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The Compton-Getting effect for low energy particlesIt was found that the traditional first-order Compton-Getting effect, which relates particle distributions as observed in two frames of reference moving with constant relative velocity, is inadequate for the description of low energy particles (less than a few hundred keV/nucleon) in the solar system. An exact procedure is given for recovering both isotropic and anisotropic distributions in the solar wind frame from observations made in a spacecraft frame. The method was illustrated by analyzing a particle event observed on IPM-7.
Document ID
19750006513
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Ipavich, F. M. (Maryland Univ. College Park, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
September 3, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1974
Subject Category
Nuclear And High-Energy Physics
Report/Patent Number
TR-74-117
NASA-CR-139164
Report Number: TR-74-117
Report Number: NASA-CR-139164
Accession Number
75N14585
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-11063
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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