The Soft Particle Spectrometer in the ISIS‐I Satellite

The soft particle spectrometer uses electrostatic deflection for simultaneous measurement of the differential energy spectra of electrons and protons. The energy range is from 10 eV to 10 keV per unit charge with ±40% energy spread. Twelve stage BeCu electron multipliers are used as detectors in the counting mode over a five decade dynamic range. A swept mode of energy selection provides a spectrum in 0.5 sec for high fluxes, while a stepped mode suitable for lower fluxes takes 40 sec. A typical electron spectrogram for a transpolar pass is included as an example of the data reduction procedure used.