The Solar Wind Ion Composition Spectrometer (SWICS) on Ulysses is designed to determine uniquely the elemental and ionic-charge composition, and the temperatures and mean speeds of all major solar-wind ions. The measurements will have an impact on many areas of solar and heliospheric physics, in particular providing essential and unique information on: (i) conditions and processes in the region of the corona where the solar wind is accelerated, (ii) the location of the source regions of the solar wind in the corona; (iii) coronal heating processes; (iv) the extent and causes of variations in the composition of the solar atmosphere; (v)plasma processes in the solar wind; (vi) the acceleration of energetic particles in the solar wind; (vii) the thermalization and acceleration of interstellar ions in the solar wind, and their composition; and (viii) the composition, charge states and behavior of the plasma in various regions of the Jovian magnetosphere.

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                   Ipavich, R. Joos, S. Livi, R. Lundgren, U. Mall, J.F. McKenzie, K.W.
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Instrument Overview
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    (excerpted from [GLOECKLERETAL1992])
 
    Abstract.  -- The Solar Wind Ion Composition Spectrometer
    (SWICS) on Ulysses is designed to determine uniquely the
    elemental and ionic-charge composition, and the temperatures
    and mean speeds of all major solar-wind ions, from H through
    Fe, at solar wind speeds ranging from 175 km/s (protons) to
    1280 km/s (Fe^8+).  The instrument, which covers an energy per
    charge range from 0.16 to 59.6 keV/e in ~ 13 min, combines an
    electrostatic analyzer with post-acceleration, followed by a
    time-of-flight and energy measurement.  The measurements made
    by SWICS will have an impact on many areas of solar and
    heliospheric physics, in particular providing essential and
    unique information on: (i) conditions and processes in the
    region of the corona where the solar wind is accelerated, (ii)
    the location of the source regions of the solar wind in the
    corona; (iii) coronal heating processes; (iv) the extent and
    causes of variations in the composition of the solar
    atmosphere; (v)plasma processes in the solar wind; (vi) the
    acceleration of energetic particles in the solar wind; (vii)
    the thermalization and acceleration of interstellar ions in the
    solar wind, and their composition; and (viii) the composition,
    charge states and behavior of the plasma in various regions of
    the Jovian magnetosphere.

extracted metadata from PDS3 catalog and
                    modified to comply with PDS4 Information Model

SOLAR WIND ION COMPOSITION SPECTROMETER for ULY

COSPIN-ANISOTROPY TELESCOPE for ULY

COSPIN-HIGH ENERGY TELESCOPE for ULY

COSPIN-HIGH FLUX TELESCOPE for ULY

COSPIN-KIEL ELECTRON TELESCOPE for ULY

COSPIN-LOW ENERGY TELESCOPE for ULY

ENERGETIC PARTICLE COMPOSITION INSTRUMENT for ULY

GAS INSTRUMENT for ULY

SOLAR X-RAY/COSMIC GAMMA-RAY BURST INSTRUMENT for ULY

GRAVITATIONAL WAVE EXPERIMENT for ULY

HELIOSPHERIC INST-SPECTRA,COMPOSITION,ANISOTROPY AT LOW ENER for ULY

SOLAR CORONA EXPERIMENT for ULY

SOLAR WIND OBSERVATIONS OVER THE POLES OF THE SUN for ULY

ULYSSES DUST DETECTION SYSTEM for ULY

UNIFIED RADIO AND PLASMA WAVE EXPERIMENT for ULY

VECTOR HELIUM/FLUXGATE MAGNETOMETERS for ULY

INTERNATIONAL SOLAR POLAR MISSION

ULYSSES

NAIF ID 599

Jupiter

Ulysses Solar Wind Ion Composition Spectrometer

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