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INTRODUCTION
Imaging (2) Telescopes, 1200-ram and 200-mm focal length Structure of nucleus and coma
0?4 x 0?6 and 3?5 x 5?2 field-of-view
Detectors, CCDs with multiple filters
Best resolution - 180 m
Three-channel, O. 12-0.35 #m, 0.35-0.9 #m, Abundances and distribution of
Spec trome ter
and 0.9-2.0 ILm atoms, molecules, and ions
Spatial resolution 3 x 6 arcmin in ultraviolet and in coma
visible, 6 x 60 arcmin in infrared, all 1 o field-of-view
Spectral resolution 5 A in ultraviolet, 10 _ in
visible, and 120 A in infrared
Polarimetry in visible
Infrared Three-channel, 4-8 #m, 8-16 #m, and Nucleus properties
Spectrometer 7-14 #m imaging Temperature, size distribution, and
Spatial resolution - 1 arcmin abundance of dust in coma
1 o field-of-view Parent molecule spectra
Detector, HgCdTe at 80 K
Dust Mass Ionization-impact time-of-flight, M/AM - 150 for Composition from mass and number
Spectrometer 1- 110 amu of component dust atoms
Dust Counters Metal plates each with three piezoelectric sensors Number and mass of impacting
(2) forM > 10-10g particles
Plasma-cloud counter for M = 10-10-10 -18 g
Ion Mass Electrostatic analyzer 1-150 amu, M/AM _ 25, Flux, mass, and velocity of
Spectrometer energy 15-3500 eV cometary ions
(2 of 5 sensors) Cylindrical retarding potential analyzer
Plasma Mass Electrostatic analyzers (2) Flux and energy spectrum of solar
3-5000 e V electrons wind electrons and ions
Spectrometer and
Electron Analyzer 50-25, 000 e V ions
(3 of 5 sensors) Cylindrical retarding potential analyzer
Energetic Particle Semiconductor detectors (2) High-energy solar and galactic
Analyzer Anticoincidence scintillator particles, particles accelerated
175 keV-few MeV electrons near comet
20 ke V- _ 30 Me V nucleons
Plasma Wave Low frequency antenna with Faraday trap, Flux of high and low frequency
Detectors O. I- 100 Hz electromagnetic waves propagating
High frequency antenna, 0-300 kHz in cometary plasma
Langmuir probe
Magnetometers Fluxgate type on 5-m boom Ambient (DC) magnetic field
(2) Accuracy O. 1 nT
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Magne tome ter Triaxial fluxgate of ring-core type Ambient (DC) magnetic field
on 2-m boom
Sensitivity < O. 1 nT
Plasma Wave Probe Dipole antenna, lO-m length, for electric Plasma waves
field measurements Radio bursts
Search coil, 105 turns, ferrite core for magnetic Auroral radiation
field, frequency range 70 Hz-200 kHz Bernstein waves
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Energetic Protons Three solid-state telescopes 30keY < Ep < 1.4 MeV
aligned to spin axis at 8 channels, 8 sectors
30 ° , 60 ° , 135 ° Complete sample in 16 s
Magnetic Fields Vector helium magnetometer Ranges: +4, + 14, +42 nT, etc.
Precision: 0.016, 0.055 nT, etc.
Accuracy O. 1 n T
6 triaxial samples s- 1
Plasma Waves Long and short electric field 20 <_ f(E) <_ 105Hz
antennas 16 channels sampled in O. 5 s
Search coil 1 _ f(B) < 103Hz
8 channels sampled in 16 s
Goddard Space Flight Center Ultraviolet High angular resolution imaging from 1216 to
Imaging Telescope (UIT) 3200
Wide-Field Cameras [2] (WFC) Tail photography from 3800 to 5000,4 and from
5000 to 6500
INTERNATIONAL HALLEY WATCH
DISCIPLINE S TUDIES
Infrared Spectroscopy and Dust particle temperature and size distribution, albedo
Radiome try and energy balance, gas composition
Large-Scale Phenomena Morphology of ion and dust tails, tail interactions with
solar wind and radiation
Near-Nucleus Studies Dynamics of dust, ion, and neutral gas flows near
nucleus, nucleus morphology and dynamics