Small-scale spectrometers for corpuscular radiation acting on the earth
Abstract
Spectrometers developed for use in the satellite-rocket experiment for investigating the influence of outer space factors on the state of the upper atmosphere are discussed. It is noted that the principal considerations governing the design of the spectrometers were that they permit a determination of radiation composition and that they make possible a study of the space-time variations and angular distribution of corpuscular fluxes, as well as of the spectral and energy characteristics of each component of the radiation. Specific requirements dictated by various subprograms of the experiment are also discussed. The three types of spectrometers for measuring the energy spectra of low-energy electron and proton fluxes are the 4-channel A-019 and A-019B and the 7-channel A-019M. The results of laboratory investigations on the sensitivity of the spectrometer's electron and proton measurement channels are presented.
- Publication:
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Investigation of the Upper Atmosphere from Space
- Pub Date:
- 1980
- Bibcode:
- 1980iuas.rept...11B
- Keywords:
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- Corpuscular Radiation;
- Satellite-Borne Instruments;
- Spectroradiometers;
- Auroral Zones;
- Background Radiation;
- Beam Injection;
- Calibrating;
- Electron Energy;
- Geophysical Satellites;
- Proton Energy;
- Spectral Energy Distribution;
- Instrumentation and Photography