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Contamination in electron observations of the silicon detector onboard Cluster/RAPID/IES instrument in Earth's radiation belts and ring current

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Kronberg,  E. A.
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Rashev,  M. V.
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Daly,  P. W.
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Shprits,  Yuri
2.3 Earth's Magnetic Field, 2.0 Geophysics, Departments, GFZ Publication Database, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

Turner,  D. L.
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Drozdov,  A.
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Dobynde,  M.
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Kellerman,  A. C.
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Fritz,  T. A.
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Pierrard,  V.
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Borremans,  K.
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Klecker,  B.
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Friedel,  R.
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Kronberg, E. A., Rashev, M. V., Daly, P. W., Shprits, Y., Turner, D. L., Drozdov, A., Dobynde, M., Kellerman, A. C., Fritz, T. A., Pierrard, V., Borremans, K., Klecker, B., Friedel, R. (2016): Contamination in electron observations of the silicon detector onboard Cluster/RAPID/IES instrument in Earth's radiation belts and ring current. - Space Weather, 14, 6, 449-462.
https://doi.org/10.1002/2016SW001369


Cite as: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_1574892
Abstract
Since more than 15 years, the Cluster mission passes through Earth's radiation belts at least once every two days for several hours, measuring the electron intensity at energies from 30 to 400 keV. This data has previously been considered not usable due to contamination caused by penetrating energetic particles (protons at >100 keV and electrons at >400 keV). In this study, we assess the level of distortion of energetic electron spectra from the RAPID/IES detector, determining the efficiency of its shielding. We base our assessment on the analysis of experimental data and a radiation transport code (Geant4). In simulations, we use the incident particle energy distribution of the AE9/AP9 radiation belt models. We identify the Roederer L-values, L⋆, and energy channels that should be used with caution: at 3≤L⋆≤4, all energy channels (40 – 400 keV) are contaminated by protons (≃230 to 630 keV and >600 MeV); at L⋆≃1 and 4–6, the energy channels at 95 – 400 keV are contaminated by high energy electrons (>400 keV). Comparison of the data with electron and proton observations from RBSP/MagEIS indicates that the subtraction of proton fluxes at energies ≃ 230–630 keV from the IES electron data adequately removes the proton contamination. We demonstrate the usefulness of the corrected data for scientific applications.