This experiment consisted of an array of five particle detectors with electron thresholds in the range .01 to 35 MeV and proton thresholds in the range 0.15 to 80 MeV. A Cerenkov counter (C) had four output channels (C1, C2, C3, and CDC) sensitive to electrons having energies above 6, 9, 13, and 1 MeV, respectively. An electron-scatter counter (E) had three output channels (E1, E2, and E3) sensitive to electrons above .16, .26, and .46 MeV. A minimum ionization counter (M) had three output channels, M1 sensitive to electrons having energies greater than 35 MeV, M2 that measured background, and M3 that was sensitive to protons having energies greater than 80 MeV. The last two sensors were scintillator detectors (SP and SE), both of which had energy thresholds of 10 keV for electrons and 150 keV for protons. The sensitivity of the SE detector to protons was about a factor of 10 lower than its sensitivity to electrons. Thus, the SEDC channel effectively measured the electron flux, which could then be subtracted from the SPDC channel response to obtain the proton flux. Several other channels, listed above, required corrections to obtain the fluxes of the species indicated. Three of the channels (CDC, SPDC, and SEDC) were read out through a common electrometer. Due to a malfunction that occurred between launch and Jovian encounter, these three channels produced no usable encounter data. The detector channels could be programmed for readout in any one of four patterns at each of the eight spacecraft bit rate modes. During encounter when the spacecraft was operating in the highest bit rate mode, the minimum time to sample one channel was 1.5 s and the time to obtain a complete scan through all channels was 108 s. Since the directional detectors pointed perpendicular to the spin axis and the spin rate was 5 rpm, pitch-angle measurements were obtained. While the experiment was primarily designated for encounter studies, some data were obtained at low rates in interplanetary space. The last data were taken on December 1, 1993, after which the instrument was turned off to conserve power for other spacecraft experiments and systems.

Instrument Overview
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    Using five different types of telescopes, the trapped radiation
    detector was designed to provide basic information about several of
    the fundamental features of Jupiter's radiation belts including the
    types of particles within the belts, their distribution, energy, and
    intensity.
 
    An unfocused Cerenkov counter detected the light emitted in a
    particular direction as particles passed through it. It recorded
    electrons of energy 0.5 to 12 MeV. An electron scatter detector was
    activated by electrons at 100 to 400 keV. A minimum ionizing
    detector, consisting of a solid-state diode, measured minimum
    ionizing particles (i.e., less than 3 MeV) and protons in the range
    of 50 to 350 MeV. Finally, two scintillation detectors distinguished
    roughly between electrons of less than 5 and protons of less than
    50 keV.
 
  ['Instrument Overview' was adapted from FIMMELETAL pp. 53-54.]

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Pioneer 11 Trapped Radiation Detector

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