SWE, a comprehensive plasma instrument for the WIND spacecraft

Autor:	A. J. Lazarus, D. Bodet, J. H. Tappan, John W. Keller, G. Needell, J. Lobell, Edward C. Sittler, E. Gergin, J. T. Steinberg, Dennis J. Chornay, Roy B. Torbert, F. Hunsaker, G. Miller, R. J. Fritzenreiter, A. Mavretic, J. D. Scudder, K. W. Ogilvie
Rok vydání:	1995
Předmět:	Physics Spectrometer Spacecraft business.industry Faraday cup Astronomy and Astrophysics Magnetic field law.invention Solar wind symbols.namesake Strahl Space and Planetary Science law Physics::Space Physics Calibration symbols Faraday cage business Remote sensing
Zdroj:	Space Science Reviews. 71:55-77
ISSN:	1572-9672 0038-6308
DOI:	10.1007/bf00751326
Popis:	The Solar Wind Experiment (SWE) on the WIND spacecraft is a comprehensive, integrated set of sensors which is designed to investigate outstanding problems in solar wind physics. It consists of two Faraday cup (FC) sensors; a vector electron and ion spectrometer (VEIS); a strahl sensor, which is especially configured to study the electron ‘strahl’ close to the magnetic field direction; and an on-board calibration system. The energy/charge range of the Faraday cups is 150 V to 8 kV, and that of the VEIS is 7 V to 24.8 kV. The time resolution depends on the operational mode used, but can be of the order of a few seconds for 3-D measurements. ‘Key parameters’ which broadly characterize the solar wind positive ion velocity distribution function will be made available rapidly from the GGS Central Data Handling Facility.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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