CEPPAD - Comprehensive energetic particle and pitch angle distribution experiment on POLAR

J. B. Blake, J. F. Fennell, L. M. Friesen, B. M. Johnson, W. A. Kolasinski, D. J. Mabry, J. V. Osborn, S. H. Penzin, E. R. Schnauss, H. E. Spence, D. N. Baker, R. Belian, T. A. Fritz, W. Ford, B. Laubscher, R. Stiglich, R. A. Baraze, M. F. Hilsenrath, W. L. Imhof, J. R. KilnerJ. Mobilia, D. H. Voss, A. Korth, M. Güll, K. Fisher, M. Grande, D. Hall

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Abstract

The CEPPAD Experiment consists of four sensors for investigating energetic particle phenomena on the POLAR mission. These sensors provide 3-D proton and electron angular distributions in the energy range of 20 keV to 1 MeV, energetic proton and electron measurements extending to energies greater than 10 MEV, high angular and time resolution measurements in the loss-cone, and data on energetic neutral particles. All sensors operate in conjunction with special on-board data processing units which control sensor data acquisition modes while performing in-flight data processing, data compression, and telemetry formatting. Presented here is a CEPPAD system overview together with descriptions of the individual sensors, the in-flight data processing, and examples of sensor calibration data.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)531-562
Number of pages32
JournalSpace Science Reviews
Volume71
Issue number1-4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 1995

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