The Cosmic-Ray Albedo
- 15 August 1953
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 91 (4) , 957-959
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.91.957
Abstract
The fraction of splash albedo radiation leaving the earth which goes into (bound) orbits leading back to the earth is discussed in the Stoermer approximation. It is shown that the returning particles arrive at latitudes very close to the latitudes from which they leave the earth. A qualitative argument indicates that the returning radiation should be roughly isotropic.Keywords
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