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AN: SA51A-0486    [PDF]
TI: Rocket-borne Probes for Charged Ionospheric Aerosol Particles
AU: Robertson, S
EM: Scott.Robertson@colorado.edu
AF: Department of Physics, University of COlorado, Boulder, CO 80309 United States
AU: Smiley, B
EM: Byron.Smiley@lasp.colorado.edu
AF: Department of Physics, University of COlorado, Boulder, CO 80309 United States
AU: * Horanyi, M
EM: horanyi@colorado.edu
AF: Department of Physics, University of COlorado, Boulder, CO 80309 United States
AU: Sternovsky, Z
EM: Zoltan.Sternovsky@colorado.edu
AF: Department of Physics, University of COlorado, Boulder, CO 80309 United States
AU: Gumbel, J
EM: gumbel@misu.su.se
AF: Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 106 91 Sweden
AU: Stegman, J
EM: stegman@misu.su.se
AF: Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 106 91 Sweden
AB: Two types of rocket-borne probes are described for detecting charged aerosol particles in the ionosphere. The first are flat charge-collecting surfaces on the skin of the rockets that have returned data in four experimental campaigns. The collection surfaces have behind them permanent magnets that shield the probes from electrons. Some of the probes also have an electrical bias to repel light, positive ions. The current that is recorded is thus from heavier charged aerosol particles. This heavy charge carrier current is converted to a charge number density. The second type of probe, under development, is an electrostatic mass analyzer in which different ranges of mass are collected within the payload on surfaces with different bias potentials
UR: http://debye.colorado.edu/research.html#Rocket
DE: 0305 Aerosols and particles (0345, 4801)
DE: 0654 Plasmas
SC: SPA - Aeronomy [SA]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting