Patent ID: 7365336
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: G01T

Abstract:
1. A scintillator based particle imaging spectrometer composing: a means for collecting exoatmospheric low energy particles; a plurality of electron scintillators which produce output signals when receiving a low energy electron from the collecting means, each electron scintillator having a plastic scintillator which has an input surface and an output surface, and which reacts to produce an output signal when struck by a low energy electron; and a 4.0 micron aluminum coating which is affixed to the input surface of the plastic scintillator to block protons and admit low energy electrons from the collecting means; a plurality of proton scintillators which produce output signals when receiving low energy protons from the collecting means; a first combining means which produces a combined electron sensing signal by combining all the output signals from the electron scintillators; a second combining means which produces a combined proton sensing signal by combining all the output signals from the proton scintillators; and a spectrometer which produces an exoatmospheric space weather image by processing the combined electron sensing signal and the combined proton sensing signal.