@inbook{40accb67f667429fa8089ad57261bf16,
title = "Solar wind concentrator",
abstract = "The detailed bulk composition of the Sun, and hence of the solar wind, provides a fundamental data set for planetary science. In order to increase the solar wind implanted into an ultra-pure sample compared to the irreducible contaminants, we have designed a solar wind concentrator. A concentration factor of >20 is achieved by using an electro-optical design that is roughly analogous to an optical reflecting telescope with the additions of ion pre- acceleration and proton rejection. Detailed calculations and simulations using three separate approaches have been used to optimize and prove out the design. In addition, the critical mirror portion of the design was prototyped and tested; results of the prototype testing bear out the basic design of the concentrator and were used to further optimize the mechanical design. While never flown as a unit, all components of the concentrator have substantial flight heritage. The solar wind concentrator design is mature and ready for flight.",
author = "McComas, {D. J.} and Barracloueh, {B. L.} and Moses, {R. W.} and Wiens, {R. C.} and L. Adamic and D. Burnett and M. Neugebauer",
note = "Funding Information: We gratefully acknowledge valuable contributions from Rudy Abeyta, Phil Barker, Peter Eberhardt, Charles Hohenberg, Charlie Kehm, Martin Steinacher, and Steve Storms. The work at Los Alamos was carried out under the auspices of the United States Department of Energy with support from NASA. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 1998 by the American Geophysical Union.",
year = "1998",
doi = "10.1029/GM102p0195",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9780875900858",
series = "Geophysical Monograph Series",
publisher = "Blackwell Publishing Ltd.",
pages = "195--200",
editor = "Pfaff, {Robert F.} and Joseph.E. Borovsky and Young, {David T.}",
booktitle = "Measurement Techniques in Space Plasmas",
}