Cosmic-ray scintillation at the lunar surface

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Feb 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981georl...8..167b&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 8, Feb. 1981, p. 167, 168.

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Lunar Surface, Magnetic Effects, Scintillation, Solar Cosmic Rays, Apollo 14 Flight, Background Radiation, Thresholds, Moon, Surface, Cosmic Rays, Scintillations, Magnetic Fields, Intensity, Suprathermal Ion Detector Experiment, Apollo 14, Observations, Data, Theoretical Studies, Experiments, Analysis, Equipment, Comparisons

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The theory of cosmic-ray scintillations which arise from various irregularities in the magnetic fields through which cosmic-ray particles must travel before being observed is examined. These scintillations are characterized by broad-band fluctuations in intensity over time. A study was made of the cosmic-ray background as observed with the Rice University Suprathermal Ion Detector Experiment (SIDE) that was deployed on the lunar surface during the Apollo 14 mission. The energy threshold for cosmic-ray protons was approximately 25 MeV in one sensor and 50 MeV in another. It was found that the interplanetary cosmic-ray scintillations are observed with the SIDE, and these observations are consistent with current theoretical models.

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