Speaker
Dr
Mathias Cyamukungu
(UCL/CSR)
Description
The development of the « High-Fidelity 3D Energetic Electron Spectrometer » (3DEES) was motivated by the need to measure energy spectra and angular distributions of space environment electrons in the 0.1 – 10 MeV energy range and up to 18 angle channels. Beside possible use of such measurements to validate engineering models of electron fluxes in (inter)planetary environments, the targeted data are important inputs to physical models of electron dynamics wherein particles of given energy and momentum vector are injected from boundary positions and tracked down/up to other positions, where they can be detected as energized/decelerated particles with modified angular distribution.
The most challenging tasks performed during Phase A/B of the 3DEES development aimed at keeping the instrument compact in spite of its requirements for detection of high energy electrons and high number of boresights. The solutions devised to comply with these requirements and to increase the overall performances of the 3DEES will be presented.
The 3DEES development was undertaken in April 2012 and is carried-out by a consortium comprised of the Center for Space Radiation at UCL, the Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy and QinetiQ Space.
Primary author
Dr
Sylvie Benck
(Center for Space Radiations, Université catholique de Louvain)
Co-author
Dr
Mathias Cyamukungu
(UCL/CSR)
