The Time-of-Flight Spectrometer SULEICA for Ions of the Energy Range 5-270 keV/Charge on AMPTE IRM
- 1 May 1985
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
- Vol. GE-23 (3) , 274-279
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tgrs.1985.289527
Abstract
The Suprathermal Energy Ionic Charge Analyzer (SULEICA) on AMPTE IRM is an instrument to determine the ionic charge state and mass composition of all major ions from H through Fe for energies of the suprathermal plasma (≈5 up to ≈270 keV/charge) by the use of electrostatic deflection, time-of-flight measurement, and energy analysis in solid-state detectors. With its acceptance fan of 400° X 10° the instrument scans a field of 360° by 40° in the satellite spin plane. The data contain counting rate information for the evaluation of absolute particle fluxes, live pulse-height events, and matrix rates for selected ions from on-board processing with a microprocessor.Keywords
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