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| Titel |
Simulations of the response of Energetic Particle Experiment of the Turbulence Heating ObserveR |
| VerfasserIn |
Rami Vainio, Robert F. Wimmer-Schweingruber, Jan Steinhagen, Arttu Punkkinen, Stephan I. Böttcher, Björn Schuster, Lars Seimetz, Eino Valtonen, Pasi Virtanen |
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EGU General Assembly 2017
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Artikel
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| Sprache |
en
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PDF |
| Erschienen |
In: GRA - Volume 19 (2017) |
| Datensatznummer |
250147194
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 EGU/EGU2017-11318.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| The Energetic Particle Experiment (EPE) onboard the Turbulence Heating ObserveR (THOR
– a candidate mission selected by ESA for study phase towards its fourth M-class launch in
2026) is a solid-state detector telescope capable of observing energetic electrons (nominally
20–600 keV) and ions (20–8000 keV/nuc) with some composition measurement capabilities.
We have constructed a Geant4 Monte Carlo model of EPE based on the preliminary design of
the instrument. We have performed a study on its response to energetic electrons and
ions of different species and energies and evaluated its performance against the
science requirements of the THOR mission. We will report the first results of the
simulations on the capability of EPE to separate species (electrons from ions and
different ion species from each other), on its energy and angular resolution in the
nominal energy range, and on its performance outside the nominal energy range.
We will also discuss possible ways to improve the design based on these results. |
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