Protons in near earth orbit

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2000-02-18

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0002049v1

Phys.Lett. B472 (2000) 215-226

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Experiment

19 pages, Latex, 7 .eps figures

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0370-2693(99)01427-6

The proton spectrum in the kinetic energy range 0.1 to 200 GeV was measured by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) during space shuttle flight STS-91 at an altitude of 380 km. Above the geomagnetic cutoff the observed spectrum is parameterized by a power law. Below the geomagnetic cutoff a substantial second spectrum was observed concentrated at equatorial latitudes with a flux ~ 70 m^-2 sec^-1 sr^-1. Most of these second spectrum protons follow a complicated trajectory and originate from a restricted geographic region.

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