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IDENTIFIER | urn:esa:psa:context:instrument:gio.ims::1.0 |
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ION MASS SPECTROMETER |
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SPECTROMETER |
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Instrument Overview =================== The ion mass spectrometer consists of two major subsystems. One section, the High Energy Range Spectrometer (HERS) was designed to measure the ion abundances and the 3-dimensional velocity distribution outside the contact surface, where the ions are hot and there is considerable turbulence. The other section, the High Intensity Spectrometer (HIS) was designed to measure the abundances of the low-energy ions inside the contact surface, where the ions were expected to have higher abundances and lower temperatures. This section contained separate Mass and Angle Analyzers. Both sections of the instrument were powered and controlled from a common power supply and control unit. HERS: HERS utilized a cylindrical, electrostatic mirror to redirect the ions from the direction of incidence to the entrance slit of the instrument and also to demagnify the range of accepted directions from 60 degrees in true elevation (angle with respect to the spacecraft spin vector) to 30 degrees at the entrance slit of the spectrometer. The 60-degree field of view in azimuth extends from 15 degrees to 75 degrees relative to the spin axis of the spacecraft and thus does not include the ram direction. The field of view in azimuth (scanned by the rotation of the spacecraft) is 2 degrees. Cylindrical accelerating/decelerating grids are located immediately in front of the entrance slit which is 3.60 mm by 1.26 mm. Behind the slit is a 120-degree sector magnet followed by a second slit identical to the entrance slit. The magnet is of samarium-cobalt with a pole gap of 5 mm and a field strength of 0.335 Tesla (uniform to 0.5%). The combination of the slits and the sector magnet provides a filter which selects a constant value of the normal component of momentum per unit charge of 7560/(M/Q) eV/e. The output slit from the sector magnet is followed by an electrostatic deflector (ESD) which deflects ions out of the optical plane of the magnet towards the detectors. Since the ions have already been selected for momentum per charge by the sector magnet, the sorting by energy done by the electrostatic deflector is equivalent to sorting by mass. The ESD field is non-uniform in such a way that all ions of a given M/Q are focussed in the detector plane. The focal line for ions of different elevation is nearly straight and position along this line maps out the angle that ion trajectories make at the entrance slit. The ESD field is generated by applying voltages, via a resistive divider between two adjustable voltages, to a series of vane-like electrodes arranged appropriately inside the ESD. The vane-shaped electrodes are also arranged so as to trap ions outside the range of M/Q which is being deflected onto the detector. The main detector for HERS is a micro-channel plate (MCP) with 50-mm diameter and curved channels. The range of energies incident on the MCP is varied by varying the two voltages applied to the resistive divider. As examples, voltages of +4667 and -667 put light ions (M = 2 - 4) on the MCP. Voltages of 770 v and -110 v put medium ions (M = 12 - 26) on the MCP and voltages of 576 v and -82 v put heavy ions (m = 16 - 35) on the MCP. A set of 4 discrete Channel Electron Multipliers (CEMs), each with a 5 x 12.8 mm entrance funnel, is used to detect protons. They are placed such that the protons can be deflected with a weaker field than would be required to image the protons onto the MCP. These also allow much higher counting rates than are allowed by the MCP. The output of the MCP is analyzed two-dimensionally with two orthogonal arrays of strip anodes. An array of 8 strip anodes deposited on the back surface of the MCP senses the elevation angle of the ion events in the MCP while an array of 40 strip anodes deposited on a high-purity alumina plate located 0.1 mm from the output face of the MCP, senses the mass of the incident ion events. The mass-anode plate is held at +50 volts relative to the output of the MCP. Thus an ion entering the front of the MCP produces a positive pulse on one of the 8 angle anodes and a negative pulse on one of the 40 mass anodes. An event is recorded by the electronics whenever a pulse is produced at the mass anode which exceeds the threshold, which is selected from a set of 8 logarithmically spaced