Low latitude atmospheric X-rays observed by HEAO-1

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Jan 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979georl...6...25l&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 6, Jan. 1979, p. 25-28.

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Atmospheric Radiation, Electron Precipitation, Equatorial Atmosphere, Heao 1, Satellite Observation, X Ray Spectra, Auroras, Bremsstrahlung, Earth Limb, Magnetic Anomalies, Proportional Counters

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HEAO-1 observations of nighttime atmospheric emissions at the limb of the earth are described. On two occasions, fluxes greater than the diffuse galactic background were detected when the detectors scanned the limb in the vicinity of the magnetic conjugate point of the South Atlantic Anomaly. The other occasion involved detection of enhanced emissions on a single scan of the atmosphere over northern Africa. The X-rays are attributed to bremsstrahlung generated by precipitating electrons and, in the case of emissions related to the Anomaly conjugate point, it is suggested that the electrons were secondaries backscattered from the atmosphere above the Anomaly.

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