spectra, Ionospheric Electron Density, Nuclear Explosions, Radiation Belts, Electron Decay Rate, Electron Density (Concentration), Equatorial Electrojet, Magnetic Measurement, Magnetic Spectroscopy, Magnetic Storms, Ogo-5, Spectrum Analysis

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Comparisons are made between energetic electron spectra obtained in the inner belt (L = 1.3-2.4) by the Ogo 5 satellite during 1968 and spectra acquired by other magnetic spectrometer experiments before and after the Starfish high-altitude nuclear detonation on July 9, 1962. The post-Starfish data show a continual decay at the higher energies (at least 0.5 for 1962 to at least 1 MeV for 1968). Electrons of 2-MeV energy at L = 1.4 showed a mean life of 1 year. By 1968, only a high-energy residual greater than 1 MeV remained in the inner belt (L is about 1.4). A pre-Starfish spectrum obtained in 1961 at L = 1.38 is almost identical with the 1968 results for the same region. By 1968, Starfish electrons were no longer important as an aspect of inner-belt dynamics.

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