Physics
Scientific paper
Oct 1983
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983jgr....88.7913r&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 88, Oct. 1, 1983, p. 7913-7925.
Physics
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Plasma Diagnostics, Plasmasphere, Space Plasmas, Cold Plasmas, Mass Spectrometers, Plasma Density, Plasma Temperature, Scatha Satellite, Spacecraft Charging, Thermal Plasmas
Scientific paper
Initial results of studies of low-energy plasma using the light ion mass spectrometer (LIMS) on the SCATHA satellite are presented. Results are discussed primarily for plasma flux in the noon to midnight local time sector, examining the behavior of the plasma with geomagnetic activity and local time. Measurements of the ion mass composition in this region for the energy ranges of the LIMS instrument are presented. Results of temperature measurements are given and a possible explanation for the difference between the whistler and OGO 5 plasmapause positions is suggested. The observed pitch angle distributions are presented, limited to a broad characterization of the plasma population. The effects of the spacecraft potential on the low-energy plasma measurements are considered.
Chappell Charles R.
Craven Paul D.
Reasoner David L.
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