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EP: Extraterrestrische Physik
EP 6: Poster
EP 6.4: Poster
Tuesday, March 14, 2006, 14:00–16:30, C
A NEW LARGE AREA TOF MASS SPECTROMETER — •Ralf Srama1, Michael Rachev2, Stefan Helfert3, Sascha Kempf1, Georg Moragas-Klostermeyer1, Anna Mocker1, Frank Postberg1, and Eberhard Grün1 — 1MPI-Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany — 2CALTECH, Pasdena, USA — 3Helfert Informatik, Mannheim, Germany
Based on experience with current space dust instruments on-board interplanetary missions, a novel Dust Telescope is being developed. A dust telescope is a combination of a dust trajectory sensor and a mass analyzer. The trajectory sensor is used to determine the speed, mass and trajectory of interplanetary and interstellar dust grains. In contrast, the mass analyzer provides the elemental composition of individual grains. Here, we report about the successful tests of the large area mass analyzer (LAMA) at the dust accelerator of the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg.