The development of the plasma electron analyzer for the Comet Rendezvous and Asteroid Flyby Mission

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dc.contributor.advisorReiff, Patricia H.en_US
dc.creatorWeiss, Loretta Annen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T00:34:13Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-06-04T00:34:13Zen_US
dc.date.issued1988en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Comet Rendezvous and Asteroid Flyby Mission (CRAF) will include, as one of its complement of thirteen scientific instruments, a plasma electron analyzer capable of providing 3-dimensional measurements of the energy and angular distribution of electrons in the solar wind, asteroidal and cometary environments. After initial instrument selection, mission planners at JPL suggested that an instrument capable of performing angular scanning electronically rather than mechanically be investigated. This thesis describes the development of the redesigned CRAF plasma electron detector, consisting of an electronic scanning component, called the "elevation analyzer", and an energy analyzing component based on the Soft Particle Spectrometer (SPS). The numerical simulation of each component's operation--consisting of ray-tracing particles through the electrostatic field of each analyzer and collecting statistics on those particles successfully transmitted--is used to determine the energy and angular response functions of each component and the design dimensions that optimize these responses.en_US
dc.format.extent86 p.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.callnoThesis Sp. Sci. 1988 Weissen_US
dc.identifier.citationWeiss, Loretta Ann. "The development of the plasma electron analyzer for the Comet Rendezvous and Asteroid Flyby Mission." (1988) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13327">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13327</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/13327en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectAstronomyen_US
dc.subjectAstrophysicsen_US
dc.titleThe development of the plasma electron analyzer for the Comet Rendezvous and Asteroid Flyby Missionen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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thesis.degree.departmentSpace Scienceen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineNatural Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen_US
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