Development and calibration of major components for the STEREO/PLASTIC (plasma and suprathermal ion composition) instrument

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1544-1556

  Blush, L M ^a   Allegrini, F ^a,f   Bochsler, P ^a   Daoudi, H ^a   Galvin, A ^b   Karrer, R ^a   Kistler, L ^b   Klecker, B ^c   Mobius E ^b   Opitz, A ^a   Popecki, M ^b   Thompson, B ^e   Wimmer Schweingruber, R F ^d   Wurz, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrostatic energy analyzer; In situ instrumentation; Ion energy measurement; Mass spectrometry; Solar wind; Solid state detector

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLASMAS; SOLAR ENERGY;

ELECTROSTATIC ENERGY ANALYZERS; IN SITU INSTRUMENTATION; ION ENERGY MEASUREMENT; SOLAR WIND; SOLID-STATE DETECTORS;

WIND EFFECTS;

EID: 27744603004     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.07.028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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