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- ERNE
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- ERNE investigates the solar atmosphere by detecting charged particles produced in various solar energy release
- processes. The scientific objectives of the experiment are:
- ∑ energy spectra of ions and electrons above 1 MeV/nucl
- ∑ elemental and isotopic abundance H to Fe
- ∑ particle acceleration in the solar atmosphere and interplanetary
- shocks
- ∑ particle propagation in the solar corona and in
- interplanetary space
- ∑ study both large and small scale properties of the IMF
- ∑ short-period temporal variations of particle flux
- ∑ flux anisotropy within the apparatus viewing cone
- ∑ flux of protons penetrating the instrument (even decay solar
- neutrons)
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- ERNE undertakes the first systematic survey of SEP isotopic abundance, with high sensitivity, high resolution sensors
- which cover a broad energy range. The gathering power is sufficient to determine isotope abundance not only of major
- species C, O, etc., but also to explore many minor ones as well.
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