Energetic particle observations with RAPID/Cluster
Abstract
The RAPID spectrometer (Research with Adaptive Particle Imaging Detectors),is an advanced particle detector for the analysis of suprathermal plasma distributions in the energy range from 20--400~keV for electrons, 30~keV--1500~keV for hydrogen, and 10~keV/nucleon--1500~keV for heavier ions. Identification of the ion species is based on a two-dimensional analysis of the particle's velocity and energy. We discuss composition measurements taken by RAPID during the plasmasheet crossings in late 2001.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2001
- Bibcode:
- 2001AGUFMSM22A0811M
- Keywords:
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- 2716 Energetic particles;
- precipitating;
- 2720 Energetic particles;
- trapped;
- 2728 Magnetosheath;
- 2744 Magnetotail;
- 2764 Plasma sheet