Spacecraft potential effects on electron moments derived from a perfect plasma detector

A complete computation of the effect of the spacecraft potential on electron moments is presented. We adopt the perfect detector concept to estimate how measured density, velocity and temperature are affected by the constraints imposed by the detector, such as the finite lower energy cutoff and...

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Main Authors: V. Génot, S. J. Schwartz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2004-06-01
Series:Annales Geophysicae
Online Access:https://www.ann-geophys.net/22/2073/2004/angeo-22-2073-2004.pdf