Shielding an MCP Detector for a Space-Borne Mass Spectrometer Against the Harsh Radiation Environment in Jupiter’s Magnetosphere
- Submitting institution
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Aberystwyth University / Prifysgol Aberystwyth
- Unit of assessment
- 9 - Physics
- Output identifier
- 19101000
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1109/TNS.2016.2614040
- Title of journal
- IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
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- First page
- 605
- Volume
- 64
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 0018-9499
- Open access status
- Not compliant
- Month of publication
- September
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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15
- Research group(s)
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- Citation count
- 6
- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
- This paper was a test of a sophisticated high power computer analysis performed by Kinght on the response of the NIMS instrument on the upcoming ESA JUICE to the high radiation environment of Jupiter. It led to the redesign of NIMS to improve the effectiveness of its radiation shielding. The scattering of the particles can thus reduce the flux into a tightly defined aperture, an application which clearly goes beyond Jupiter. The paper also describes the verification of Knight’s predictions in the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) in Switzerland.
- Non-English
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- English abstract
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