DE MARCO, RossanaRossanaDE MARCOMARCUCCI, Maria FedericaMaria FedericaMARCUCCIBRUNO, RobertoRobertoBRUNOD'AMICIS, RAFFAELLARAFFAELLAD'AMICISServidio, S.S.ServidioValentini, F.F.ValentiniLavraud, B.B.LavraudLouarn, P.P.LouarnSalatti, M.M.Salatti2020-07-142020-07-1420161748-0221http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/26453We 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.ELETTRONICOenArticle10.1088/1748-0221/11/08/C080102-s2.0-84985930988000387859900008http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-0221/11/08/C08010/meta2016JInst..11C8010DFIS/05 - ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICA