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C. T. Russell
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University of California, Los Angeles, USA
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R. A. Mewaldt
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California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
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T. T. Rosenvinge
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, USA
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-viii
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- E. C. Stone, A. M. Frandsen, R. A. Mewaldt, E. R. Christian, D. Margolies, J. F. Ormes et al.
Pages 1-22
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- L. A. Fisk, N. A. Schwadron, T. H. Zurbuchen
Pages 51-60
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- George Gloeckler, Johannes Geiss
Pages 127-159
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- Jean-Paul Meyer, Luke O’C. Drury, Donald C. Ellison
Pages 179-201
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- Donald C. Ellison, Luke O’C. Drury, Jean-Paul Meyer
Pages 203-224
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- Vladimir S. Ptuskin, Aimé Soutoul
Pages 225-238
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- M. C. Chiu, U. I. Von-Mehlem, C. E. Willey, T. M. Betenbaugh, J. J. Maynard, J. A. Krein et al.
Pages 257-284
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- E. C. Stone, C. M. S. Cohen, W. R. Cook, A. C. Cummings, B. Gauld, B. Kecman et al.
Pages 285-356
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- E. C. Stone, C. M. S. Cohen, W. R. Cook, A. C. Cummings, B. Gauld, B. Kecman et al.
Pages 357-408
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- G. M. Mason, R. E. Gold, S. M. Krimigis, J. E. Mazur, G. B. Andrews, K. A. Daley et al.
Pages 409-448
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- E. Möbius, L. M. Kistler, M. A. Popecki, K. N. Crocker, M. Granoff, S. Turco et al.
Pages 449-495
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- G. Gloeckler, J. Cain, F. M. Ipavich, E. O. Tums, P. Bedini, L. A. Fisk et al.
Pages 497-539
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- R. E. Gold, S. M. Krimigis, S. E. Hawkins III, D. K. Haggerty, D. A. Lohr, E. Fiore et al.
Pages 541-562
About this book
NASA's Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) was launched on August 25, 1997, carrying six high-resolution spectrometers that measure the abundances of the elements, isotopes, and ionic charge states of energetic nuclei in space. Data from these instruments is being used to measure and compare the composition of the solar corona, the nearby interstellar medium, and cosmic-ray sources in the Galaxy, and to study particle acceleration processes in a variety of environments. ACE also includes three instruments that monitor solar wind and energetic particle activity near the inner Lagrangian point, "1.5 million kilometers sunward of Earth, and provide continuous, real-time data to NOAA for use in forecasting space weather. Eleven of the articles in this volume review scientific progress and outline questions that ACE will address in solar, space-plasma, and cosmic-ray physics. Other articles describe the ACE spacecraft, the real-time solar-wind system, and the instruments used to measure energetic particle composition.
Editors and Affiliations
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University of California, Los Angeles, USA
C. T. Russell
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California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
R. A. Mewaldt
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, USA
T. T. Rosenvinge