Publication Date:
2019-06-28
Description:
The synchrotron emission by electrons of energy greater than a few TeV in Earth's magnetic field was examined. An omnidirectional detector, it is shown, can be satisfactorily used to estimate the energy. The collecting power of the detector, it is also shown, is a sensitive function of the area of the detector, the energy of electron, and the number of photons required to identify an electron. The event rate expected was calculated using an ideal balloon-borne detector.
Keywords:
GEOPHYSICS
Type:
NASA-TM-85068
,
NAS 1.15:85068
,
REPT-660
Format:
application/pdf
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