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1989

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Gamma-Ray Observations Of Cygnus X-1 And Cygnus X-3 Using A Coded-Aperture Telescope, Mark L. Mcconnell, D J. Forrest, A Owens, P. P. Dunphy, W T. Vestrand, E. L. Chupp Aug 1989

Gamma-Ray Observations Of Cygnus X-1 And Cygnus X-3 Using A Coded-Aperture Telescope, Mark L. Mcconnell, D J. Forrest, A Owens, P. P. Dunphy, W T. Vestrand, E. L. Chupp

Physics & Astronomy

A balloon-borne coded-aperture telescope, measuring gamma-ray photons in the 160 keV to 9.3 MeV range, was used to observe the Cygnus region of the sky on October 1 and 2, 1984. In the 2-9.3-MeV band, evidence is found for a hard spectral component with a mean flux level at the top of the atmosphere of 7.4 + or - 2.5 x 10 to the -7th photons/sq cm per s per keV, inconsistent with the predictions of the inverse Compton models normally used to describe the X-ray emission. Both Cyg X-1 and Cyg X-3 could be observed simultaneously with the telescope. …


Magnetospheric Plasma Pressures In The Midnight Meridian: Observations From 2.5 To 35 Re, Harlan E. Spence, M. G. Kivelson, R. J. Walker, D. J. Mccomas Jan 1989

Magnetospheric Plasma Pressures In The Midnight Meridian: Observations From 2.5 To 35 Re, Harlan E. Spence, M. G. Kivelson, R. J. Walker, D. J. Mccomas

Physics & Astronomy

Plasma pressure data from the ISEE 2 fast plasma experiment (FPE) were statistically analyzed to determine the plasma sheet pressure versus distance in the midnight local time sector of the near-earth (12–35 RE) magnetotail plasma sheet. The observed plasma pressure, assumed isotropic, was mapped along model magnetic field flux tubes (obtained from the Tsyganenko and Usmanov [1982] model) to the magnetic equator, sorted according to magnetic activity, and binned according to the mapped equatorial location. In regions (L ≳ 12 RE) where the bulk of the plasma pressure was contributed by particles in the energy range of the FPE (70 …