Spectrum,angular distribution and polarization of auroral hard X-rays |
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| Authors: | PN Khosa RR Rausaria KL Moza |
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| Institution: | Department of Physics, Regional Engineering College, Srinagar-190006, Kashmir, India;Department of Physics, S.P. College, Srinagar-19001, Kashmir, India |
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| Abstract: | The angular variations of elastic and inelastic scattering cross-sections have been calculated accounting for Hartree-Fock atomic model. Using these cross-sections the evolution of electron energy and angular distributions at different heights in the ionosphere have been computed with the help of Monte Carlo technique. Mono-energetic, power law and exponential electron spectra with isotropic and mono-directional incidence starting at an altitude of 300 km have been taken to obtain the angular and energy distribution at certain height intervals. It is found that isotropic distribution incident at the top of the ionosphere becomes anisotropic due to collisions at lower heights. Using Sauter bremsstrahlung cross-section and the calculated electron flux we have computed the spectrum, angular distribution and polarization of bremsstrahlung X-rays at different heights.The emission is found to be peaked at lower angles at higher heights and becomes isotropic with depth of penetration. Polarization is considerable at higher altitudes for mono-directional beams and becomes significant at lower heights for isotropic incidence. It is argued that the study of angular distribution and polarization can yield information about the nature of precipitating electron flux and hence about the acceleration mechanism operating during electron precipitation. |
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