The instrument paper for EPIC is
 
"Geotail Energetic Particles and Ion Composition Instrument"
 
J. Geomag. Geoelectr., 46, 39-57, 1994

To request a copy of the paper, send an email to: jon.vandegriff@jhuapl.edu

Abstract


The Energetic Particles and Ion Composition (EPIC) instrument, flown onboard the Geotail satellite, is designed to measure the characteristics of particle populations important to understanding the make-up and dynamics of the Earth's geomagnetic tail. To do this, EPIC, a joint endeavor between the Technical University of Braunschweig (TUB), the University of Maryland (UM), and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL), is made up of five sub-assemblies: the Supra-Thermal Ion Composition Spectrometer (STICS) sensor, the STICS analog electronics, the Ion Composition System (ICS) sensor, the ICS analog eletronics, and the Data Processing Unit (DPU). The STICS sensor provides roughly 4-PI angular coverage, composition and spectral observations, with charge state determination for all ions from 30 keV to 230 keV/e, and mass per charge measurements >= 7.5 keV/e. The ICS sensor provides flux, composition, spectra, and angular distributions over two polar angles of the elemental species protons through iron from >= 50 keV up to 3MeV along with angular distributions in one plane of electron fluxes >32 keV and >100 keV. The DPU provides the capability of numerous operating modes from which a small number will be selected to optimize dta collection throughout the many phases of the Geotail mission. In this paper, we describe the instrument, its operation, and show some of our early results.
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