Angular Distribution of Protons Measured by the Energetic Particle Telescope on PROBA-V
العنوان: | Angular Distribution of Protons Measured by the Energetic Particle Telescope on PROBA-V |
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المؤلفون: | Stanislav Borisov, Sylvie Benck, Mathias Cyamukungu, Paul O'Brien, Joseph Mazur, Petteri Nieminen, Hugh Evans, Eamonn Daly |
المساهمون: | UCL - SST/ELI/ELIC - Earth & Climate |
المصدر: | IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 61, no.6, p. 3371-3379 (December 2014) |
بيانات النشر: | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2014. |
سنة النشر: | 2014 |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Proton, EPT, media_common.quotation_subject, Space radiation model, Field of view, Electron, Asymmetry, law.invention, Nuclear physics, Telescope, Space radiation environment, law, Pitch angle, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, media_common, Energetic Particle Telescope, Physics, AP8, Energetic protons, Pitch angle distribution, Radiation belts, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Local time, Satellite, Atomic physics |
الوصف: | Angular distribution and contamination of proton spectra measured at LEO are considered as possible sources of discrepancies between fluxes obtained by different instruments. In particular, not accounted for pitch angle distribution and East/West asymmetry of energetic proton fluxes have been suspected of leading to the reported underestimates of these fluxes by the NASA Model AP8. The Energetic Particle Telescope (EPT) was designed as a science-class instrument aimed at providing uncontaminated fluxes of electrons (0.5 – 20 MeV), protons (9.5 – 300 MeV) and α-particles (38 – 1200 MeV) getting into the instrument from within a well-defined Field Of View (FOV). The PROBA-V satellite with EPT was launched on May 7th, 2013 on a LEO, 820 km altitude, 98.7° inclination and a 10:30 – 11:30 Local Time at Descending Node. Based on the data acquired by the EPT on board PROBA-V, we account for flux angular distribution effects to provide a definitive reply to the basic question: “does AP8 underestimate E > 100 MeV proton fluxes around B/B0 = 1.1, L = 1.3”? |
تدمد: | 1558-1578 0018-9499 |
URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::58726bd4562a963a570e1d15f4b2a97e https://doi.org/10.1109/tns.2014.2361951 |
حقوق: | OPEN |
رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....58726bd4562a963a570e1d15f4b2a97e |
قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
تدمد: | 15581578 00189499 |
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