Title of article
Statistical analysis of SAMPEX PET proton measurements
Author/Authors
Pierrard، نويسنده , , V and Lemaire، نويسنده , , J and Heynderickx، نويسنده , , D and Kruglanski، نويسنده , , M and Looper، نويسنده , , M and Blake، نويسنده , , B and Mewaldt، نويسنده , , D، نويسنده ,
Pages
5
From page
378
To page
382
Abstract
We present a statistical study of the distributions of proton counts from the Proton–Electron Telescope aboard the low-altitude polar satellite SAMPEX. Our statistical analysis shows that histograms of observed proton counts are generally distributed according to Poisson distributions but are sometimes quite different. The observed departures from Poisson distributions can be attributed to variations of the average flux or to the non-constancy of the detector lifetimes.
Keywords
Detectors , Van Allen belts , Trapped protons
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Record number
2012538
Link To Document