The Energetic Particle Telescope: First Results

: V. Pierrard, G. Lopez Rosson, K. Borremans, J. Lemaire, J. Maes, S. Bonnewijn, E. Van Ransbeeck, E. Neefs, M. Cyamukungu, S. Benck, L. Bonnet, S. Borisov, J. Cabrera, G. Grégoire, C. Semaille, G. Creve, J. De Saedeleer, B. Desoete, F. Preud’homme, M. Anciaux, A. Helderweirt, K. Litefti, N. Brun, D. Pauwels, C. Quevrin, D. Moreau, R. Punkkinen, E. Valtonen, W. Hajdas, P. Nieminen

Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers

: 2014

: Space Science Reviews

: 184

: 1-4

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: 20

: 1572-9672

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-014-0097-8

: http://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id:84907646395

The Energetic Particle Telescope (EPT) is a new compact and modular ionizing particle spectrometer that was launched on 7 May 2013 to a LEO polar orbit at an altitude of 820 km onboard the ESA satellite PROBA-V. First results show electron, proton and helium ion fluxes in the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) and at high latitudes, with high flux increases during SEP (Solar Energetic Particles) events and geomagnetic storms. These observations help to improve the understanding of generation and loss processes associated to the Van Allen radiation belts.