AbstractThe Space Experiments with Particle Accelarators (SEPAC), which flew on the ATLAS 1 mission, used new techniques to study natural phenomena in the Earth's upper atmosphere, ionosphere and magnetosphere by introducing energetic perturbations into the system from a high power electron beam with known characteristics. Properties of auroras were studied by directing the electron beam into the upper atmosphere while making measurements of optical emissions. Studies were also performed of the critical ionization velocity phenomenon.
Space experiments with particle accelerators: SEPAC
Advances in Space Research ; 14 , 9 ; 263-270
01.01.1994
8 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Space Experiments with Particle Accelerators: SEPAC
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