User:Marshallsumter/Radiation astronomy/Electrons/Quiz

Electron astronomy is a lecture as part of the astronomy course on the principles of radiation astronomy.

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{True or False, Van Allen radiation belt electrons are constantly removed by collisions with atmospheric neutrals, losses to the magnetopause, and outward radial diffusion. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Complete the text: A composite { electron density (i) } spectrum is approximately a { power (i) } law over at least the ≈ 5 decade wavenumber range 10-13 m-1 < wavenumber < 10-8 m-1 and that may extend to { higher (i) } wavenumbers.
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{Yes or No, Interstellar scintillation is fluctuations in the amplitude and phase of radio waves caused by scattering in the interstellar medium. + Yes - No
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{When the Earth is viewed from space using X-ray astronomy what characteristic is readily observed? - the magnetic north pole - the Hudson Bay meteorite crater - the South Atlantic Anomaly - the Bermuda Triangle - solar positron events + electrons striking the ionosphere
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{True or False, Electrons in the Earth's magnetosphere are energized by neutral particles from the Sun. - TRUE + FALSE
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{Complete the text: Match up the item letter with each of the possibilities below: Meteors - A Cosmic rays - B Neutrons - C Protons - D Electrons - E Positrons - F Gamma rays - G Superluminals - H X-ray jets { C (i) } the index of refraction is often greater than 1 just below a resonance frequency { H (i) }. iron, nickel, cobalt, and traces of iridium { A (i) }. Sagittarius X-1 { G (i) }. escape from a typical hard low-mass X-ray binary { F (i) }. collisions with argon atoms { B (i) }. X-rays are emitted as they slow down { E (i) }. Henry Moseley using X-ray spectra { D (i) }.
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{True or False, Solitary electrons constitute much of the remaining 1 % of cosmic rays. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Which of the following is not characteristic of a neutrino? - neutrinos are affected by the weak nuclear force + produced by a positron annihilating an electron - a decay product of a neutron - produced by the near surface fusion on the Sun - may have a mass - comes in mutable varieties
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{True or False, Electron density applied to free radicals is spin density. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Which of the following are associated with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory? + under ice + the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station + Digital Optical Modules + the counting house is on the surface above the array - the baryon neutrino + the electron neutrino
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{Complete the text: Match up the radiation letter with each of the detector possibilities below: Meteors - A Cosmic rays - B Neutrons - C Protons - D Electrons - E Positrons - F Neutrinos - G Muons - H Gamma rays - I X-rays - J Ultraviolet rays - K Optical rays - L Visual rays - M Violet rays - N Blue rays - O Cyan rays - P Green rays - Q Yellow rays - R Orange rays - S Red rays - T Infrared rays - U Submillimeter rays - V Radio rays - W Superluminal rays - X multialkali (Na-K-Sb-Cs) photocathode materials { L (i) }. F547M { Q (i) }. 511 keV gamma-ray peak { F (i) }. F675W { T (i) }. broad-band filter centered at 404 nm { N (i) }. a cloud chamber { B (i) }. ring-imaging Cherenkov { X (i) }. coherers { W (i) }. effective area is larger by 104 { H (i) }. F588N { R (i) }. pyroelectrics { U (i) }. a blemish about 8,000 km long { A (i) }. a metal-mesh achromatic half-wave plate { V (i) }. coated with lithium fluoride over aluminum { K (i) }. thallium bromide (TlBr) crystals { O (i) }. F606W { S (i) }. aluminum nitride { J (i) }. heavy water { G (i) }. 18 micrometers FWHM at 490 nm { P (i) }. wide-gap II-VI semiconductor ZnO doped with Co2+ (Zn1-xCoxO) { M (i) }. a recoiling nucleus { C (i) } high-purity germanium { I (i) }. magnetic deflection to separate out incoming ions { E (i) }. 2.2-kilogauss magnet used to sweep out electrons { D (i) }.
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{True or False, The electron reflectometer (ER) aboard the Lunar Prospector determines the location and strength of magnetic fields from the energy spectrum and direction of electrons. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Which of the following is not an electron volt? + the angular momentum of the planet Mercury around the Sun - a unit of energy - a quantity that denotes the ability to do work - 1.2 PeV - a unit dimensioned in mass, distance, and time - a unit not based on the Coulomb
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{What negatively charged particles may be used as tracers of cosmic magnetic fields? { electrons (i) }
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{The electron and ion currents of the cosmogonic shadow effect are given by { Mendis (i) } et al., 1984.
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{Which of the following are associated with electromagnetics? + angular momentum transfer + solar wind + protons + electrons - the baryon neutrino + charge neutralization
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{True or False, The instrument measures the pitch angles of solar wind electrons reflected from the Moon by lunar magnetic fields. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Ashen light is involved in which of the following? + earthshine - glow of the bright part of the lunar disk + light from different parts of Earth are mixed together + mimics the Earth as a single dot - neutron astronomy - X-ray astronomy
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{Spin-charge separation has which characteristics? + a chargon + a spinon + taking place inside solids + extremely tight confinement - neutron affinity - X-ray absorption
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{What are some of the characteristics of Jovian electrons? + hard spectrum + Jovian electrons near Earth are on their way to the Sun + an energy power law + flux increases with 27 day periodicities - at 1 AU, flux decreases exhibit a short-term modulation of 13 minutes - come in mutable varieties
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