K-shell X-ray fluxes at satellite altitude from proton precipitation

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Apr 1978

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978jatp...40..471l&link_type=abstract

Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics, vol. 40, Apr. 1978, p. 471-473.

Physics

Proton Precipitation, Radiant Flux Density, Satellite Observation, X Rays, Atmospheric Radiation, Electron Orbitals, Nitrogen, Oxygen Spectra

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Sample calculations based on satellite measurement of proton precipitation at an altitude of 450 nautical miles indicate that intense fluxes of K-shell X-rays from nitrogen and oxygen result from the more energetic proton precipitation events. In particular, K-shell X-ray production by proton impact on nitrogen and oxygen is significant when energy levels above a few tens of keV are involved. The fact that the protons create no bremsstrahlung continuum makes the X-ray emission from precipitating protons readily distinguishable from that due to precipitating electrons.

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