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Parker Solar Probe, FIELDS Radio Frequency Spectrometer, RFS, Low Frequency Receiver, LFR, Spectra, Level 2 (L2), 7 s and 56 s Data

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PSP FIELDS Radio Frequency Spectrometer, RFS, Low Frequency Reciever, LFR, Data:\n\nThe RFS is the high frequency component of the FIELDS experiment on the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft, see reference [1]. For a full description of the FIELDS experiment, see reference [2]. For a description of the RFS, see reference [3].\n\nThe RFS produces auto and cross spectral data products in two frequency ranges, the Low Frequency Reciever range and the High Frequency Receiver range. Telemetered spectral data products for both HFR and LFR contain 64 frequency bins, with the LFR typically covering a frequency range from 10.5 kHz to 1.7 MHz, and the HFR covering from 1.3 MHz to 19.2 MHz, with approximately logarithmically spaced bins. LFR high-resolution spectra contain 32 finely spaced frequency bins near the plasma frequency. The exact frequency bins are selectable and are included as metadata variables in this file.\n\nThe Level 2 data products contained in this data file have been calibrated for the preamp and RFS analog section response, the Polyphase Filter Bank, PFB, and the Fast Fourier Transform, FFT, spectral processing as described in reference [3]. Corrections for base capacitance and antenna effective length have not been applied. These corrections will be applied in Level 3 RFS data. Therefore, the units for all spectral quantities are given in V^2/Hz.\n\nThe time resolution of the RFS data vary with instrument mode. During encounter, which is when PSP is within 0.25 astronomical units, AU, of the Sun, the cadence for RFS HFR and LFR spectra is typically about 7 s. During cruise mode, which is the default mode for operations outside of 0.25 AU, the cadence for HFR and LFR spectra is about 56 s.\n\nReferences:\n\n* 1) Fox, N.J., Velli, M.C., Bale, S.D., et al., Space Sci Rev (2016), 204:7, DOI:10.1007/s11214-015-0211-6\n* 2) Bale, S.D., Goetz, K., Harvey, P.R., et al., Space Sci Rev (2016), 204:49, DOI:10.1007/s11214-016-0244-5\n* 3) Pulupa, M., Bale, S.D., Bonnell, J.W., et al., JGR Space Physics (2017), 122, 2836-2854, DOI:10.1002/2016JA023345

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