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Title: Apparatus and method for hydrogen and oxygen mass spectrometry of the terrestrial magnetosphere

Patent ·
OSTI ID:909399

A detector element for mass spectrometry of a flux of heavy and light ions, that includes: a first detector to detect light ions that transit through a foil operatively placed in front of the first detector, and a second detector that detects the flux of heavy and light ions.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
Assignee:
Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)
Patent Number(s):
7,217,918
Application Number:
11/354,354
OSTI ID:
909399
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

Absolute detection efficiency of space-based ion mass spectrometers and neutral atom imagers journal May 2005
A comparison of the 0.1–17 keV/e ion composition in the near equatorial magnetosphere between quiet and disturbed conditions journal January 1982