Origins of magnetospheric physics /
Early in 1958, instruments on the space satellites Explorer I and Explorer III revealed the presence of radiation belts, enormous populations of energetic particles trapped in the magnetic field of the earth. Originally published in 1983 but long out of print until now, Origins of Magnetospheric Phy...
| Основен автор: | Van Allen, James A. 1914-2006. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press,
℗♭2004.
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| Издание: | An expanded ed., [pbk. ed.]. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
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Print version::
Origins of magnetospheric physics. |
Съдържание:
- Preface to the Paperback Edition; Preface to the 1983 Edition; Acknowledgments; I. Scientific Heritage; II. The U.S. Program of Rocket Flights of Scientific Equipment; III. Rockoon Flights from Baffin Bay to the Ross Sea; IV. Remarks on the Period 1946-57; V. Plans for Scientific Work with Artificial Satellites of the Earth; Sputnik I; VII. Discovery of the Inner Radiation Belt of the Earth- Explorers I and III; VIII. The Argus Tests; IX. Early Confirmations of the Inner Radiation Belt and Discovery of the Outer Radiation Belt- Explorer IV and Pioneers I, II, III, IV, and V.