Quantitative analysis of thermal (about 1 eV) ion data from magnetospheric spacecraft

Details Quantitative analysis of thermal (about 1 eV) ion data from magnetospheric spacecraft Quantitative analysis of thermal (about 1 eV) ion data from magnetospheric spacecraft

Nov 1987

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Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 92, Nov. 1, 1987, p. 12307-12318. Research supported by the Imperial Coll

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Field Of View, Mach Number, Magnetospheric Ion Density, Spacecraft Charging, Thermal Analysis, European Space Agency, Geos 1 Satellite

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A physically plausible theoretical model for the analysis of thermal ion data acquired inside the plasmasphere by the Ion Composition Experiment (ICE) on ESA/GEOS 1 is developed. A relationship giving the ion detector counting rates as a function of the potential applied to retarding grids within the ICE, as well as of the detector Mach angle, is presented. Its domain of applicability is discussed, and how to implement it optimally in data analysis is investigated, using the GEOS 1 data set as an example. The role of the spacecraft potential, the single most prominent source of error in all low-energy plasma measurements, is emphasized.

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