Chapter 3 - Making the invisible visible: X-ray imaging

Published in Understanding the Space Environment through Global Measurements, 2022

Recommended citation: K.D. Kuntz, E. Atz, M.R. Collier, Y. Collado-Vega, H.K. Connor, F.S. Porter, D.G. Sibeck, B.M. Walsh, Chapter 3 - Making the invisible visible: X-ray imaging, Editor(s): Yaireska Colado-Vega, Dennis Gallagher, Harald Frey, Simon Wing, Understanding the Space Environment through Global Measurements, Elsevier, 2022, Pages 59-99, ISBN 9780128206300, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-820630-0.00004-0.(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128206300000040) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128206300000040

This paper looks at X-ray imaging of the magnetosheath and how to then determine the location of the magnetopause. This is a key component of us determining many drivers of precipiation as well as loss of trapped particles through magnetopause shadowing.

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Recommended citation: Shumko, M., Gallardo-Lacourt, B., Halford, A. J., Liang, J., Blum, L. W., Donovan, E., et al. (2021). A strong correlation between relativistic electron microbursts and patchy aurora. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL094696. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL094696