Publication Date:
2019-08-28
Description:
The SAMPEX LEICA instrument is designed to measure about 0.5-5 MeV/nucleon solar and magnetospheric ions over the range from He to Ni. The instrument is a time-of-flight mass spectrometer which measures particle time-of-flight over an about 0.5 m path, and the residual energy deposited in an array of Si solid state detectors. Large area microchannel plates are used, resulting in a large geometrical factor for the instrument (0.6 sq cm sr) which is essential for accurate compositional measurements in small solar flares, and in studies of precipitating magnetospheric heavy ions.
Keywords:
SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTATION
Type:
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (ISSN 0196-2892); 31; 3; p. 549-556.
Format:
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