Equatorial X-rays and their effect on the lower mesosphere

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Oct 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977jatp...39.1017g&link_type=abstract

(IUGG, IAGA, COSPAR, URSI, NOAA, USAF, Australian Academy of Science, and Australian Institute of Physics, International Symposi

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Atmospheric Radiation, Bremsstrahlung, Mesosphere, Tropical Regions, X Rays, Balloon Sounding, Cosmic X Rays, Electron Trajectories, Energy Spectra, Galactic Radiation, Radiation Belts, Rocket Sounding, Stellar Radiation

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Equatorial regions are well suited for studies of lower mesospheric response to X-rays because cosmic ray background effects are low there. In a sequence of rocket and balloon-borne observations conducted in Peru (12.5 S, 76.8 W), a direct measurement of a galactic X-ray source was made at an altitude of 65 km. Although no unusual X-ray activity was found above and below the region studied, the 65 km observations were consistent with known data for Sco X-1, i.e., its position and energy spectrum. In addition to showing that stellar X-rays do indeed affect the lower mesosphere, their transient nature leads also to the conclusion that the equatorial energetic electron belt is not a permanent feature of that region.

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