Response function of modulated grid Faraday cup plasma instruments
作者:
Alan Barnett,
Stanislaw Olbert,
期刊:
Review of Scientific Instruments
(AIP Available online 1986)
卷期:
Volume 57,
issue 10
页码: 2432-2440
ISSN:0034-6748
年代: 1986
DOI:10.1063/1.1139089
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
Modulated grid Faraday cup plasma analyzers are a very useful tool for makinginsitumeasurements of space plasmas. One of their great attributes is that their simplicity permits their angular response function to be calculated theoretically. In this paper we derive an expression for this response function by computing the trajectories of the charged particles inside the cup. We use the Voyager plasma science (PLS) experiment as a specific example. Two approximations to the ‘‘rigorous’’ response function useful for data analysis are discussed. The theoretical formulas were tested by multisensor analysis of solar wind data. The tests indicate that the formulas represent the true cup response function for all angles of incidence with a maximum error of only a few percent.
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