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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Lindqvist, P.-A.
• Olsson, G.
• Torbert, R. B.
• King, B.
• Granoff, M.
• Rau, D.
• Needell, G.
• Turco, S.
• Dors, I.
• Beckman, P.
• Macri, J.
• Frost, C.
• Salwen, J.
• Eriksson, A.
• Åhlén, L.
• Khotyaintsev, Y. V.
• Porter, J.
• Lappalainen, K.
• Ergun, R. E.
• Wermeer, W.
• Tucker, S.

Titel

The Spin-Plane Double Probe Electric Field Instrument for MMS

Ist Teil von

• Space Science Reviews, 2016-03, Vol.199 (1-4), p.137-165

Ort / Verlag

Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

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Quelle

SpringerLink

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The Spin-plane double probe instrument (SDP) is part of the FIELDS instrument suite of the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission (MMS). Together with the Axial double probe instrument (ADP) and the Electron Drift Instrument (EDI), SDP will measure the 3-D electric field with an accuracy of 0.5 mV/m over the frequency range from DC to 100 kHz. SDP consists of 4 biased spherical probes extended on 60 m long wire booms 90 ∘ apart in the spin plane, giving a 120 m baseline for each of the two spin-plane electric field components. The mechanical and electrical design of SDP is described, together with results from ground tests and calibration of the instrument.