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Distribution of energetic particles and secondary radiation according to orbital station "MIR" data obtained in 1991
A Dmitriev1, S Kuznetsov, P Shavrin
1Skobeltsyn Insitute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, Russia.
Abstract:
A set of instruments for measuring energetic particle fluxes, containing two neutron detectors under different plexiglas shielding thicknesses, a scintillation detector, measuring energy release >0.1 MeV and 0.5 MeV and a Geiger counter were launched onboard OS 'MIR'. The latitude dependencies of the cosmic ray measurements were obtained and studied. The distributions of primary particle fluxes (protons and elections) as well as secondary particle fluxes (bremsstrahlung gamma-rays and neutrons) produced in interactions of radiation belt particles with the station materials were obtained. The electron belt, generated during the storm of March 24 1991, is studied.