The IBEX background monitor
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Author(s)
Crew, Geoffrey B.
Allegrini, F.
Demkee, D.
Funsten, H. O.
McComas, David J.
Randol, B.
Rodriguez, B.
Schwadron, N. A.
Valek, P.
Weidner, S.
Alternative Title
Space Science Reviews
Date Issued
October 2008
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Citation
Allegrini, F. et al. “The IBEX Background Monitor.” Space Science Reviews 146.1-4 (2008) : 105-115. © 2008 Springer, Part of Springer Science+Business Media
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Author's final manuscript
Abstract
The IBEX Background Monitor (IBaM) provides a small and lightweight method for independently measuring IBEX’s high-energy proton background by integrating the flux of >~14 keV protons over a ~7° conical FOV. The IBaM is part of the IBEX-Hi sensor and has a co-aligned look direction. This paper describes the principle of the IBaM and details its design and responses. In particular, we show the response of major components to both ions and ultraviolet (UV) light background. We also provide the geometric factor and calculate expected count rates.
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MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-008-9439-8
