X-ray scanning of overhead aurorae from rockets

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Oct 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981jatp...43.1003b&link_type=abstract

Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics, vol. 43, Oct. 1981, p. 1003-1013.

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Auroral Spectroscopy, Auroral Zones, Bremsstrahlung, Rocket Sounding, X Ray Spectroscopy, All Sky Photography, Computer Techniques, Nike-Tomahawk Rocket Vehicle, Polar Substorms, Scintillation Counters

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Two Nike Tomahawk rocket payloads were launched into energetic auroral events in September, 1976 to investigate the structure of these events, as well as their effects on the atmosphere. X-ray scintillation detectors with energy discrimination in four ranges were used to measure the deposition of bremsstrahlung produced X-rays within the stratosphere and mesosphere. Iterative computer techniques were used to reconstruct X-ray source maps at 100 km, taking atmospheric absorption effects into account. Payload 18.178 was launched on September 21st into an aurora having two distinct azimuthal regions of optical brightness. The X-ray scanner detected the same features, and overlays of the X-ray source maps on all-sky photographs showed spatial coincidence of the X-ray with optical features at the lower energies (below 40 keV). Payload 18.179 was launched September 23rd into an aurora with a more diffuse character. The optical structure did not coincide as well with the measured X-ray structure. There was also an indication of a two-component spectrum for each event, with the hard component originating in the more diffuse, optically faint regions.

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