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Numerical Computation of Energy-Dependent Geometric Factors of E and F Electron Detectors of CASSINI/MIMI/LEMMS

Technical Report by Xiaodong Hong and Thomas P. Armstrong, May 10, 1997

Chapter 2 Calculation of Magnetic Field of the Cassini/MIMI/LEMMS Sensor

Assuming that the magnetization of a rectangular surface is uniformly polarized at the normal direction, one can obtain the analytic expression of the magnetic field produced by a rectangular magnet.  The magnet is located in the plane defined by -a <= x <=+a, -b<=y<=+b, z=0. z is the direction of magnetization, which one can obtain [1,2] thus:

where x_p=x+a, x_n=x-a, y_p=y+b, y_n=y-b.

The measured magnetic field in the Cassini/MIMI/LEMMS is given for the midplane of the aperture.  Therefore, we adopt aperture coordinates for use in the trajectory calculations and must express the field as from a superposition of pairs of uniformly magnetized sources.  These have been displaced from the z=0 plane by a distance of +/- d/2 and then rotated by +/-14.7º around the x axis. Because the magnetic field in the LEMMS aperture is produced by a pair of magnetized slabs that are displaced from the midplane and tilted in order to achieve a variation of field strength, we need to express the field of an individual slab in coordinates that are convenient for the entire aperture assembly.  Hence, each slab must be displaced and tilted for its contribution to the total field.

In order to use the above analytic expressions we divide each slab into smaller pieces, with each piece pairing with the other piece of the other slab. The following steps show the calculation of the magnetic field of a pair of rectangular magnets.  Then we can sum up all the magnetic fields produced by all the pairs of magnets to obtain the total field strength produced by the slabs.

Translation of the first magnetic coordinates:

The rotation of the first magnetic slab coordinates:

Next the rotation of the coordinates in the second magnetic slab:

where d is the separation between two slabs, and x₁, y₁, and z₁ are the distances translated from the first slab to the original coordinates.

The inverse rotation of the magnetic field must be performed so that B₁, B₂ can be added up correctly.  For slab #1:

where B_x1, B_y1, B_z1 are components in the x'₁y'₁z'₁ coordinate system. B_x10, B_y10, B_z10 are components in the aperture coordinate system. For slab #2:

where B_x2, B_y2, B_z2 are components in the x'₂y'₂z'₂ coordinate system. B_x20, B_y20, B_z20 are components in the aperture coordinate system.

Modification of the coordinate transformations has been made according to equations 2.5 - 2.13.  The magnetic fields are represented in the slab coordinates and added up after inverse rotation (equations 2.14 - 2.19) of the coordinates.

Due to the symmetry, B_x, B_y should be zeroes at the z=0 plane.  This is proved in Wu's model calculation with the inverse rotation.

The measurement of the magnetic field produced by the magnets of Cassini/MIMI/LEMMS is given in table 1 (Livi, Lagg et al., 1996). The z components of the magnetic field are measured at the z=0 plane at various x and y positions and at the y=2.85 cm plane for some x and z positions.

The simulation of the magnetic field produced by the magnets is done according to the Wu, McKee, Armstrong [1] model discussed earlier. The normalization of the calculation values is done according to the maximum values of the measurement.   The calculation, absolute difference, and relative difference values are given in tables 2.2 - 2.4 at various x, y, and z positions with the Wu, McKee, Armstrong coordinates applied to Galileo LEMMS.

There is also a slightly improved version of the simulation of the magnetic field which provides a better fit for the open aperture area (see figure 2.6).  This is achieved by adding a small negative magnet strip near the open aperture (see FDMOD6.CMN in Appendix D for reference). Both simulations of the magnetic field are used in the trajectory tracing to obtain the geometric factors of the Cassini/MIMI/LEMMS E and F detectors.   Other plots of the improved simulation of the magnetic field are shown in figures 2.7 - 2.10.

Figures:

	Figure 2.1 The contour of the magnetic field produced by a rectangular slab with a=0.15 cm and b=0.8 cm.		Figure 2.2 The locations of the two magnetic slabs.
	Figure 2.3 Comparison of the calculated vs. measured values of the magnetic field at z=0 cm of various y.		Figure 2.4 Contour of the calculated magnetic field at z=0 cm.
	Figure 2.5 The mesh and contour of the calculated magnetic field at z=0 cm.		Figure 2.6 Comparison of the improved calculated vs. measured values of magnetic field at z=0 cm of various y.
	Figure 2.7 Contour of the improved calculated magnetic field at z=0 cm.		Figure 2.8 The mesh and contour of the improved calculated magnetic field at z=0 cm.
	Figure 2.9 Contour of the improved calculated magnetic field at x=1 cm plane.		Figure 2.10 Contour of the improved calculated magnetic field at x=3 cm plane.

Table 2.1
Table 2.2
Table 2.3
Table 2.4

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