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| THE SOLAR-WIND ION COMPOSITION SPECTROMETER |
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| Author(s): GLOECKLER G, GEISS J, BALSIGER H, BEDINI P, CAIN JC, FISCHER J, FISK LA, GALVIN AB, GLIEM F, HAMILTON DC, HOLLWEG JV, IPAVICH FM, JOOS R, LIVI S, LUNDGREN R, MALL U, MCKENZIE JF, OGILVIE KW, OTTENS F, RIECK W, TUMS EO, VONSTEIGER R, WEISS W, WILKEN B |
| Source: ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS SUPPLEMENT SERIES Volume: 92 Issue: 2 Pages: 267-289 Published: JAN 1992 |
| Times Cited: 176 References: 23 |
| Abstract: The Solar Wind Ion Composition Spectrometer (SWICS) on Ulysses is designed to determine uniquely the elemental and ionic-charge composition, and the temperatures and mean speeds of all major solar-wind ions, from H through Fe, at solar wind speeds ranging from 175 km/s (protons) to 1280 km/s (Fe8+). The instrument, which covers an energy per charge range from 0.16 to 59.6 keV/e in approximately 13 min, combines an electrostatic analyzer with post-acceleration, followed by a time-of-flight and energy measurement. The measurements made by SWICS will have an impact on many areas of solar and heliospheric physics, in particular providing essential and unique information on: (i) conditions and processes in the region of the corona where the solar wind is accelerated; (ii) the location of the source regions of the solar wind in the corona; (iii) coronal heating processes; (iv) the extent and causes of variations in the composition of the solar atmosphere; (v) plasma processes in the solar wind; (vi) the acceleration of energetic particles in the solar wind; (vii) the thermalization and acceleration of interstellar ions in the solar wind, and their composition; and (viii) the composition, charge states and behavior of the plasma in various regions of the Jovian magnetosphere. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: GLOECKLER, G (reprint author), UNIV MARYLAND, DEPT PHYS, COLLEGE PK, MD 20742 USA |
Addresses:
1. UNIV BERN, INST PHYS, CH-3000 BERN, SWITZERLAND
2. UNIV MARYLAND, DEPT PHYS, COLLEGE PK, MD 20742 USA
3. TECH UNIV BRAUNSCHWEIG, INST DATENVERARBEITENDE ANLAGEN, W-3300 BRAUNSCHWEIG, GERMANY
4. UNIV NEW HAMPSHIRE, DEPT PHYS, DURHAM, NH 03824 USA
5. NASA, GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CTR, GREENBELT, MD 20771 USA
6. NASA, OFF SPACE SCI & APPLICAT, WASHINGTON, DC 20546 USA
7. MAX PLANCK INST AERON, W-3411 KATLENBURG DUHM, GERMANY |
| Publisher: EDITIONS PHYSIQUE, Z I DE COURTABOEUF AVE 7 AV DU HOGGAR, BP 112, 91944 LES ULIS CEDEX, FRANCE |
| Subject Category: Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| IDS Number: HA437 |
| ISSN: 0365-0138 |
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