Particle Detectors
CAMMICE
The objective of the Charge and Mass Magnetospheric Ion Composition Experiment (CAMMICE) is the unambiguous determination of the composition of the energetic particle populations of the Earth's magnetosphere over the range of 6 keV/Q to 60 MeV per ion in order to identify mechanisms by which these charged particles are energized and transported from their parent source populations to the magnetosphere. The CAMMICE consists of two types of sensor systems: the Magnetospheric Ion Composition Sensor (MICS), and the Heavy Ion Telescope (HIT). Each sensor performs a multiple-parameter measurement of the composition of magnetospherically trapped and transient ion populations over a combined energy range from 6 keV/Q to 60 MeV per ion (a range of over 4 orders of magnitude) and for elements from hydrogen through iron. For more information, see: http://leadbelly.lanl.gov/ccr/ and http://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/polar/polar_inst.shtml Group: Instrument_Details Entry_ID: CAMMICE Group: Instrument_Identification Instrument_Category: Solar/Space Observing Instruments Instrument_Class: Particle Detectors Short_Name: CAMMICE Long_Name: Charge And Mass Ion Composition Experiment End_Group Group: Instrument_Associated_Sensors Short_Name: HIT Short_Name: MICS End_Group Group: Associated_Platforms Short_Name: POLAR End_Group Online_Resource: http://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/polar/polar_inst.shtml#CAMMICE Online_Resource: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1996-013A&ex=6 Sample_Image: http://spacedata.bu.edu/graphics/Polar/MICS%20Large.jpg Group: Instrument_Logistics Instrument_Start_Date: 1996-02-24 Instrument_Owner: Los Alamos National Laboratory End_Group End_Group