Cookbook for determining essential transmission characteristics of spherical section electrostatic analyzers
Abstract
Spherical section electrostatic analyzers are commonly used for the in situ measurement of plasmas in space. The geometric factor and response characteristics of such analyzers are complex functions of the analyzer bending angle, the entrance aperture size, the radius of curvature of the analyzer plates, and the positions and sizes of the sensing elements. Equations, figures, and plots are provided that define the geometric factor and response characteristics of spherical section electrostatic analyzers as functions of the analyzer geometry.
- Publication:
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Unknown
- Pub Date:
- July 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984cdet.book.....G
- Keywords:
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- Design Analysis;
- Electrostatic Probes;
- Plasma Diagnostics;
- Apertures;
- Azimuth;
- Incidence;
- Instrument Orientation;
- Orbits;
- Particle Trajectories;
- Transmission;
- Plasma Physics