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ACE Electron Proton Alpha Monitor

ResourceID
spase://SMWG/Instrument/ACE/EPAM

Description

EPAM is composed of five telescope apertures of three different types.
Two Low Energy Foil Spectrometers (LEFS) measure the flux and direction of electrons above 30 keV (geometry factor = 0.397 cm^2 sr),
two Low Energy Magnetic Spectrometers (LEMS) measure the flux and direction of ions greater than 50 keV (geometry factor = 0.48 cm^2 sr),
and the Composition Aperture (CA) measures the elemental composition of the ions (geometry factor = 0.24 cm^2 sr).
The telescopes use the spin of the spacecraft to sweep the full sky. Solid-state detectors are used to measure the energy and composition of the incoming particles.

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Instrument

ResourceID
spase://SMWG/Instrument/ACE/EPAM
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
ACE Electron Proton Alpha Monitor
AlternateName
ACE EPAM
AlternateName
1997-045A-08
ReleaseDate
2019-05-05 12:34:56Z
Description

EPAM is composed of five telescope apertures of three different types.
Two Low Energy Foil Spectrometers (LEFS) measure the flux and direction of electrons above 30 keV (geometry factor = 0.397 cm^2 sr),
two Low Energy Magnetic Spectrometers (LEMS) measure the flux and direction of ions greater than 50 keV (geometry factor = 0.48 cm^2 sr),
and the Composition Aperture (CA) measures the elemental composition of the ions (geometry factor = 0.24 cm^2 sr).
The telescopes use the spin of the spacecraft to sweep the full sky. Solid-state detectors are used to measure the energy and composition of the incoming particles.

Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.TechnicalContactspase://SMWG/Person/Dennis.Haggerty
2.CoInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Robert.E.Gold
InformationURL
Name
Instrument description
URL
Description

Description of the ACE EPAM instrument design and instrument characteristics, with links to data and other documentation

InformationURL
Name
NSSDC's Master Catalog
URL
Description

Information about the EPAM experiment on the ACE mission.

InformationURL
Name
Space Science Reviews Journal Article
URL
Description

Detailed information about the Electron Proton Alpha Monitor experiment on the ACE mission.

PriorIDs
spase://SMWG/instrument/1997-045A-08
InstrumentType
EnergeticParticleInstrument
InvestigationName
Electron Proton and Alpha Monitor (EPAM) on ACE
ObservatoryID