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An Analysis of the Performance of the Magnetic Deflection System in the Voyager Low Energy Charged Particle Experiment

by Sheela Shodhan
B.Sc., Gujarat University, India, 1985

Copyright 1988 Sheela Shodhan. Used with permission.

Submitted to the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Kansas in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Computational Physics and Astronomy.

Masters Committee: Thomas P. Armstrong, chair; Thomas E. Cravens; Barbara J. Anthony-Twarog. Thesis defended: 29 December 1988.

• Abstract
• Dedication and Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1 - Introduction
• Chapter 2 - Introduction to the Voyager Mission
• Chapter 3 - Modelled Magnetic Field
• Chapter 4 - Modelled LEMPA Subsystem
• Chapter 5 - Calculations and Results
• Appendix A
  • Projections of the Field Lines of the xy Plane and the yz Plane
  • Plots of the Observed and Calculated Field Values
  • Table of Observed and Calculated Field Values
  • Results of the Model
  • Percentage Relative Errors
• Appendix B
• Coordinates of the Vertices of the Polygons of the Modelled Sensor Subsystem
• Coefficients of the Equations of the Planes of the Polygons
• Appendix C - Equations and Their Derivations
• Appendix D
• Appendix E - Source Code of the Routines
• References

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