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ESA STATUS. J. McFadden UC Berkeley SSL. ESA Instrument Papers. Both ESA instrument paper are “in press” If you are using ESA data, review these papers for all the caveats regarding ESA data. THEMIS ESA first science results and performance issues,
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ESA STATUS J. McFadden UC Berkeley SSL
ESA Instrument Papers Both ESA instrument paper are “in press” If you are using ESA data, review these papers for all the caveats regarding ESA data. THEMIS ESA first science results and performance issues, McFadden, J.P., Carlson, C.W., Larson, D., Bonnell, J., Mozer, F., Angelopoulos, V., Glassmeier, K.-H., Auster, U. Space Sci. Rev., 2008. The THEMIS ESA plasma instrument and in-flight calibration McFadden, J.P., Carlson, C.W., Larson, D., Angelopoulos, V., Ludlam, M., Abiad, R., Elliott, B., Turin, P., Marckwordt, M. Space Sci. Rev., 2008
iESA Relative Calibration TH-D [0.881499, 0.960724, 0.982417, 1.02190 , 1.06730 , 1.05802 , 1.06450 , 0.963637] [0.879061, 0.961538, 0.985881, 1.02784 , 1.06654 , 1.05243 , 1.05915 , 0.967562] After MCP change on '2008-02-16/18:24' TH-E [0.906547, 1.00666 , 1.01532 , 1.06311 , 1.07316 , 1.03474 , 0.995052, 0.905405] [0.896659, 0.993430, 1.01416 , 1.07099 , 1.07492 , 1.04506 , 1.00283, 0.901947] After MCP change on '2007-12-12/22:32'
eESA Relative Calibration TH-D [0.947797, 1.02138 , 1.04150 , 1.00278 , 1.00528 , 1.04512 , 1.00240 , 0.933748] [0.947908, 1.01053 , 1.03561 , 1.00200 , 1.00517 , 1.04226 , 1.00898 , 0.947533] After MCP change on '2008-02-16/18:24' TH-E [0.953314, 1.04990 , 1.04388 , 1.00491 , 0.979858, 1.01070 , 1.02966 , 0.927782] [0.933908, 1.03409 , 1.03260 , 1.00186 , 0.984941, 1.01620 , 1.04454 , 0.951867] After MCP change on '2007-12-12/22:32'
Measuring Currents dB = u0 * J * dx dB = 4pi*100nT *m/A * J * dx dB = 10 nT J = ne(Vi-Ve) J = .1/cc * 1.6e-19 * 800 km/s = 1.3e-8 A/m2 dx ~ 620 km gyroradius of 30 keV proton in 28nT field = 880 km Total potential drop 620 km x 10mV/m ~ 6 kV