values. An event is classed as good if there are coincident (within 1 microsecond) pulses at the angle and mass electrodes. Events are recorded by the anode numbers on which the event was detected. Multiple events within a single time window are flagged as multiple. Since the incoming ions are filtered first for momentum by the sector magnet, the range of energies of ions of a given mass transiting the instrument is small (roughly +/-3% of the actual energy). The instrument is scanned in energy using the accelerator/ decelerator grids in front of the sector magnet. The remainder of the instrument optics are floated at the accelerator potential. The accelerating potential is swept at 8 Hz through a 4.35 kV triangular waveform, relative to a selectable central voltage chosen for the range of masses being measured. This gives 32 complete energy scans per 4-second rotation of the spacecraft. Since the sweep is phase-locked to the spacecraft spin, two sweep phases (separated by 5.6 degrees of spacecraft rotation) are used alternately to avoid always measuring the same energy at the same rotational phase. The mirror voltage is swept synchronously with the accelerator voltage. HIS: This sensor is intended to measure the ions in the inner coma, where they were expected to be at high densities, low temperatures, and low bulk velocities with respect to the nucleus. The mass-range of this sensor was limited to 12 to 57 amu per charge and the velocities were to be measured in only a small range around the spacecraft encounter velocity of 69 km/s, both with respect to speed and with respect to direction of incidence. HIS contains both a mass analyzer (MA) and an Angle Analyzer (AA). The MA uses both electrostatic and magnetic separation to give good mass resolution in the vicinity of M/Q = 16 - 20. The intrinsic field of view is 2 degrees by 15 degrees, including the direction of the spacecraft spin axis. Due to the rotation of the spacecraft, the FOV sweeps out a cone of half-angle 12 degrees with overlap near the center of the cone. The AA is an electrostatic quadrispherical analyzer with 5 miniature CEM detectors at the exit giving a resolution of 5 to 7.5 degrees within a FOV of 2 by 25 degrees. The cone swept out by this FOV has a half-angle of 22 degrees. The 2 by 25-degree fan contains five elevation-angle ranges and the azimuths swept out by the spin of the spacecraft are sorted into 16 bins. For five major ionic species, the velocity distribution around the ram direction can be inferred, thus providing the data necessary to interpret the data from the MA. The mass analyzer is an excellent analog to a prism spectrograph. After passing through an entrance slit, the divergent beam of ions is collimated by a quadrispherical analyzer while filtering out ions of all values of energy per charge other than the one selected by the voltages applied to the analyzer. A permanent magnet (0.19T) disperses the beam according to the momentum per charge of the particles. The entrance slit is then reimaged onto a detector by a second quadrispherical analyzer, providing a momentum-per-charge spectrum in the final focal plane. The instrument is scanned in energy-per-charge by biasing the entire instrument beyond the first quadrisphere by a voltage Ub = U1 - Uc where U1 is the central energy per charge transmitted by the first quadrisphere and Uc is the required energy per charge for an ion of a given M/Q to hit the desired detector in the focal plane. Ub is in the range -1400 to +1050 V. Discrete, dedicated detectors are mounted in the focal plane at the correct positions for ion species at 16-21 amu and also at the positions for the virtual ions at 17.5, 18.5, and 19.5 amu to monitor interference between channels. In order to provide sufficient physical space to fit discrete detectors, the focal plane is imaged onto the surface of a prism-shaped, activated, lead-glass block. There are 9 rectangular holes, roughly 0.6 by 2.0 mm, the bottoms of which are connected to the rear of the block by straight 0.4mm-diameter channels. The channels are drilled at various angles so that they are well separated where they emerge from the block. The funnels of specially fabricated CEMs are attached to the block at each hole using conductive epoxy. The front and back surfaces of the block are gold-plated to provide conductivity and a voltage of 700 V between the two surfaces allows the channels in the block to act as preamplifiers for the discrete CEMs. This assembly is known as der Igel' after the German word for the hedgehog which its shape suggests. The high voltage to the CEMs