The Low-energy Imaging Particle Spectrometer (LIPS) is configured as a
"pinhole camera" with particle-specific scintillator focal planes. The
scintillators are designed specifically to respond only to either protons
or electrons within a specific energy range. The scintillators are
coupled directly to a multi-anode photomultiplier tube (PMT). Owing to
their particle-specific response, the scintillators themselves provide
the particle discrimination. The pulse amplitude defines the particle
energy and the spatial position provides angular information.