The study of high energy particles' microbursts nature in the Earth magnetosphere with nanosatellites: a conception of space experiment

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Space and Atmospheric Physics
1Dudnik, OV, 1Kurbatov, EV
1Institute of Radio Astronomy of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkiv, V.N. Karazin National University of Kharkiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Space Sci.&Technol. 2018, 24 ;(2):36-42
https://doi.org/10.15407/knit2018.02.036
Publication Language: Ukrainian
Abstract: 
A concept of a cosmic scientific experiment is presented. The main goal of the experiment is the study of microbursts of charged particles of high energy in the Earth’s magnetosphere. The experiment is designed to use a nanosatellite platform. The paper describes the functional scheme, structural features and technical characteristics of a miniature detector-analyzer of electrons and protons MiRA_ep.
Keywords: Brazilian Magnetic Anomaly, electron, inclination of satellite orbit, nanosatellite, organic scintillator, radiation belt, silicon detector
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