http://arxiv.org/abs/1711.07427
The LISA Pathfinder radiation monitor made in situ measurements of the interplanetary charged-particle environment that was responsible for charging the isolated test masses at the heart of the experiment. We describe this bespoke radiation monitor and present measurements which show a gradual 40% increase in count rate coinciding with the declining phase of the solar cycle. Modulations of up to 10% were also observed with periods of 13 and 26 days that are associated with co-rotating interaction regions and heliospheric current sheet crossings. These variations in the flux above the monitor detection threshold (approximately 70 MeV) are shown to be coherent with measurements made by the IREM monitor on-board the Earth orbiting INTEGRAL spacecraft. Finally we use the measured deposited energy spectra, in combination with a GEANT4 model, to estimate the galactic cosmic ray differential energy spectrum over the course of the mission.
M. Armano, H. Audley, J. Baird, et. al.
Tue, 21 Nov 17
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