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AKEBONO Low Energy Particle, LEP, Instrument

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spase://SMWG/Instrument/Akebono/LEP

Description

The AKEBONO, also known as EXOS-D, satellite has undertaken studies of particle-acceleration processes in the auroral magnetosphere. Its low energy particle instrument gathers data on the energy and pitch-angle distributions of auroral electrons and ions, in conjunction with analyses of mass/charge of positive ions and onboard detections of particle-flux modulations in the high frequency, HF, and very low frequency, VLF, domains. Attention is presently given to unique examples of high particle activity in the polar cap, and hot plasma distributions along the transpolar arc. These data are interpreted as signatures of longitudinal and/or temporal fluctuations of the magnetosheath plasma injection into the polar cusp. (text adapted fom the abstract of Mukai et al., 1990, see Infomation URL elow).

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ResourceID
spase://SMWG/Instrument/Akebono/LEP
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
AKEBONO Low Energy Particle, LEP, Instrument
ReleaseDate
2022-02-20 12:34:56.789
RevisionHistory
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ReleaseDate
2022-02-20 12:34:56.789
Note
AKEBONO Observatory and two Instruments: Update JAXA URL, File reformated, RDM file rewritten. Metadata submitted by J.M. Weygand on 2021-11-16, reviewed by LFB
Description

The AKEBONO, also known as EXOS-D, satellite has undertaken studies of particle-acceleration processes in the auroral magnetosphere. Its low energy particle instrument gathers data on the energy and pitch-angle distributions of auroral electrons and ions, in conjunction with analyses of mass/charge of positive ions and onboard detections of particle-flux modulations in the high frequency, HF, and very low frequency, VLF, domains. Attention is presently given to unique examples of high particle activity in the polar cap, and hot plasma distributions along the transpolar arc. These data are interpreted as signatures of longitudinal and/or temporal fluctuations of the magnetosheath plasma injection into the polar cusp. (text adapted fom the abstract of Mukai et al., 1990, see Infomation URL elow).

Acknowledgement
Before submission, you should contact to Toshifumi Mukai, mukai@stp.isas.jaxa.jp, for the confirmation of the data reliability. We ask you to send reprints to AKEBONO Project Office. The use of the DARTS/AEBONO data should be acknowledged, for example, as "AKEBONO LEP data were provided by Prof. Mukai through DARTS at Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, ISAS, Japan."
Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.PrincipalInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Toshifumi.Mukai
2.MetadataContactspase://SMWG/Person/James.M.Weygand
3.MetadataContactspase://SMWG/Person/Lee.Frost.Bargatze
InformationURL
Name
AKEBONO LEP instrument description publication
URL
Description

Mukai, T., N. Kaya, E. Sagawa, M. Hirahara, W. Miyake, T. Obara, H. Miyaoka, S. Machida, H. Yamagishi, M. Ejiri, H. Matsumoto, and T. Itoh, Low Energy Charged Particle Observations in the "Auroral" Magnetosphere, J. Geomag. Geoelect., 42(4), 479-496, 1990. (ISSN 0022-1392)

InformationURL
Name
AKEBONO LEP instrument website
URL
Description

AKEBONO LEP instrument website listing the data format, data usage policy, and contact information as well as providing data access and plotting options.

InstrumentType
EnergeticParticleInstrument
InvestigationName
AKEBONO LEP
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