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- The Solar Wind Ion Composition Spectrometer (SWICS) on Ulysses is designed to
determine uniquely the elemental and ionic-charge composition, and the
temperatures and mean speeds of all major solar-wind ions, from H through Fe,
at solar wind speeds ranging from 175 km/s (protons) to 1280 km/s (Fe8+). The
instrument, which covers an energy per charge range from 0.16 to 59.6 keV/e in
~13 min, combines an electrostatic analyzer with post-acceleration, followed by
a time-of-flight and energy measurement. The measurements made by SWICS will
have an impact on many areas of solar and heliospheric physics, in particular
providing essential and unique information on: (i) conditions and processes in
the region of the corona where the solar wind is accelerated; (ii) the location
of the source regions of the solar wind in the corona; (iii) coronal heating
processes; (iv) the extent and causes of variations in the composition of the
solar atmosphere; (v) plasma processes in the solar wind; (vi) the acceleration
of energetic particles in the solar wind; (vii) the thermalization and
acceleration of interstellar ions in the solar wind, and their composition; and
(viii) the composition, charge states and behavior of the plasma in various
regions of the Jovian magnetosphere.
(Abstract from: G. Gloeckler et al., Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 92,
267-289, 1992)
For more information, see:
http://solar-heliospheric.engin.umich.edu/
and
http://ulysses.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/inst_swics.html
Group: Instrument_Details
Entry_ID: SWICS-U
Group: Instrument_Identification
Instrument_Category: Solar/Space Observing Instruments
Instrument_Class: Particle Detectors
Short_Name: SWICS-U
Long_Name: Solar Wind Ion Composition Spectrometer (Ulysses)
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Group: Associated_Platforms
Short_Name: ULYSSES
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Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information
Wavelength_Keyword: Gamma Ray
Number_Channels: 1
Spectral_Frequency_Coverage_Range: 110 eV - 66.7 KeV
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Online_Resource: http://solar-heliospheric.engin.umich.edu/ulysses/
Online_Resource: http://ulysses-ops.jpl.esa.int/ulysses/archive/swics.html
Sample_Image: http://ulysses-ops.jpl.esa.int/ulysses/images/swics.jpg
Group: Instrument_Logistics
Data_Rate: 55 kbps
Instrument_Start_Date: 1990-10-06
Instrument_Owner: University of Michigan, Solar and Heliospheric Research Group
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