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  • SM31F-2424: The AEPEX Mission: What Coded Aperture Optics can Reveal about Radiation Belt Dynamics
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Author(s):
Wyatt Spies, University of Colorado at Boulder (First Author, Presenting Author)
Robert Marshall, University of Colorado at Boulder
Christopher Cully, University of Calgary
Michael McCarthy, University of Washington


The radiation belts present a challenging problem for measuring magnetosphere dynamics in space. Current measurements can only draw small-scale views of the wider picture of radiation belt dynamics. However, the particles in the radiation belts are sometimes launched into the atmosphere, producing x-rays that can be imaged on very large scales. The AXIS instrument aboard the upcoming AEPEX satellite mission will present a new method of viewing these x-rays to deduce wider behaviors of the radiation belt particle populations that produced them. This poster discusses the power of our novel optical system and its capability to provide a greater view into the grand picture of radiation belt dynamics.



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