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Fast Plasma Investigation for Magnetospheric MultiscaleThe Fast Plasma Investigation (FPI) was developed for flight on the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission to measure the differential directional flux of magnetospheric electrons and ions with unprecedented time resolution to resolve kinetic-scale plasma dynamics. This increased resolution has been accomplished by placing four dual 180-degree top hat spectrometers for electrons and four dual 180-degree top hat spectrometers for ions around the periphery of each of four MMS spacecraft. Using electrostatic field-of-view deflection, the eight spectrometers for each species together provide 4pi-sr-field-of-view with, at worst, 11.25-degree sample spacing. Energy/charge sampling is provided by swept electrostatic energy/charge selection over the range from 10 eVq to 30000 eVq. The eight dual spectrometers on each spacecraft are controlled and interrogated by a single block redundant Instrument Data Processing Unit, which in turn interfaces to the observatory's Instrument Suite Central Instrument Data processor. This paper described the design of FPI, its ground and in-flight calibration, its operational concept, and its data products.
Document ID
20170003501
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
doi:10.1007/s11214-016-0245-4
Authors
Pollock, C. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Moore, T. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Coffey, V. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Dorelli J. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Giles, B. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Adrian, M. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Chandler, M. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Duncan, C. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Figueroa-Vinas, A. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Garcia, K. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Hageman, J. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Holland, M. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
James, T. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Lobell, J. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
MacDonald, E. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Mariano, A. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Narayanan, K. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Nguyan, Q. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Cheney, S. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Ramil, A. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Reichenthal, L. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Samara, M. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Shappirio, M. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Steinfeld, D. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Szymkiewicz, R. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Winkert, G. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Yeh, P.-S. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Date Acquired
April 17, 2017
Publication Date
April 4, 2016
Publication Information
Publication: Space Science Reviews
Publisher: Springer
Volume: 199
Issue: 1
ISSN: 0038-6308
e-ISSN: 1572-9672
Subject Category
Plasma Physics
Instrumentation And Photography
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN41218
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG15CR65C
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG11PL02A
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG15CR64C
Distribution Limits
Public
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