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Capabilities and Performance of the High-Energy Energetic-Particles Instrument for the Parker Solar Probe Mission
Author | Wiedenbeck, M.; Angold, N.; Birdwell, B.; Burnham, J.; Christian, E.; Cohen, C.; Cook, W.; Cummings, A.; Davis, A.; Dirks, G.; Do, D.; Everett, d.; Goodwin, P.; Hanley, J.; Hernandez, L.; Kecman, B.; Klemic, J.; Labrador, A.; Leske, R.; Lopez, S.; Link, J.; McComas, D.; Mewaldt, R.; Miyasaka, H.; Nahory, B.; Rankin, J.; Riggans, G.; Rodriguez, B.; Rusert, M.; Shuman, S.; Simms, K.; Stone, E.; von Rosenvinge, T.; Weidner, S.; White, M.; |
Keywords | Parker Data Used |
Abstract | NASA\textquoterights Parker Solar Probe (PSP) spacecraft (formerly Solar Probe Plus) is scheduled for launch in July 2018 with a planned heliocentric orbit that will carry it on a series of close passes by the Sun with perihelion distances that eventually will get below 10 solar radii. Among other in-situ and imaging sensors, the PSP payload includes the two-instrument \textquotedblleftIntegrated Science Investigation of the Sun\textquotedblright suite, which will make coordinated measurements of energetic ions and electrons. The high-energy instrument (EPI-Hi), operating in the MeV energy range, consists of three detector-telescopes using silicon solid-state sensors for measuring composition, energy spectra, angular distributions, and time structure in solar energetic particle events. The expected performance of this instrument has been studied using accelerator calibrations, radioactive-source tests, and simulations. We present the EPI-Hi measurement capabilities drawing on these calibration data and simulation results for illustrations. |
Year of Publication | 2017 |
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Date Published | 10/2017 |
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URL | https://pos.sissa.it/301/016 |
DOI | 10.22323/1.301.0016 |