[Crater-team] Interesting Artifacts in CRaTER Data: 6-Month Periodicity in Low LET Fluxes (including a strange anti correlation)

[de Wet, Wouter]

All,

While working on the final processing of the observed CRaTER Flux vs. LET data, I have found an interesting artifact.

I have been looking at the Flux vs. LET vs Time data for the entire mission so far.


  *   For the smallest LET values, there seems to be a 6-month periodicity in the observed flux, see the ‘wavy’ red edge in Figure 1 below.
  *   When I divide everything by the flux observed in August 2009, I get the flux ratio shown in Figures 2 and 3 below. When looking at the flux ratio, the 6 month periodicity becomes very clear.
  *   One interesting thing I also notice is that it seems like there is an anti-correlation between the flux in lowest LET bins (< 0.25 keV/micron) and the slightly higher LET bins  (> 0.25 keV/micron).

Has anyone else observed this yet? Any thoughts about what is causing this?

Thanks,
Wouter


Figure 1: Flux vs. LET vs. Time
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Figure 2: Flux Ratio vs. LET vs. Time (3-Dimensioal)

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Figure 3: Flux Ratio vs. LET vs. Time (2-Dimensioal)
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