ULYSSES DDS CALIBRATION TABLE

DATA FILE DESCRIPTION

This is a table of laboratory measurements of detector rise times and charge to mass ratios as a function of impact velocity for different impacting materials. See Calibration Data.


PRODUCT CREATION TIME           1996-03-06 
ROWS                            22        
COLUMNS                         27       
RECORD_FORMAT                   "(f5.1,f5.1,a1,f5.1,a1,f6.1,a1,f6.1,a1,f5.1,
 a1,f6.1,a1,e7.1,e7.1,a1,e7.1,a1,e7.1,a1,e7.1,e7.1,a1,e7.1,a1,e7.1,a1)"

Col	Name	Units	Start Byte	Format
1	IMPACT SPEED	KILOMETER/SECOND	1	F5.1
2	IRON ION RISE TIME	MICROSECOND	6	F5.1
3	EXTRAPOLATION FLAG 1	-	11	A1
4	GLASS ION RISE TIME	MICROSECOND	12	F5.1
5	EXTRAPOLATION FLAG 2	-	17	A1
6	CARBON ION RISE TIME	MICROSECOND	18	F6.1
7	EXTRAPOLATION FLAG 3	-	24	A1
8	IRON ELECTRON RISE TIME	MICROSECOND	25	F6.1
9	EXTRAPOLATION FLAG 4	-	31	A1
10	GLASS ELECTRON RISE TIME	MICROSECOND	32	F5.1
11	EXTRAPOLATION FLAG 5	-	37	A1
12	CARBON ELECTRON RISE TIME	MICROSECOND	38	F6.1
13	EXTRAPOLATION FLAG 6	-	44	A1
14	MEAN ION CHARGE TO MASS RATIO	COULOMB/GRAM	45	E7.1
15	IRON ION CHARGE TO MASS RATIO	COULOMB/GRAM	52	E7.1
16	EXTRAPOLATION FLAG 7	-	59	A1
17	GLASS ION CHARGE TO MASS RATIO	COULOMB/GRAM	60	E7.1
18	EXTRAPOLATION FLAG 8	-	67	A1
19	CARBON ION CHARGE TO MASS RATIO	COULOMB/GRAM	68	E7.1
20	EXTRAPOLATION FLAG 9	-	75	A1
21	MEAN ELECTRON CHARGE TO MASS RATIO	COULOMB/GRAM	76	E7.1
22	IRON ELECTRON CHARGE TO MASS RATIO	COULOMB/GRAM	83	E7.1
23	EXTRAPOLATION FLAG 10	-	90	A1
24	GLASS ELECTRON CHARGE TO MASS RATIO	COULOMB/GRAM	91	E7.1
25	EXTRAPOLATION FLAG 11	-	98	A1
26	CARBON ELECTRON CHARGE TO MASS RATIO	COULOMB/GRAM	99	E7.1
27	EXTRAPOLATION FLAG 12	-	106	A1

IMPACT SPEED This is the speed at which an impactor hits the detector.

IRON ION RISE TIME The rise time of the ion collector signal after the impact of an iron test particle.

EXTRAPOLATION FLAG 1 If the value of the previous column corresponds to an actual measurement, this column is blank. If the value is an extrapolation, this column contains the symbol '*'.

GLASS ION RISE TIME The rise time of the ion collector signal after the impact of a glass test particle.

EXTRAPOLATION FLAG 2 If the value of the previous column corresponds to an actual measurement, this column is blank. If the value is an extrapolation, this column contains the symbol '*'.

CARBON ION RISE TIME The rise time of the ion collector signal after the impact of a carbon test particle.

EXTRAPOLATION FLAG 3 If the value of the previous column corresponds to an actual measurement, this column is blank. If the value is an extrapolation, this column contains the symbol '*'.

IRON ELECTRON RISE TIME The rise time of the electron collector signal after the impact of an iron test particle.

EXTRAPOLATION FLAG 4 If the value of the previous column corresponds to an actual measurement, this column is blank. If the value is an extrapolation, this column contains the symbol '*'.

GLASS ELECTRON RISE TIME The rise time of the electron collector signal after the impact of a glass test particle.

EXTRAPOLATION FLAG 5 If the value of the previous column corresponds to an actual measurement, this column is blank. If the value is an extrapolation, this column contains the symbol '*'.

CARBON ELECTRON RISE TIME The rise time of the electron collector signal after the impact of a carbon test particle.

EXTRAPOLATION FLAG 6 If the value of the previous column corresponds to an actual measurement, this column is blank. If the value is an extrapolation, this column contains the symbol '*'.

MEAN ION CHARGE TO MASS RATIO The logarithmic mean of the charge to mass ratios derived from measurements of iron, glass, and carbon test particles and the ion collector signal.

IRON ION CHARGE TO MASS RATIO The charge to mass ratio derived from the impact of an iron particle and the resultant signal from the ion collector.

EXTRAPOLATION FLAG 7 If the value of the previous column corresponds to an actual measurement, this column is blank. If the value is an extrapolation, this column contains the symbol '*'.

GLASS ION CHARGE TO MASS RATIO The charge to mass ratio derived from the impact of a glass particle and the resultant signal from the ion collector.

EXTRAPOLATION FLAG 8 If the value of the previous column corresponds to an actual measurement, this column is blank. If the value is an extrapolation, this column contains the symbol '*'.

CARBON ION CHARGE TO MASS RATIO The charge to mass ratio derived from the impact of a carbon particle and the resultant signal from the ion collector.

EXTRAPOLATION FLAG 9 If the value of the previous column corresponds to an actual measurement, this column is blank. If the value is an extrapolation, this column contains the symbol '*'.

MEAN ELECTRON CHARGE TO MASS RATIO The logarithmic mean of the charge to mass ratios derived from measurements of iron, glass, and carbon test particles and the electron collector signal.

IRON ELECTRON CHARGE TO MASS RATIO The charge to mass ratio derived from the impact of an iron particle and the resultant signal from the ion collector.

EXTRAPOLATION FLAG 10 If the value of the previous column corresponds to an actual measurement, this column is blank. If the value is an extrapolation, this column contains the symbol '*'.

GLASS ELECTRON CHARGE TO MASS RATIO The charge to mass ratio derived from the impact of a glass particle and the resultant signal from the ion collector.

EXTRAPOLATION FLAG 11 If the value of the previous column corresponds to an actual measurement, this column is blank. If the value is an extrapolation, this column contains the symbol '*'.

CARBON ELECTRON CHARGE TO MASS RATIO The charge to mass ratio derived from the impact of a carbon particle and the resultant signal from the ion collector.

EXTRAPOLATION FLAG 12 If the value of the previous column corresponds to an actual measurement, this column is blank. If the value is an extrapolation, this column contains the symbol '*'.