Electron optical study of the Venus Express ASPERA-4 Electron Spectrometer (ELS) top-hat electrostatic analyser

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Collinson, Glyn A ^a   Kataria, D O ^a   Coates, Andrew J ^a   Tsang, Sharon M E ^a   Arridge, Christopher S ^a   Lewis, Gethyn R ^a   Frahm, Rudy A ^b   Winningham, J David ^b   Barabash, Stas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ASPERA; Electron Spectrometer; Electrostatic analyser; Space plasma analyser; Venus Express

Indexed keywords

ASPERA; CALIBRATION DATA; ELECTRON SPECTROMETER; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CALIBRATION; GEOMETRIC FACTORS; K-FACTOR; MARS-EXPRESS; OPTICAL STUDY; SCIENTIFIC DATA; SPACE PLASMA ANALYSER; VENUS EXPRESS;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; ELECTROSTATICS; PLASMAS; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

EID: 70349312820     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/20/5/055204     Document Type: Article

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