A Laboratory Prototype of a Dust-Impact Mass Analyzer for the Interhelioprobe Mission


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A laboratory prototype of the dust-impact PIPLS-A mass analyzer for the Interhelioprobe mission has been developed. This instrument is intended to study particles of interplanetary and interstellar dust and to determine their main characteristics: the mass, the velocity components, and the elemental and isotope composition. A computer simulation of the dust-impact mass spectrometer has been performed. A design model of the instrument and a workstation for testing PIPLS-A instruments have been created. A laboratory prototype of the instrument was manufactured and tested, and the analysis of the test results is presented.

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D. A. Moiseenko

Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Email: moiseenko-da@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117997

O. L. Vaisberg

Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: moiseenko-da@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117997

D. N. Glazkin

Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: moiseenko-da@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117997

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