NEUTRAL DENSITY Neutral (particle) density is a parameter derived from the rate at which particles are detected scaled by the probability of detecting individual particles. Neutral particle detectors commonly exclude ionized particles from entering the counting region of the instrument using a charged repeller grid. Density values are commonly reported in cgs units. NEUTRAL COMPOSITION Neutral (particle) composition is a parameter which describes the total density of neutral particles in terms of constituent particle densities. SUPERTHERMAL ION FLUX Superthermal ion flux is a measure of the rate at which ions (whose energies are high with respect to the characteristic temperature of the bulk distribution - 'superthermal') pass through a unit volume. APPARENT FLOW ANGLE An apparent flow angle is the projection of a true flow angle into some reference plane.