can be set to any of four levels between 2.5 and 3.4 kV. The angle analyzer (AA) bridges the gap between HERS and HIS, providing a wider field of view than the MA and providing resolution in elevation so that, in the event that the ions in the inner coma have a significant temperature or a significant bulk velocity with respect to the nucleus, the data from the MA can be usefully interpreted. The quadrispherical AA plates are similar to those of the first quadrisphere of the MA and are connected to the same voltage supply. The collimated beam is incident on aluminum dynodes and the secondary electrons are collected by a set of 5 CEMs with high voltages selectable in the range 2.5 to 3.1 kV. The amplifiers on these CEMs can handle count rates to 2x10**6 counts per second. Science Objectives ================== The primary scientific objectives of the IMS team were: 1. To measure accurately the relative abundances of both solar and cometary ions in the cometary coma, and 2. To determine ion velocity distributions as a function of position within the coma. Calibration Description ======================= The entire IMS was calibrated in the ion-beam calibration system at the University of Bern, using H+, H2+, He+, CH3+, CH4+, Ne+, N2+, Ar+, and CO2+. Dynamic calibration was performed under the control of the IMS control unit (IMS-3), with fast, linear sweeps of deflection and acceleration potentials with the usual encoding of data. A static calibration was also performed, under control of a special ground-test system, which allowed stepping the potentials at discrete values. The dynamic calibration, which yielded low duty cycles because of the wide range of energies swept compared to the energy of the incoming ions, was used primarily to assign the various bins of the sweep voltage to values of Q/M. The static calibration was used to investigate the optics and to optimize voltages. The static calibration was also used to measure the response as a function of direction and energy of the incoming ions. In the static calibration, the energy of the beam was linearly wobbled over the energy range of the detectors. The wider of the two angular dimensions of the field of view was scanned by rotating the turntable on which IMS was mounted while the narrower dimension was measured by calibration runs at several discrete settings. Results of the calibration are described by Balsiger et al. (1986 in The Giotto Mission, Its Scientific Investigations, ESA SP-1077, p129) and by Balsiger et al. (1987 J. Phys. E: Sci. Instrum. 20, p753). Further details of the calibration facility are described by Ghielmetti et al. (1983 Rev. Sci. Instr. 54, 425). Operational Considerations ========================== IMS functioned as planned during the Giotto encounter with P/Halley. However, after the encounter, HERS was no longer functional and only HIS was operational for the encounter with P/Grigg-Skjellerup. Because the axis of spacecraft spin was not coincident with the ram direction during the encounter with P/Grigg-Skjellerup, the range of angles which were sampled was not symmetric about the ram direction and this must be taken into account when interpreting those data. Instrument Mass : 9.2 kg Instrument Manufacturer : UNIVERSITY OF BERN Platform or Mounting Name : Spacecraft Body Electronics =========== Electronics ID : IMS-3 This electronics box contains all the low-voltage electronics, including an isolating power converter. It supplies all voltages needed to drive the various detector amplifiers, the logic, and the high-voltage power circuitry. The high-voltage stepping in both detectors is accomplished with control voltages generated by PROMs which feed digital-to-analog converters. Two microprocessors, one each for HIS and HERS, receive and compress digitized data from the two sensor boxes and also control the modes of the instrument. The microprocessor for HERS also controls all general IMS command and telemetry operations as well as all interactions of IMS with the spacecraft. Instrument Section/Operating Mode Descriptions ============================================== HERS ---- This mode is intended for use during cruise and in the outer coma when the data from HERS are given priority over those from HIS for telemetry. During each 4-second spin of the spacecraft, 64 complete energy scans are made for a single range of masses (light, medium, or heavy), corresponding to 64 separate azimuthal bins, each 5.6 degrees wide. In successive sweeps, the energy range alternates between increasing and decreasing such that a given energy can be sampled at two different relative positions within an azimuthal bin. A complete cycle consists of 4 spins which are used in one of four different sub-modes, selected by varying the voltage applied to the resistive divider for the ESD: 1. protons only for 4 spins. 