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    Publication Date: 2019-06-28
    Description: The retarding ion mass spectrometer (RIMS) for Dynamics Explorer-1 is an instrument designed to measure the details of the thermal plasma distribution. It combines the ion temperature determining capability of the retarding potential analyzer with the compositional capabilities of the mass spectrometer and adds multiple sensor heads to sample all directions relative to the spacecraft ram direction. This manual provides a functional description of the RIMS, the instrument calibration, and a description of the commands which can be stored in the instrument logic to control its operation.
    Keywords: INSTRUMENTATION AND PHOTOGRAPHY
    Type: NASA-TM-82484 , NAS 1.15:82484
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    Publication Date: 2019-06-28
    Description: An instrument designed to measure the details of the thermal plasma distribution combines the ion temperature-determining capability of the retarding potential analyzer with the compositional capabilities of the mass spectrometer and adds multiple sensor heads to sample all directions relative to the spacecraft ram directions. The retarding ion mass spectrometer, its operational modes and calibration are described as well as the data reduction plan, and the anticipated results.
    Keywords: OPTICS
    Type: NASA-TM-82418
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    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Description: Isis 2 satellite carried, among other ionospheric instruments an ion mass spectrometer designed to measure the composition of the ionosphere in the mass range from 1 to 64 amu. The satellite, in a nearly constant 1400-km orbit, was launched on April 1, 1971. Examples of data show a wide variation in ion composition from 99% H(+) at night near the equator to greater than 95% O(+) and N(+) in the daytime poleward of the plasmapause. Both H(+) and He(+) are observed to be streaming outward from the high-latitude regions with velocities of several kilometers per second (the polar wind), determined from phase shifts in roll modulation maximums between light and heavy ion species. During the August 1972 magnetic storm a unique ionosphere developed, consisting of N(+) as the dominant species between 55 and 80 deg invariant latitude (above the plasmapause) and N2(+), NO(+), and O2(+) at the 1000 per cu cm concentration level, whereas these molecular species are usually below the detection limit of 1 ion per cu cm in quiet times at this altitude.
    Keywords: GEOPHYSICS
    Type: Journal of Geophysical Research; 79; Oct. 1
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    Publication Date: 2019-06-28
    Description: The thermal component of the magnetospheric plasma plays a key role in magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling processes, acting as a strong influence on ionospheric structure at low altitudes and as a source and modifier of the hotter plasma population at high altitudes. The Retarding Ion Mass Spectrometer (RIMS) instrument on Dynamics Explorer-A is designed to measure this important thermal plasma component. Using a combination of retarding potential analysis and magnetic ion mass spectrometer techniques, the RIMS instrument will measure the bulk plasma parameters of ion density (0.1 to 1,000,000 ions/cu cm), temperature (0-45 eV), and bulk flow (greater than 0.5 km/sec) in the inner plasmasphere and ionosphere, and the specific ion pitch angle and energy spectral characteristics in the outer plasmasphere and plasma trough for a mass range of 1-32 amu. The energy and mass spectral step sequences, as well as the multiplexing of the resultant data, can be tailored to accomplish a variety of thermal ion measurements throughout the inner magnetosphere.
    Keywords: SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTATION
    Type: Space Science Instrumentation; 5; Dec. 198
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