Electron,Proton, and Alpha Monitor on the Advanced Composition Explorer spacecraft |
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Authors: | Gold RE Krimigis SM Hawkins SE Haggerty DK Lohr DA Fiore E Armstrong TP Holland G Lanzerotti LJ |
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Institution: | (1) The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, 20732-6099, U.S.A.;(2) University of Kansas, U.S.A.;(3) Bell Labs, Lucent Technology, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | The Electron, Proton, and Alpha Monitor (EPAM) is designed to make measurements of ions and electrons over a broad range of
energy and intensity. Through five separate solid-state detector telescopes oriented so as to provide nearly full coverage
of the unit-sphere, EPAM can uniquely distinguish ions (Ei≳50 keV) and electrons (Ee≳40 keV) providing the context for the
measurements of the high sensitivity instruments on ACE. Using a ΔE×E telescope, the instrument can determine ion elemental
abundances (E≳0.5 MeV nucl−1). The large angular coverage and high time resolution will serve to alert the other instruments
on ACE of interesting anisotropic events. The experiment is controlled by a microprocessor-based data system, and the entire
instrument has been reconfigured from the HI-SCALE instrument on the Ulysses spacecraft. Inflight calibration is achieved
using a variety of radioactive sources mounted on the reclosable telescope covers. Besides the coarse (8 channel) ion and
(4 channel) electron energy spectra, the instrument is also capable of providing energy spectra with 32 logarithmically spaced
channels using a pulse-height-analyzer. The instrument, along with its mounting bracket and radiators weighs 11.8 kg and uses
about 4.0 W of power. To demonstrate some of the capabilities of the instrument, some initial performance data are included
from a solar energetic particle event in November 1997.
This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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