Rocket altitude atmospheric X-rays from magnetospheric electrons at low and middle latitudes

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Atmospheric Radiation, Earth Magnetosphere, Electron Energy, Midlatitude Atmosphere, Rocket Sounding, X Rays, Electron Flux Density, Equatorial Atmosphere, Radiation Distribution, Radiation Measurement, X Ray Spectra

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Like auroral electrons, quasi-trapped magnetospheric electrons mirroring in the upper atmosphere at low and middle latitudes will generate X-rays by the bremsstrahlung and K-alpha line excitation processes. These atmospheric X-rays may contribute a diffuse background to rocket-borne astronomy experiments launched from White Sands, New Mexico and Kauai, Hawaii. Calculations of the atmospheric X-ray spectrum at these launch sites based on observations of quasi-trapped electrons indicate that this locally generated flux is comparable to the reported soft X-ray flux below a few keV.

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