Charge composition of the high-energy electrons and positrons in the Van Allen radiation belts
Voronov S. A., Gal'per A. M., Kirillov-Ugryumov V. G., Koldashov S. V., Popov A. V.
Electrons are predominant in the stream of high-energy electrons and positrons in the inner Van Allen radiation belt according to an experiment carried out with the Mariya time-of-flight scintillation magnetic spectrometer on an orbiting space station consisting of Salyut 7, Soyuz Τ13, and Kosmos 1669.