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James A. Van Allen lab journal, March 1958-September 1959

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9/4/1958 By virtue of the experiment just "completed" on behalf of the A.E.C. & AFSWP with 1958 E, we have been able to do the ideal, importantly necessary experiment on the soft radiation effect in outer space - namely inject artificially a quantity of electrons (of more or less known amount) and follow in space and in time their subsequent history. Also with a reasonable spectrum. Preliminary results are (T sub 1) = 1.3 hours (mean distribution time in longitude) (T sub 2) = 37 hours (mean decay time) The parameter (T sub 2) is especially
 
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