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Reference: Moore, T.E., C. R. Chappell, M. O. Chandler, S. A. Fields, C. J. Pollock, D. L. Reasoner, D. T. Young, J. L. Burch, N. Eaker, J. H. Waite, Jr., D. J. McComas, J. E. Nordholt, M. F. Thomsen, J. J. Berthelier, and R. Robson, The Thermal Ion Dynamics Experiment and Plasma Source Instrument, Space Sci. Rev., 1995.

Acknowledgements:
The authors wish to acknowledge the crucial efforts of John Galloway, GGS instrument manager for TIDE/PSI; Bill Chisholm, Vic Coffey, and Nelson Martinez of MSFC; Peggy Sloan and Dick West of Boeing Computer Support Services; Ron Bowman, Ron Black, Al Blevins, Poul Jensen, Dana Kloza, Don Shirley, Kirk Smith, and David Strain of Southwest Research Institute; Kevin McCabe of Los Alamos National Laboratory; Tod Williamson of Hughes Research Laboratories; as well as other members of the technical and science staffs of the respective organizations. All labored long and hard at one time or another to make TIDE what it is. We are indebted to M. Torr, M. Neugebauer and W. Lennartsson for stimulating discussions concerning the design of electrostatic mirrors; and to R. C. Olsen for advice and discussion regarding the plan for the PSI. A. P. Biddle, J. H. Hoffman, R. A. Heelis, and W. W. Wright contributed to early versions of the Mirror/RPA design. SwRI work was carried out under NASA grants NAG8-114 and NAG8-693, NASA contract NAS8-38189, and SwRI Internal Research Project 15-9455. Work performed at Los Alamos National Laboratories was carried out under the auspices of the U.S. Dept. of Energy. Work performed at CRPE was funded by CNES.

References:
Chappell, C. R., S. A. Fields, C. R. Baugher, J. H. Hoffman, W. B. Hanson, W. W. Wright, H. D. Hammack, G. R. Carignan, and A. F. Nagy, 1981, The retarding ion mass spectrometer on Dynamics Explorer A, Space Sci. Instrum., 5, 477.

Chappell, C. R., 1988, The terrestrial plasma source: A new perspective in solar-terrestrial processes from Dynamics Explorer, Revs. Geophys. Space Phys., 26, 229.

Chandler, M. O., J. H. Waite, Jr., and T. E. Moore, 1990, Observations of polar ion outflows, J. Geophys. Res. 96, 1421.

Delcourt, D. C., J. A. Sauvaud, and T. E. Moore, 1990, Cleft O+ Contribution to the Ring Current, J. Geophys. Res. 95, 20937.

Lockwood, M., M. O. Chandler, J. L. Horwitz, J. H. Waite, Jr., T. E. Moore, and C. R. Chappell, 1985, The cleft ion fountain, J. Geophys. Res. 90, 9736.

Moore, T. E., 1991, Origins of Magnetospheric Plasma, Rev. Geophys., Supplement, 1039.

Moore, T. E., and D. T. Young, 1993, TIDE/PSI Flight Hardware Specifications, MSFC Document TIDE-FHWS-04.

Nagai, T., J. F. E., Johnson, and C. R. Chappell, 1983, Low-energy (<1000 eV) ion pitch angle distributions in the magnetosphere by ISEE 1, J. Geophys. Res., 88, 6944.

Olsen, R. C., Modification of spacecraft potentials by plasma emission, 1981, J. Spacecraft and Rockets, 18, 462-469.

Olsen, R. C., Experiments in charge control at geosynchronous orbit, 1985, ATS-5 and ATS-6, J. Spacecraft and Rockets, 22, 254-264.

Pollock, C. J., M. O. Chandler, T. E. Moore, J. H. Waite Jr., C. R. Chappell and D. A. Gurnett, 1990, A Survey of Upwelling Ion Event Characteristics, J. Geophys. Res. 95, 18969.

Pollock, C. J., T. E. Moore, and D. L. Reasoner, 1994, Quasi-parabolic electrostatic charged particle mirror, to be submitted to Revs. Sci. Instr.

Young, D. T., 1989, Space plasma mass spectrometry below 60 keV, In Solar System Plasma Physics, J. H. Waite, Jr., J. L. Burch, and R. L. Moore, eds., Geophysical Monograph #54, Am. Geophys. Un., Washington, D.C., p. 143.

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