A Time-of-Flight Telescope for Measuring the Isotopic Composition of Interplanetary and Magnetospheric Particles in the Energy Range of 0.280 to 3.5 MeV/Nucleon.

摘要

A satellite instrument for the detection of very low-energy cosmic rays and geomagnetically trapped ions which employs a thin plastic scintillator foil and a silicon semi-conductor detector in a time-of-flight configuration is described in this paper. The motivation for using such a sensor will be discussed briefly and the configuration, electronic design and response of the instrument described in some detail.