AbstractThe existence of significant fluxes of antiparticles in the Earth magnetosphere has been predicted on theoretical considerations in this article. These antiparticles (positrons or antiprotons) at several hundred kilometers of altitudes, we believe are not of direct extraterrestrial origin, but are the natural products of nuclear reactions of the high energy primary cosmic rays (CR) and trapped protons (TP) confined in the terrestrial radiation belt, with the constituents of terrestrial atmosphere. Extraterrestrial positrons and antiprotons born in nuclear reactions of the same CR particles passing through only 5–7 g/cm2 of interstellar matter, exhibit lower fluxes compared to the antiprotons born at hundreds of g/cm2 in the atmosphere, which when confined in the magnetic field of the Earth (in any other planet), get accumulated. We present the results of the computations of the antiproton fluxes at 10 MeV to several GeV energies due to CR particle interactions with the matter in the interstellar space, and also with the residual atmosphere at altitudes of ∼1000 km over the Earth's surface. The estimates show that the magnetospheric antiproton fluxes are greater by two orders of magnitude compared to the extraterrestrial fluxes measured at energies <1–2 GeV.


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    Titel :

    Trapped antiprotons produced by cosmic rays in the Earth's magnetosphere


    Beteiligte:
    Pugacheva, G. (Autor:in) / Gusev, A.A. (Autor:in) / Jayanthi, U.B. (Autor:in) / Schuch, N.G. (Autor:in) / Spjeldvik, W.N. (Autor:in) / Choque, K.T. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 34 , 6 ; 1433-1437


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2004-03-10


    Format / Umfang :

    5 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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