SWICS.xml
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<Instrument>
<ResourceID>spase://CNES/Instrument/CDPP-AMDA/Ulysses/SWICS</ResourceID>
<ResourceHeader>
<ResourceName>SWICS</ResourceName>
<AlternateName>Solar Wind Ion Composition Spectrometer</AlternateName>
<AlternateName>GLG</AlternateName>
<ReleaseDate>2019-05-05T12:34:56Z</ReleaseDate>
<Description>The Solar Wind Ion Composition Spectrometer (SWICS) on Ulysses is designed to determine uniquely the elemental and
ionic-charge composition, and the temperatures and mean speeds of all major solar-wind ions, from H through Fe, at solar wind
speeds ranging from 175 km/s (protons) to 1280 km/s (Fe8+). The instrument, which covers an energy per charge range from 0.16
to 59.6 keV/e in ~13 min, combines an electrostatic analyzer with post-acceleration, followed by a time-of-flight and energy measurement.
The measurements made by SWICS will have an impact on many areas of solar and heliospheric physics, in particular providing essential
and unique information on: (i) conditions and processes in the region of the corona where the solar wind is accelerated; (ii) the
location of the source regions of the solar wind in the corona; (iii) coronal heating processes; (iv) the extent and causes of
variations in the composition of the solar atmosphere; (v) plasma processes in the solar wind; (vi) the acceleration of energetic
particles in the solar wind; (vii) the thermalization and acceleration of interstellar ions in the solar wind, and their composition;
and (viii) the composition, charge states and behavior of the plasma in various regions of the Jovian magnetosphere.</Description>
<Contact>
<PersonID>spase://SMWG/Person/George.Gloeckler</PersonID>
<Role>PrincipalInvestigator</Role>
</Contact>
<InformationURL>
<Name>Instrument description at ESA's cosmos portal</Name>
<URL>https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/ulysses/swics-instrument</URL>
</InformationURL>
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<InstrumentType>EnergeticParticleInstrument</InstrumentType>
<InvestigationName>Solar Wind Ion Composition Spectrometer (GLG/SWICS) on Ulysses</InvestigationName>
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</Instrument>
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