RAPID
Research with Adaptive Particle Imaging Detectors
Resources for using RAPID data:
- IIMS data at MPAE
- IES data at RAL
- Quicklook data at CSDS
- The CCR website at LANL
- RAPID
monitoring page at RAL.
- RAPID Level 2 IDL Savesets
The RAPID Instrument on Cluster consists of two parts, the Ion detector IIMS and the Electron detector IES.
RAPID was built by a team lead by Dr. Berend Wilken at the Max- Planck-Institute fur Aeronomie at Lindau, Germany. Click here for their Rapid Team Page
The PI is now Dr Patrick Daly.
At RAL Manuel Grande is CoPI responsible for the IES.
The main RAL hardware contributions were the MXRP, a VLSI chip which forms the heart of the electron sensor IES, and the Microchannel Plate Detectors on the Ion Sensor IIMS.
We also have a major responsibility for science support and post-launch processing, particularly for the IES and IIMS MCPs.
Following the successful launch of Cluster 2 in July and August 2000, all four IES and all four IIMS are working well and returning good data.
Characteristic RAPID IIMS parameters:
Flight path (mean): 34 mm
Energy range (keV):
H : 30-1500(4000)
He : 80-4000
CNO : 160-4000
Field of view : +- 6 deg * 180 deg.
Angular coverage :
(Range/intervals): 180 deg/12
Deflection voltage (kV)
(Range/steps) : 0 - 10/16
Geometric factor (cm^2 sr)
Total : 2.4*10^{-1}
Differential : 2*10^{-2} 
Species Detected : Electrons
Energy range (keV): 20-450
Field of view : +- 17.5 deg * 180 deg
Angular coverage :
(Range/intervals): 180deg/9
Geometric factor (cm^2 sr)
Total : 1.2*10^{-2}
Differential : 1.4*10^{-3} 