2. alternating spins of protons and light ions, 3. no protons - light, medium, heavy, and medium ions, and 4. all masses - protons, light, medium, heavy. Sub-mode 2 is intended for cruise phase to measure the solar wind and sub-mode 4 is intended for encounter. Sub-modes 1 and 3 were intended for use if a detector deteriorated. During cruise phase, and whenever during the encounter phase HERS is given priority for telemetry, data are transmitted for each spin. Each ion event is recorded as a 24-bit word containing the anode numbers for mass and elevation angle, the energy and azimuth bin numbers, and the direction of the sweep. For protons, instead of recording anode numbers, the total counts in each CEM are recorded for each azimuth and energy bin. At high count rates, data compression is used to fit the data into the available telemetry rate. In the inner coma, when HIS has priority, each of the mass ranges is held for two spin periods instead of one and the telemetry is adjusted accordingly. FOV Shape Name : RECTANGULAR Horizontal FOV : 2. Vertical FOV : 60. HIS --- In the inner coma, when HIS is given priority for telemetry, the complete cycle is 4 spins of the spacecraft. The basic program consists of a 64-step energy scan, repeated 16 times per spin period. The sets of voltages for deflection, acceleration/deceleration, and for the quadrispherical lenses, are stored in a PROM in IMS-3. Per spin, the total set of 14 CEMs yields 14366 individual count rates. These are reduced by compression to an array of 1004 8-bit words. Compression is achieved by i. summing related count rates, ii. omitting insignificant channels, and iii. quasi-logarithmic compression of the remaining count rates. A full cycle can last 1, 2 or 4 spins depending on IMS mode (HIS or HERS priority) and depending on the actual telemetry rate. For the AA, only those E/Q channels containing the most abundant ions (M/Q = 17, 18, 19, 28, 44) are transmitted separately for each of the 16 azimuthal bins in a spin. The other 59 E/Q channels are integrated over a full spin and then only CEM 1 (which looks in the direction of the spin axis) is recorded directly in the telemetry while the other 4 CEMs are themselves summed before transmission. The MA has two distinct modes of operation since one can choose the appropriate acceleration/deceleration voltage and the corresponding voltage on the quadrisphere to direct any given mass to any given position on the Igel. In the N-program, any given mass is always directed to the same dedicated detector over the appropriate range of E/Q. This mode thus allows one to measure velocity distributions with a single detector and minimize calibration uncertainties. For example, in the water-group ions, mass 18 will always be directed at CEM 4. The layout of the holes on the faceplate of the Igel was designed to optimize the detection of species in the water group. When other mass ranges are directed at the Igel, some masses are not centered on the detectors. In the H-program, individual channels in the Igel are dedicated to specific velocities, centered at the nominal encounter velocity of 69 km/s. In this program, all species at velocity 69 km/s always appear at CEM 6 (and other velocities at other CEMs). This program is better suited to determination of relative abundances. The choice between N- and H-programs is made via telemetry, choosing either all N, all H, or alternating N- and H-programs with a 3:1 or 1:1 ratio over groups of 4 spins. There is also the option to wobble the voltage on the external deflector to move the field of view by 2 degrees for mass 12 (0.5 degrees for mass 57) away from the spacecraft. FOV Shape Name : RECTANGULAR Horizontal FOV : 2. Vertical FOV : 15. |
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REFERENCES |
Balsiger, H., K. Altwegg, F. Buehler, J. Fischer, J. Geiss, A. Meier, U.
Rettenmund, H. Rosenbauer, R. Schwenn, J. Benson, P. Hemmerich, K. Saeger, G.
Kulzer, M. Neugebauer, B. E. Goldstein, R. Goldstein, E. G. Shelley, T.
Sanders, D. Simpson, A. J. Lazarus, and D. T. Young (1986). 'The Giotto Ion
Mass Spectrometer'. In 'The Giotto Mission - Its Scientific Investigations' (R.
Reinhard and B. Battrick, Eds.) ESA SP-1077, pp. 129-148. ESA Publications
Division, ESTEC, Noordwijk. 'Encounters with Comet Halley, The first results', Nature, Volume 321, No. 6067, 15 May 1986. |