SWICS/Ulysses and MASS/wind observations of solar wind sulfur charge states

Details SWICS/Ulysses and MASS/wind observations of solar wind sulfur charge states SWICS/Ulysses and MASS/wind observations of solar wind sulfur charge states

Jun 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995sowi.conf...73c&link_type=abstract

Maryland Univ., International Solar Wind 8 Conference, p. 73

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Heavy Ions, Mass Spectrometers, Solar Wind, Sulfur, Solar Corpuscular Radiation, Coronal Holes, Ulysses Mission, Spacecraft Instruments, Time Of Flight Spectrometers

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As Ulysses journeys from the southern to the northern solar pole, the newly launched Wind spacecraft is monitoring the solar wind near 1 AU, slightly upstream of the Earth. Different solar wind structures pass over both spacecraft as coronal holes and other features rotate in and out of view. Ulysses and Wind are presently on opposing sides of the sun allowing us to monitor these streams for extended periods of time. Composition measurements made by instruments on both spacecraft provide information concerning the evolution and properties of these structures. We have combined data from the Solar Wind Ion Composition Spectrometer (SWICS) on Ulysses and the high mass resolution spectrometer (MASS) on Wind to determine the charge state distribution of sulfur in the solar wind. Both instruments employ electrostatic deflection with time-of-flight measurement. The high mass resolution of the MASS instrument (M/Delta-M approximately 100) allows sulfur to be isolated easily while the stepping energy/charge selection provides charge state information. SWICS measurements allow the unique identification of heavy ions by their mass and mass/charge with resolutions of M/Delta-M approximately 3 and M/q/Delta(M/q) approximately 20. The two instruments complement each other nicely in that MASS has the greater mass resolution while SWICS has the better mass/charge resolution and better statistics.

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