Light Flashes Observed by Astronauts on Skylab 4

Autor:	W. Z. Osborne, Lawrence S. Pinsky, R. A. Hoffman, J. V. Bailey
Rok vydání:	1975
Předmět:	Physics Flash (photography) Light flashes Multidisciplinary Flux Astronomy Astrophysics Radiation Charged particle South Atlantic Anomaly
Zdroj:	Science. 188:928-930
ISSN:	1095-9203 0036-8075
DOI:	10.1126/science.188.4191.928
Popis:	Two dedicated light flash observing sessions were conducted by one of the crewmen during the Skylab 4 mission. Analyses of his observations reveal a strong correlation between flash frequency and primary cosmic-ray flux, and an even stronger correlation between flash frequency and the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) region of the inner belt trapped radiation. Calculations indicate that an all-proton inner belt probably cannot produce the observed SAA flash rate, and they suggest that there may exist a previously unobserved inner belt flux of multiply charged nuclei.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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