Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009agufmsm33c1577k&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #SM33C-1577
Physics
Plasma Physics
[2716] Magnetospheric Physics / Energetic Particles: Precipitating, [3304] Atmospheric Processes / Atmospheric Electricity, [3324] Atmospheric Processes / Lightning, [7845] Space Plasma Physics / Particle Acceleration
Scientific paper
FIREFLY is small satellite mission to investigate the link between atmospheric lightning and terrestrial gamma-ray flashes scheduled to launch in late 2010. The instrumentation includes a Gamma-Ray Detector (GRD), VLF receiver, and photometer. GRD will measure the energy and arrival time of x-ray and gamma-ray photons, as well as the energetic electron flux by using a phoswitch-style layered scintillator. The current status of the instrumentation will be discussed, including laboratory tests and simulations of the GRD. FIREFLY is the second in a series of NSF-funded cubesats designed to study the upper atmosphere.
Hill James
Klenzing J. H.
Rowland Douglas E.
Weatherwax Allan T.
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