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CAPS

ResourceID
spase://CNES/Instrument/CDPP-AMDA/Cassini/CAPS

Description

CAPS consists of three sensors, all mounted on a common scanning platform:

  • the Electron Spectrometer (ELS), which measures the flux of electrons as a function of energy/charge and aperture entry direction. Its energy range is 0.7 eV to 30 keV.
  • the Ion Beam Spectrometer (IBS), which measures the flux of positively charged ions of all species as a function of energy/charge and aperture entry direction.Its energy range is 1 eV to 50 keV.
  • the Ion Mass Spectrometer (IMS), which provides species-resolved measurements of the flux of positively charged atomic and molecular ions as a function of energy/charge vs. aperture entrydirection. Its energy range is 1 eV to 50 keV.

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Instrument

ResourceID
spase://CNES/Instrument/CDPP-AMDA/Cassini/CAPS
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
CAPS
AlternateName
Cassini Plasma Spectrometer
ReleaseDate
2017-05-20 21:10:13Z
Description

CAPS consists of three sensors, all mounted on a common scanning platform:

  • the Electron Spectrometer (ELS), which measures the flux of electrons as a function of energy/charge and aperture entry direction. Its energy range is 0.7 eV to 30 keV.
  • the Ion Beam Spectrometer (IBS), which measures the flux of positively charged ions of all species as a function of energy/charge and aperture entry direction.Its energy range is 1 eV to 50 keV.
  • the Ion Mass Spectrometer (IMS), which provides species-resolved measurements of the flux of positively charged atomic and molecular ions as a function of energy/charge vs. aperture entrydirection. Its energy range is 1 eV to 50 keV.
Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.PrincipalInvestigatorspase://CNES/Person/CDPP-AMDA/J.Waite
InformationURL
Name
CAPS page at SWRI
URL
InstrumentType
ElectrostaticAnalyser
InvestigationName
Cassini Plasma Spectrometer on CAPS
ObservatoryID