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    • MMS 4 Hot Plasma Composition Analyzer (HPCA) Ions, Level 2 (L2), Burst Mode, 0.625 s Data

    Metadata Updated: April 10, 2026

    Hot Plasma Composition Analyzer (HPCA) Ions, Level 2, Burst Survey, 0.625 s Data. The MMS HPCA instruments measure the energy and composition of magnetospheric plasmas in the energy range from 1 eV to 40 keV. An electrostatic energy analyzer (ESA) that is optically coupled to a carbon-foil based Time-of-Flight (TOF) section comprises each HPCA. The basic HPCA data product is an array of counts for 5 ion species, at 63 energies, for each of 16 elevation anodes. Sixteen basic products, also called azimuths, are acquired every 0.625 s; half a spacecraft spin period nominally has 16 azimuths. The five ion species are protons (H+), alpha particles (He++), helium ions (He+), singly charged Oxygen (O+), and background counts.

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    Metadata Created Date August 21, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2026

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date August 21, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2026
    Publisher MMS Science Data Center;NASA Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF) Coordinated Data Analysis Web (CDAWeb) Data Services
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    Identifier https://doi.org/10.48322/6cfb-rq65
    Data Last Modified 2026-04-06
    Category Heliophysics
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.48322/6cfb-rq65
    License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
    Program Code 026:000
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    Source Hash a9549180058c9e49d7e93c5851227616432578fbbc9d255744df9613b33fc266
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