The IBEX background monitor

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 146, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 105-115

  Allegrini, F ^a   Crew, G B ^b   Demkee, D ^a   Funsten, H O ^c   McComas, D J ^a   Randol, B ^a   Rodriguez, B ^a   Schwadron, N A ^d   Valek, P ^a   Weidner, S ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon foil; Channel electron multiplier; IBEX background; Upstream event

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOIL; CHANNEL ELECTRON MULTIPLIER; COUNT RATES; GEOMETRIC FACTORS; HIGH ENERGY PROTON; IBEX BACKGROUND; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHTS; UPSTREAM EVENT;

FREQUENCY MULTIPLYING CIRCUITS; POSITIVE IONS; PROTONS;

ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS;

EID: 70349200819     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-008-9439-8     Document Type: Article

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