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Title: | Importance of energy and angular resolutions in top-hat electrostatic analysers for solar wind proton measurements | Authors: | DE MARCO, Rossana MARCUCCI, Maria Federica BRUNO, Roberto D'AMICIS, RAFFAELLA Servidio, S. Valentini, F. Lavraud, B. Louarn, P. Salatti, M. |
Issue Date: | 2016 | Journal: | JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION | Number: | 11 | Issue: | 8 | First Page: | C08010 | 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. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/26453 | URL: | http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-0221/11/08/C08010/meta | ISSN: | 1748-0221 | DOI: | 10.1088/1748-0221/11/08/C08010 | Bibcode ADS: | 2016JInst..11C8010D | Fulltext: | open |
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