A Wide Field of View Plasma Spectrometer
Abstract
Here we present a fundamentally new type of space plasma spectrometer, the wide field of view plasma spectrometer, whose field of view is >1.25π ster using fewer resources than traditional methods. The enabling component is analogous to a pinhole camera with an electrostatic energy-angle filter at the image plane. Particle energy-per-charge is selected with a tunable bias voltage applied to the filter plate relative to the pinhole aperture plate. For a given bias voltage, charged particles from different directions are focused by different angles to different locations. Particles with appropriate locations and angles can transit the filter plate and are measured using a microchannel plate detector with a position-sensitive anode. Full energy and angle coverage are obtained using a single high-voltage power supply, resulting in considerable resource savings and allowing measurements at fast timescales. Lastly, we present laboratory prototype measurements and simulations demonstrating the instrument concept and discuss optimizations of the instrument design for application to space measurements.
- Authors:
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- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE; LLRD
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1304816
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-16-21086
Journal ID: ISSN 2169-9380
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396; 20130564ER
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 121; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 2169-9380
- Publisher:
- American Geophysical Union
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; Heliospheric and Magnetospheric Physics
Citation Formats
Skoug, Ruth M., Funsten, Herbert O., Moebius, Eberhard, Harper, Ron W., Kihara, Keith H., and Bower, Jonathan S. A Wide Field of View Plasma Spectrometer. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1002/2016JA022581.
Skoug, Ruth M., Funsten, Herbert O., Moebius, Eberhard, Harper, Ron W., Kihara, Keith H., & Bower, Jonathan S. A Wide Field of View Plasma Spectrometer. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JA022581
Skoug, Ruth M., Funsten, Herbert O., Moebius, Eberhard, Harper, Ron W., Kihara, Keith H., and Bower, Jonathan S. Fri .
"A Wide Field of View Plasma Spectrometer". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JA022581. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1304816.
@article{osti_1304816,
title = {A Wide Field of View Plasma Spectrometer},
author = {Skoug, Ruth M. and Funsten, Herbert O. and Moebius, Eberhard and Harper, Ron W. and Kihara, Keith H. and Bower, Jonathan S.},
abstractNote = {Here we present a fundamentally new type of space plasma spectrometer, the wide field of view plasma spectrometer, whose field of view is >1.25π ster using fewer resources than traditional methods. The enabling component is analogous to a pinhole camera with an electrostatic energy-angle filter at the image plane. Particle energy-per-charge is selected with a tunable bias voltage applied to the filter plate relative to the pinhole aperture plate. For a given bias voltage, charged particles from different directions are focused by different angles to different locations. Particles with appropriate locations and angles can transit the filter plate and are measured using a microchannel plate detector with a position-sensitive anode. Full energy and angle coverage are obtained using a single high-voltage power supply, resulting in considerable resource savings and allowing measurements at fast timescales. Lastly, we present laboratory prototype measurements and simulations demonstrating the instrument concept and discuss optimizations of the instrument design for application to space measurements.},
doi = {10.1002/2016JA022581},
journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics},
number = 7,
volume = 121,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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