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AN: SM41C-0581 [PDF]
TI: Modeling Albedo Particles Distribution at the near Earth Region
AU: * Wang, K
EM: ktwang@must.edu.tw
AF: Division of Natural Sciences, Department of General Education, Ming Hsin University of Science and
Technology, 1 Hsin-Hsing Rd., Hsin Fong,, Hsin Chu, 304
Taiwan
AU: Huang, M
EM: huangmh@hep1.phys.ntu.edu.tw
AF: Liberal Education Center, National United University, 1, Lien-Kung Rd., Miao-Li, 360
Taiwan
AB:
A recent space experiment, Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), had measured cosmic rays at altitude 400km. An unexpected
result is a secondary spectrum at below cutoff. Their energy ranges from 0.1 to 6 GeV. These particles, called albedo
particles, originate from atmosphere and rebound to space. They stay at space in very short time. These albedo particles
compose a high energetic part of space radiation but little knowledge of them is known. They have energy near the minimum
ionization and have greatest penetrating power. A good model of these high energetic particles is essential to the modeling
of radiation dosage in space.
To reach this goal, computer simulation code of albedo particle fluxes covering areas outside AMS flight path is
developing. The major difficulty is the massive amount of computer simulation. For re-tracing AMS data, the estimate time is
approximately 500 days for a Pentium III 500MHz computer. To assess the possibility to reduce computing time, we adopt
adiabatic invariants method to trace particles in the IGRF field model. Our previous studies have used this method to
simulate energetic particlesÝ equatorial trajectories for VIP4 model of Jupiter at much less computing time. The global
distribution of fluxes would be deduced from the available AMS data.
DE: 2716 Energetic particles, precipitating
DE: 2720 Energetic particles, trapped
DE: 2730 Magnetosphere--inner
SC: SPA - Magnetospheric Physics [SM]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting