Errors in the particle flux measurement data relevant to solar energetic particle spectra.
Systematical errors of the spacecraft measured high-energy particle fluxes are analyzed. The errors are shown to be inherent to most of the measurements made to be the monitoring of the high-energy radiation in the space. The level of the systematic errors of the measurements varies with energy, thus resulting in distortions of the solar energetic particle spectra based on the measurement data. The erroneous experimental data have resulted in spurious estimates of space radiation environment and give rise to erroneous physical conclusions.
Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State Universit, Moscow, Russia.
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D003359:Cosmic Radiation; D004601:Elementary Particles; D020450:Heavy Ions; D011522:Protons; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D019445:Solar Activity; D013026:Space Flight; D018531:Spacecraft / Q000295:instrumentation
D011522:Protons