Importance of energy and angular resolutions in top-hat electrostatic analysers for solar wind proton measurements

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Date Issued
2016
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Servidio, S.
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Valentini, F.
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Lavraud, B.
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Louarn, P.
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Salatti, M.
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Abstract
We use a numerical code which reproduces the angular/energy response of a typical top-hat electrostatic analyser starting from solar wind proton velocity distribution functions (VDFs) generated by numerical simulations. The simulations are based on the Hybrid Vlasov-Maxwell numerical algorithm which integrates the Vlasov equation for the ion distribution function, while the electrons are treated as a fluid. A virtual satellite launched through the simulation box measures the particle VDFs. Such VDFs are moved from the simulation Cartesian grid to energy-angular coordinates to mimic the response of a real sensor in the solar wind. Different energy-angular resolutions of the analyser are investigated in order to understand the influence of the phase-space resolution in existing and upcoming space missions, with regards to determining the key parameters of plasma dynamics.
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11
Issue
8
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C08010
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1748-0221
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2016JInst..11C8010D
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