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Iglesias & Anderson 1975
Iglesias, G.E. and Anderson, H.R. (1975). Neutral hydrogen flux measured at 100- to 200-km altitude in an electron aurora. Journal of Geophysical Research 80: doi: 10.1029/JA080i016p02169. issn: 0148-0227.

Neutral hydrogen fluxes were measured at altitudes of 120-200 km by a rocket payload that also measured electron and proton fluxes and vector magnetic fields. An intense electron arc (~2¿108 el/cm2 s sr keV) was crossed, while an upper limit to the flux of 0.5- to 20-keV protons was 106/cm2 s sr keV. A neutral flux of 5¿107/cm2 s sr was observed, assuming hydrogen with >1-keV energy, with greater north-south extent than the electron flux. Its pitch angle distribution was peaked toward 90¿, tending toward isotropy in the center. This is fitted to a model describing spreading of an initial proton arc above 500 km.

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