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The Advanced Composition Explorer Mission

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  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. C. T. Russell

    1. University of California, Los Angeles, USA

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  2. R. A. Mewaldt

    1. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA

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  3. T. T. Rosenvinge

    1. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, USA

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. The Advanced Composition Explorer

    • E. C. Stone, A. M. Frandsen, R. A. Mewaldt, E. R. Christian, D. Margolies, J. F. Ormes et al.
    Pages 1-22

  3. Challenges for the Advanced Composition Explorer

    • J. A. Simpson
    Pages 23-50

  4. On the Slow Solar Wind

    • L. A. Fisk, N. A. Schwadron, T. H. Zurbuchen
    Pages 51-60

  5. Wind Observations of Suprathermal Electrons in the Interplanetary Medium

    • R. P. Lin
    Pages 61-78

  6. Particle Acceleration in Impulsive Solar Flares

    • James A. Miller
    Pages 79-105

  7. Interstellar Matter and the Boundary Conditions of the Heliosphere

    • Priscilla C. Frisch
    Pages 107-126

  8. Interstellar and Inner Source Pickup Ions Observed with SWICS on Ulysses

    • George Gloeckler, Johannes Geiss
    Pages 127-159

  9. Insights into Cosmic-Ray Acceleration from the Study of Anomalous Cosmic Rays

    • J. R. Jokipii
    Pages 161-178

  10. A Cosmic-Ray Composition Controlled by Volatility and A/Q Ratio. SNR Shock Acceleration of Gas and Dust

    • Jean-Paul Meyer, Luke O’C. Drury, Donald C. Ellison
    Pages 179-201

  11. Cosmic Rays from Supernova Remnants: A Brief Description of the Shock Acceleration of Gas and Dust

    • Donald C. Ellison, Luke O’C. Drury, Jean-Paul Meyer
    Pages 203-224

  12. Cosmic-Ray Clocks

    • Vladimir S. Ptuskin, Aimé Soutoul
    Pages 225-238

  13. What are the Limits for Ace Galactic Cosmic-Ray Isotope Studies?

    • W. R. Webber
    Pages 239-256

  14. Ace Spacecraft

    • M. C. Chiu, U. I. Von-Mehlem, C. E. Willey, T. M. Betenbaugh, J. J. Maynard, J. A. Krein et al.
    Pages 257-284

  15. The Cosmic-Ray Isotope Spectrometer for the Advanced Composition Explorer

    • E. C. Stone, C. M. S. Cohen, W. R. Cook, A. C. Cummings, B. Gauld, B. Kecman et al.
    Pages 285-356

  16. The Solar Isotope Spectrometer for the Advanced Composition Explorer

    • E. C. Stone, C. M. S. Cohen, W. R. Cook, A. C. Cummings, B. Gauld, B. Kecman et al.
    Pages 357-408

  17. The Ultra-Low-Energy Isotope Spectrometer (ULEIS) for the Ace Spacecraft

    • G. M. Mason, R. E. Gold, S. M. Krimigis, J. E. Mazur, G. B. Andrews, K. A. Daley et al.
    Pages 409-448

  18. The Solar Energetic Particle Ionic Charge Analyzer (SEPICA) and the Data Processing Unit (S3DPU) for SWICS, SWIMS and SEPICA

    • E. Möbius, L. M. Kistler, M. A. Popecki, K. N. Crocker, M. Granoff, S. Turco et al.
    Pages 449-495

  19. Investigation of the Composition of Solar and Interstellar Matter Using Solar Wind and Pickup Ion Measurements with SWICS and SWIMS on the Ace Spacecraft

    • G. Gloeckler, J. Cain, F. M. Ipavich, E. O. Tums, P. Bedini, L. A. Fisk et al.
    Pages 497-539

  20. Electron, Proton, and Alpha Monitor on the Advanced Composition Explorer Spacecraft

    • R. E. Gold, S. M. Krimigis, S. E. Hawkins III, D. K. Haggerty, D. A. Lohr, E. Fiore et al.
    Pages 541-562
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NASA's Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) was launched on August 25, 1997, carrying six high-resolution spectrometers that measure the abundances of the elements, isotopes, and ionic charge states of energetic nuclei in space. Data from these instruments is being used to measure and compare the composition of the solar corona, the nearby interstellar medium, and cosmic-ray sources in the Galaxy, and to study particle acceleration processes in a variety of environments. ACE also includes three instruments that monitor solar wind and energetic particle activity near the inner Lagrangian point, "1.5 million kilometers sunward of Earth, and provide continuous, real-time data to NOAA for use in forecasting space weather. Eleven of the articles in this volume review scientific progress and outline questions that ACE will address in solar, space-plasma, and cosmic-ray physics. Other articles describe the ACE spacecraft, the real-time solar-wind system, and the instruments used to measure energetic particle composition.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of California, Los Angeles, USA

    C. T. Russell

  • California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA

    R. A. Mewaldt

  • NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, USA

    T. T. Rosenvinge

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