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Cluster Plasma Electron And Current Experiment (PEACE)

A Plasma Electron And Current Experiment instrument can measure the three dimensional velocity distribution of electrons in a space plasma, for an energy range from a few electronvolts to about 30 kiloelectronvolts. A PEACE instrument is flying on each of the four Cluster II spacecraft, which were launched in the summer of 2000.

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July 2000

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A Plasma Electron And Current Experiment instrument can measure the three dimensional velocity distribution of electrons in a space plasma, for an energy range from a few electronvolts to about 30 kiloelectronvolts. A PEACE instrument is flying on each of the four Cluster II spacecraft, which were launched in the summer of 2000.

Related Publications

2014. "Highly structured electron anisotropy in collisionless reconnection exhausts.", Geophysical Research Letters, 41 (15): 5389-5395 [10.1002/2014gl060608] [Journal Article/Letter]

2016. ""Smoking-Gun" Observables of Magnetic Reconnection: Spatiotemporal Evolution of Electron Characteristics Throughout the Diffusion Region.", Dissertation, [Full Text] [Other]