| P.I. of the experiment or contact person | C. W. Carlson |
|---|---|
| Institute of the P.I. or of the contact person (country) | SSL-UCB (USA) |
| E-mail of the P.I. or of the contact person | cwc@ssl.berkeley.edu |
| Type of experiment | A DC fluxgate magnetometer (a three-axis instrument using highly stable low noise ring core sensors, boom-mounted at 2 m from the spacecraft body in a shielded housing) and an AC search coil magnetometer (a three axis sensor system boom-mounted that contains laminated permalloy cores, windings and preamplifiers). |
| References about the experiment | The FAST Satellite Electric Field and Magnetic Field Instrument (E26.1) |
| Link(s) to Web site(s) | http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1996-049A&ex=4
http://www-ssc.igpp.ucla.edu/fast/ http://sunland.gsfc.nasa.gov/smex/fast/fast_top.html |
| Start experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) | 21-08-1996 |
| End experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) | ***** |
| Lifetime of the experiment (month) | ***** |
| Highest data rate | 2.25 Mbps |
| Preliminary results | Differents articles in the same issue (R26.1) |
| Measured data (k, w, Bo, E(t), B(t), polarisation, Vphase, ...) | DC and AC magnetic field |
| Data range | DC : DC - 100 Hz AC : 10 Hz - 4 kHz (on two axis) or 10 Hz - 500 kHz (on one axis) |
| Sensitivity | DC : 1nT (at 50Hz) AC : 8.10-2 nT.Hz-1 |
| Time resolution | DC : 2ms AC : 0.1ms |
| Sampling rate | ????? |
| Data formats and supports | CD-ROM |
| Location of the data | NSSDC and Online (CDAWeb) |
| References about the data | http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/database/ www-nmc?96-049A&ex=4&ds=* |
| High resolution data (support, place, contact) | Tim Quinn (SSL-UCB) quinn@sunspot.ssl.berkeley.edu |