The Giotto ion mass spectrometer

Details The Giotto ion mass spectrometer The Giotto ion mass spectrometer

Mar 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986gmis.rept..129b&link_type=abstract

In ESA The Giotto Mission: Its Scientific Investigations p 129-148 (SEE N86-32473 24-12)

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Giotto Mission, Halley'S Comet, Ion Probes, Mass Spectrometers, Satellite-Borne Instruments, Comet Heads, Imaging Techniques, Particle Energy, Particle Mass, Solar Wind

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The Giotto Ion Mass Spectrometer (IMS) consists of two sensors: one optimized for the outer and the other for the inner coma, with each obtaining complementary information in the region for which it is not optimized. The outer coma is characterized by the interaction between solar wind and comentary plasmas, the inner coma by the outflow of cometary neutrals and their ionization products. Both sensors feature mass imaging characteristics, permitting simultaneous measurements of several ion species by multidetector arrays. Resultant mass-per-charge resolution is greater than or = 20. Energy per charge, and the elevation and aximuth of incident ions are measured. Calibration and in-flight solar-wind data show that the IMS will meet its scientific goals for the Halley encounter.

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