john clem and paul evenson university of delaware 30-june-2010 source of funding/grant : nasa solar...
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John Clem and Paul EvensonUniversity of Delaware
30-June-2010Source of Funding/Grant : NASA Solar and Heliospheric Physics SR&T / NNX08BA62G
AESOPAnti-Electron Sub-Orbital Payload
1) Objectives
2) Instrument description
3) Flight Observations
4) Campaign Work area and Flight requirements
5) Current Status and Schedule
Outline
AESOP Scientific Objectives
To quantify this effect we intend to measure the time evolution of electron and positron particle fluxes spanning two solar cycles (22 years)
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To determine the extent to which the large scale structure of the heliospheric magnetic field is important in the propagation of charged cosmic ray particles in the heliosphere.
AESOP detects electrons with plastic scintillators T1, T3 and G (anticoincidence) and the gas Cherenkov detector T2. The instrument measures the electron energy in scintillator (T4) mounted below a 1cm lead disk and a leadglass (T5) calorimeter. Scintillator T6 also assists in particle identification and energy determination by counting the number of particles that escape the calorimeter. A permanent magnet hodoscope system determines the charge sign and momentum of the electron event.
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(Chickens can fly)
To achieve this goal, AESOP was designed to measure the positron abundance in electrons from 200MeV to 5GeV over a full 22 year cycle.
Vertical axis: Energy measured in the Pb-Glass (T5) calorimeter Horizontal: Deflection in the magnet in units of inverse rigidity. Curve represents the ideal instrument response for positrons (positive side) and electrons (negative side). Red symbols are events tagged as high energy protons Particle ID and energy of each event are assigned using a likelihood analysis
AESOP 2006 Flight
Electrons Positrons
2009 AESOP Flight Data Analysis is On-Going
The AESOP summary of positron abundance measurements as a function of energy for different epochs of solar magnetic polarity
Solid line is the local interstellar space abundance as calculated by Protheroe (1982). Dashed lines are from Clem et al. (1996) for A+ (top line) and A-.
Solid symbols show data taken in the A+ state, while the open symbols represent data taken in the A- state.
As expected the observed positron abundances during the 2000s (A-) are clearly lower than that measured during the 1990s (A+).
These data are consistent qualitatively with charge sign models, however we are in throes developing a new 3D model that incorporates Heliospheric curvature and gradient drifts
The world summary of the same plot on prior slide
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Consider only data at ~1.2GV…..
Time dependence of positron abundance
Black line is a Positron abundance prediction based on the analysis of Clem et al. (1996).
Blue line is a very preliminary model based on cosmic ray drifts near the current sheet and drifts over the Solar poles.Vertical was scaled to fit the data.
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Time dependence of positron abundance (black) and anti-proton ratio (red) at a rigidity of roughly 1.3GV.
Black line is a Positron abundance prediction based on the analysis of Clem et al. (1996). Same on previous slide.
Red line is an antiproton/proton ratio model Bieber et al. (1999).
Dashed lines are the predicted results for future observations.
Anti-protons were measured by the series of BESS flights
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AESOP flight requirementsMin Float Altitude: 100kftMin Float Duration: 60hrs
Desired Float Altitude: 130kft Desired Float Duration: 40hrs (Altitude excursions are very helpful)
Flight Path should remain North of the 0.5GV geomagnetic cutoff
Estimated positron background (1.2GeV bin) for Solar min A- period as a function of depth
1990s
2000s
Altitude is a Priority
Prior Flight
AESOP Instrument Flight Power: Power 100wattsPlan to re-fly Charge Controller originally from PSL.SunCat type Solar Panels
AESOP Telemetry:Downlink: TDRSS high rate, LOSUplink: TDRSS, Iridium, LOS, 4 Discrete Lines (Instr. Power, Black Box)
Reliable Fast Internet Service to OCC (Palestine)
Flight Gas: 265cft bottle of Neon (Metric thread adapter and Valve Helmet )
Work Space Requirement for LEE and AESOP
40x40ft work space
2ton overhead lift
5 x 60Hz ,115V power outlets 50amp
Phone line
Reliable internet service to OCC (Palestine)
Office Space
Gas Bottles
Palestine: 3 x Neon 265cft (2400psi)
4 x Nitrogen (Comm Grade) 265cft (2400psi)
2 x He 265cft (2400psi)
2 x C3F8 (R218) 15lbs (vapor pressure)
1 x SF6 15lbs (vapor pressure)
Esrange:
4 x Neon 265cft (2400psi)
5 x Nitrogen (Comm Grade) 265cft (2400psi)
3 x He 265cft (2400psi)
2 x C3F8 (R218) 15lbs (vapor pressure)
1 x SF6 15lbs (vapor pressure)
Milestones:AESOPRefurbish Spark Chambers Replace Trigger Photomultiplier TubesCalibrate Flight DetectorsCheck out full integrated science instrument
LEEReady to be shipped
We expect to be in Palestine late January and ready for compatibility hanging mid-late February.
Field Personnel:
John Clem – Scientist Paul Evenson – ScientistChris Elliott – TechJames Roth - TechJessica Sun – EngineerJeff Townsend - Student
A total 21 day lead-time is required to prepare both AESOP and LEE for flight. This could be reduce to ~15 days if both payloads could be staged simultaneously .
Preparation Time in Field:
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar May June
Calibrate Flight Detectors and Check out full Flight Instrument
pack
Arrive CSBF
Integration
LEEHanging
pack
1st crew arrivals intoEsrange
LEE Integration
Lee Flight Ready
Refurbished Chambers
Integrate New Trigger PMTs
AESOPHanging
PVs arrive
AESOP Integration
AESOP Flight Ready
We are looking forward to another successful balloon campaign !!