The LION instrument on SOHO and its scientific objectives

S. M. P. Mckenna-Lawlor (1, 2) , I. Elendt (1) , P. Rusznyak (2) , H. Kunow (3) , R. Müller-Mellin (3) , M. Witte (4)

1 Experimental Physics Department
2 Space Technology Ireland Limited
3 Institut für Reine und Angewandte Kernphysik
4 MPI Aeronomie - Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie

A technical description is presented of the low-energy ion and electron (LION) instrument on the SOHO spacecraft and its scientific goals are discussed. LION forms part of the comprehensive suprathermal and energetic particle analyzer (COSTEP), which is, in turn, a subset of the COSTEP/ERNE particle analyser collaboration (CEPAC).

Domaines: Océan, Atmosphère; Sciences de la Terre

S. M. P. Mckenna-Lawlor, I. Elendt, P. Rusznyak, H. Kunow, R. Müller-Mellin, et al.. The LION instrument on SOHO and its scientific objectives. Annales Geophysicae, 1997, 15 (1), pp.1-4. ⟨hal-00316172⟩