The Plasma and Suprathermal Ion Composition (PLASTIC) investigation on the STEREO observatories

Authors

Antoinette B. Galvin, University of New HampshireFollow
Lynn M. Kistler, University of New HampshireFollow
Mark A. Popecki, University of New Hampshire
Charlie J. Farrugia, University of New HampshireFollow
Kristin D. C. Simunac, University of New Hampshire
Lorna Ellis, University of New HampshireFollow
Eberhard Mobius, University of New Hampshire
Martin A. Lee, University of New Hampshire
M. Boehm, University of New Hampshire
J. Carroll, University of New Hampshire
A. Crawshaw, University of New Hampshire
M. Conti, University of New Hampshire
Philip Demaine, University of New HampshireFollow
Stanley Ellis, University of New HampshireFollow
John A. Gaidos, University of New HampshireFollow
J. Googins, University of New Hampshire
M. Granoff, University of New Hampshire
A. Gustafson, University of New Hampshire
David Heirtzler, University of New HampshireFollow
Brian King, University of New HampshireFollow
U. Knauss, University of New Hampshire
J. Levasseur, University of New Hampshire
S. Longworth, University of New Hampshire
K. Singer, University of New Hampshire
S. Turco, University of New Hampshire, Durham
P. Vachon, University of New Hampshire, Durham
M. Vosbury, University of New Hampshire, Durham
M. Widholm, University of New Hampshire, Durham
L. M. Blush, University of Bern
R. Karrer, University of Bern
P. Bochsler, University of Bern
H. Daoudi, University of Bern
A. Etter, University of Bern
J. Fischer, University of Bern
J. Jost, University of Bern
A. Opitz, University of Bern
M. Sigrist, University of Bern
P. Wurz, University of Bern
B. Klecker, Max-Planck-Institut fuer extraterrestrische Physik
M. Ertl, Max-Planck-Institut fuer extraterrestrische Physik
E. Seidenschwang, Max-Planck-Institut fuer extraterrestrische Physik
R. F. Wimmer-Schweingruber, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel
M. Koeten, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel
B. Thompson, Goddard Space Flight Center
D. Steinfeld, Orbital Sciences Corporation

Abstract

The Plasma and Suprathermal Ion Composition (PLASTIC) investigation provides the in situ solar wind and low energy heliospheric ion measurements for the NASA Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory Mission, which consists of two spacecraft (STEREO-A, STEREO-B). PLASTIC-A and PLASTIC-B are identical. Each PLASTIC is a time-of-flight/energy mass spectrometer designed to determine the elemental composition, ionic charge states, and bulk flow parameters of major solar wind ions in the mass range from hydrogen to iron. PLASTIC has nearly complete angular coverage in the ecliptic plane and an energy range from ∼0.3 to 80 keV/e, from which the distribution functions of suprathermal ions, including those ions created in pick-up and local shock acceleration processes, are also provided.

Publication Date

1-29-2008

Journal Title

Space Science Reviews

Publisher

Springer

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11214-007-9296-x

Document Type

Article

Recommended Citation

Galvin, A. B.; Kistler, L. M.; Popecki, M. A.; Farrugia, C. J.; Simunac, K. D. C.; Ellis, L.; Moebius, E.; Lee, M. A.; Boehm, M.; Carroll, J.; Crawshaw, A.; Conti, M.; Demaine, P.; Ellis, S.; Gaidos, J. A.; Googins, J.; Granoff, M.; Gustafson, A.; Heirtzler, D.; King, B.; Knauss, U.; Levasseur, J.; Longworth, S.; Singer, K.; Turco, S.; Vachon, P.; Vosbury, M.; Widholm, M.; Blush, L. M.; Karrer, R.; Bochsler, P.; Daoudi, H.; Etter, A.; Fischer, J.; Jost, J.; Opitz, A.; Sigrist, M.; Wurz, P.; Klecker, B.; Ertl, M.; Seidenschwang, E.; Wimmer-Schweingruber, R. F.; Koeten, M.; Thompson, B.; Steinfeld, D. (2008). The Plasma and Suprathermal Ion Composition (PLASTIC) investigation on the STEREO observatories, SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS. Vol. 136, No. 1-4, 437-486. DOI: 10.1007/s11214-007-9296-x

Comments

This is an article published by Springer in Space Science Reviews in 2008, available online: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11214-007-9296-x