The Auroral Particle Detection

Abstract

An outline of the auroral particle detector which is planned to be flown in the Japanese Antarctic rocket experiments during IMS is presented. The detector uses a combination of curved plate electrostatic analysers and channel electron multipliers together with thin foils. It measures 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 1, 3, 5keV electrons. The observable fluxes are 10^5-10^8/cm^2 s sr keV for all energies with the pitch angle resolution of 20°-30°. Measurements of proton flux are also under consideration.