A Model of the Effect of the Satellite Photosheath on a Double Floating Probe System.

Abstract

The report describes a model developed to predict the interactions between multiple electrostatic probes that are separated by distances that are shorter than or comparable to the characteristic plasma shielding length, for example, double floating probe systems on spacecraft at high altitudes where Debye lengths exceed the probe-spacecraft separation. The computation involves crude approximations accounting for space charge effects, currents due to the emission and exchange of photoelectrons, and currents from the ambient plasma. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 19, 1974
Accession Number
AD0777167

Entities

People

  • David P. Cauffman
  • Nelson C. Maynard

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Accounting
  • Altitude
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Computations
  • Electron Emission
  • Electrostatic Probes
  • Emission
  • High Altitude
  • Photoelectrons
  • Shielding
  • Space Charge
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Spacecraft Components
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster