Space Charge Limiting from Blackbody Radiation.

Abstract

A grounded, parallel-plate vacuum diode illuminated by x rays generates a two-sided distribution of non-Maxwellian photoelectrons. The resulting potential hill problem may be reduced to a first-order nonlinear differential equation subject to two-point boundary conditions. An iterative APL/360 program has been written to allow the user to perform on-line calculations of potentials. Numerical results are presented for several cases of incident blackbody radiation and unequal two-sided emission. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 14, 1974
Accession Number
AD0779680

Entities

People

  • Gerald G. Comisar

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blackbody Radiation
  • Differential Equations
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electron Emission
  • Emission
  • Equations
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Nonlinear Differential Equations
  • Radiation
  • Space Charge
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster