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Correcting Parker Solar Probe Electron Measurements for Spacecraft Magnetic and Electric Fields

Whittlesey, Phyllis; Kasper, Justin; Larson, Davin +2 more

The spacecraft body of the Parker Solar Probe may interfere with electron measurements in two ways. The first is the presence of several permanent magnets near the Solar Probe Analyzers (SPAN) instruments. The second is the widely varying spacecraft potential. We estimate the effect of these interferences by performing particle tracing simulations…