ANALYSIS OF PERFORMANCE OF A ROCKET-BORNE RETARDING POTENTIAL ANALYZER.

Abstract

The use of a rocket-borne retarding potential analyzer (RSHOWN THAT AT THE ALTITUDES OF INTEREST (40 to 90 km) shock ionization induced by the nose-cone may exceed ambient ionization. Moreover, the positive ion current measured by means of the RPA is not linearly dependent on the ion density; at present, the precise functional dependence between the two quantities cannot be established analytically. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0607761

Entities

People

  • Oscar P. Manley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Analyzers
  • Charged Particles
  • Ion Density
  • Ionization
  • Ions
  • Nose Cones
  • Noses
  • Rockets

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Fluid Dynamics.