A new detector for the in situ measurement of meteoric dust particles in the middle atmosphere

Details A new detector for the in situ measurement of meteoric dust particles in the middle atmosphere A new detector for the in situ measurement of meteoric dust particles in the middle atmosphere

Aug 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003esasp.530..379r&link_type=abstract

In: 16th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, 2 - 5 June 2003, Sankt Gallen, Switzerlan

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Earth Atmosphere: Physics, Earth Atmosphere: Chemistry

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We introduce the concept of a new rocket borne detector for the measurement of nanometer-scale meteoric dust particles. Since the particles are too small to be optically observed and too large for common mass spectrometers we intend to charge these particles by irradiation with UV light from a Xenon-flashlamp and then detect them with a sensitive electrometer. In order to shield the electrometer from ambient electrons and positive ions we further apply strong permanent magnets (field strength ~1 T) which lead to a deflection of these light charge carriers due to the Lorentz-force. We present first experimental results obtained with a prototype of this detector in the laboratory and discuss future perspectives.

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