ENERGETIC-POSITRON POPULATION IN THE INNER ZONE

Authors
GUSEV AA MARTIN IM PUGACHEVA GI TURTELLI A SPJELDVIK WN
Citation
Aa. Gusev et al., ENERGETIC-POSITRON POPULATION IN THE INNER ZONE, Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. C, Geophysics and space physics, 19(4), 1996, pp. 461-467
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Geochemitry & Geophysics","Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. C, Geophysics and space physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
11241896
Volume
19
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
461 - 467
Database
ISI
SICI code
1124-1896(1996)19:4<461:EPITIZ>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The possibility of the existence of a natural positron belt in the Ear th's magnetosphere is considered. It is suggested that the positrons c an be produced in the nuclear reactions of trapped relativistic proton s of the inner zone with the residual atmosphere. The positron spectru m in the range of 10-100 MeV at the top of L = 1.2 is calculated and c ompared with the experimental results.