DocumentCode
1021202
Title
Plasma Composition Experiment on ISEE-A
Author
Shelley, E.G. ; Sharp, R.D. ; Johnson, R.G. ; Geiss, J. ; Eberhardt, P. ; Balsiger, H. ; Haerendel, G. ; Rosenbauer, H.
Author_Institution
Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory, Palo Alto, CA.
Volume
16
Issue
3
fYear
1978
fDate
7/1/1978 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
266
Lastpage
270
Abstract
The plasma composition experiment on ISEE-A consists of a pair of high-sensitivity (~1 cm2 · sr · eV) high-resolution (M/¿M ¿ 10 at focus) energetic ion mass spectrometers. They cover the entire mass range from 1 AMU to > 150 AMU in 64 channels at each of 32 energy channels covering the energy per charge range from 0 to approximately 17 keV/e. The objectives of the experiment are to study the ion composition of the ring current, the plasma sheet, the plasmasphere, the magnetosheath, and the solar wind in order to establish the origin of the plasmas in the various regimes of the magnetosphere and to identify mass and charge dependent acceleration, transport, and loss processes.
Keywords
Acceleration; Magnetosphere; Mass spectroscopy; Plasma accelerators; Plasma density; Plasma measurements; Plasma properties; Plasma sources; Plasma transport processes; Plasma waves;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Geoscience Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9413
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TGE.1978.294560
Filename
4071931
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