1. Rosina – Rosetta Orbiter Spectrometer for Ion and Neutral Analysis
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T Magoncelli, E. G. Shelley, Jenny Müller, E. Arijs, Christian Mazelle, Peter Bochsler, C. Aoustin, J. M. Illiano, Timm-Emanuel Riesen, H. Lauche, A. Loose, Stefano Livi, B. Fiethe, Tamas I. Gombosi, J. De Keyser, J. Fischer, Stephan Graf, Lennard A. Fisk, H. Rème, J. L. Medale, Jean-Jacques Berthelier, S. Scherer, Hermann Wollnik, Bruce P. Block, Peter Wurz, Annette Jäckel, Sandra Wüthrich, Kathrin Altwegg, Jean-André Sauvaud, S. Delanoye, U. Langer, Eernest Kopp, Eddy Neefs, D. T. Young, Fritz Gliem, Jean-Loup Bertaux, A. G. Ghielmetti, J. H. Waite, D. Nevejans, B. Wilken, A. Korth, M. Mildner, L. Duvet, Martin Rubin, Hans Balsiger, Peter Eberhardt, K Heerlein, G. R. Carignan, Stephen A. Fuselier, Ulrich Mall, Physikalisches Institut [Bern], Universität Bern [Bern], Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy / Institut d'Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique (BIRA-IASB), Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements (CESR), Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Centre d'étude des environnements terrestre et planétaires (CETP), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Service d'aéronomie (SA), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center (ATC), Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung (MPS), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Technische Universität Braunschweig = Technical University of Braunschweig [Braunschweig], Space Physics Research Laboratory [Ann Arbor] (SPRL), University of Michigan [Ann Arbor], University of Michigan System-University of Michigan System, Southwest Research Institute [San Antonio] (SwRI), Physikalisches Institut [Gießen], Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (JLU), Universität Bern [Bern] (UNIBE), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung = Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS), and Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen = Justus Liebig University (JLU)
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[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-AO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics [physics.ao-ph] ,Physics ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Spectrometer ,Comet ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Mass spectrometry ,7. Clean energy ,01 natural sciences ,Ion ,law.invention ,Astrobiology ,Nuclear physics ,Orbiter ,Planetary science ,Fragmentation (mass spectrometry) ,13. Climate action ,Space and Planetary Science ,law ,0103 physical sciences ,Formation and evolution of the Solar System ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
The Rosetta Orbiter Spectrometer for Ion and Neutral Analysis (ROSINA) will answer important questions posed by the mission's main objectives. After Giotto, this will be the first time the volatile part of a comet will be analyzed in situ. This is a very important investigation, as comets, in contrast to meteorites, have maintained most of the volatiles of the solar nebula. To accomplish the very demanding objectives through all the different phases of the comet's activity, ROSINA has unprecedented capabilities including very wide mass range (1 to >300 amu), very high mass resolution (m/Δ m > 3000, i.e. the ability to resolve CO from N2 and 13C from 12CH), very wide dynamic range and high sensitivity, as well as the ability to determine cometary gas velocities, and temperature. ROSINA consists of two mass spectrometers for neutrals and primary ions with complementary capabilities and a pressure sensor. To ensure that absolute gas densities can be determined, each mass spectrometer carries a reservoir of a calibrated gas mixture allowing in-flight calibration. Furthermore, identical flight-spares of all three sensors will serve for detailed analysis of all relevant parameters, in particular the sensitivities for complex organic molecules and their fragmentation patterns in our electron bombardment ion sources.
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- 2007
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