Double-peaked inner radiation belt: Cause and effect as seen on CRRES. (Reannouncement with new availability information)
Data from the Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite (CRRES) show the formation of a second peak in the inner proton radiation belt during the Sudden Storm Commencement (SSC) at 03:42 UT on 24 March 1991. The authors believe that the injection of high energy protons into an L-shell of 2.55 RE is directly related to the solar-initiated shock accompanying the SSC. Once injected, the greater than 20 MeV protons became stably trapped and produced the second peak in the proton belt that continues for months after the event. The secondary peak protons increased single event upset rates in microelectronic test devices on CRRES by over an order of magnitude in the region of the second peak, that is, for L-values of 1.8 RE to 2.6 RE. This second belt his farreaching effects for radiation belt modelers and for determining radiation degradation and single event upset (SEU) levels for systems that must operate in this region of near-Earth space.
- Research Organization:
- Phillips Lab., Hanscom AFB, MA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 200119
- Report Number(s):
- AD-A--262521/8/XAB; PL-TR--93-2066
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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