In:
Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences, The Korean Space Science Society, Vol. 38, No. 1 ( 2021-3), p. 31-38
Abstract:
In this paper, we present observations of the Space Radiation Detectors (SRDs)
onboard the Next Generation Small Satellite-1 (NEXTSat-1) satellite. The SRDs, which are a part of the Instruments for the study of Stable/Storm-time Space (ISSS), consist of
the Medium-Energy Particle Detector (MEPD) and the High-Energy Particle Detector (HEPD). The MEPD can detect electrons, ions, and neutrals with energies ranging from 20 to 400 keV, and the HEPD can detect electrons over an energy range from 0.35 to 2 MeV. In this
paper, we report an event where particle flux enhancements due to substorm injections are clearly identified in the MEPD A observations at energies of tens of keV.
Additionally, we report a specific example observation of the electron distributions over a wide energy range in which we identify electron spatial distributions with
energies of tens to hundreds of keV from the MEPD and with energy ranging up to a few MeV from the HEPD in the slot region and outer radiation belts. In addition, for an
~1.5-year period, we confirm that the HEPD successfully observed the well-known outer radiation belt electron flux distributions and their variations in time and L shell in a
way consistent with the geomagnetic disturbance levels. Last, we find that the inner edge of the outer radiation belt is mostly coincident with the plasmapause locations in
L, somewhat more consistent at subrelativistic energies than at relativistic energies. Based on these example events, we conclude that the SRD observations are of reliable
quality, so they are useful for understanding the dynamics of the inner magnetosphere, including substorms and radiation belt variations.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2093-5587
,
2093-1409
DOI:
10.5140/JASS.2021.38.1.31
Language:
English
Publisher:
The Korean Space Science Society
Publication Date:
2021
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2557343-3
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