Origin of the high energy proton component below the geomagnetic cutoff in near earth orbit

Preprint

24 July 2000

preprint
Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0006160

Abstract

The high flux proton component observed by AMS below the geomagnetic cutoff can be well accounted for by assuming these particles to be secondaries originating from the interaction of Cosmic Ray protons with the atmosphere. Simulation results are reported

Keywords

GEOMAGNETIC CUTOFF
PROTON COMPONENT
ENERGY PROTON
RAY PROTONS
ATMOSPHERE
ORBIT
EARTH

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Published version: Physics Letters B, 489 (1-2), 1.

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