Auroral Electrodynamics 1: 1. Preliminary Electron Density Profile and 2. Vehicle Potential Changes During an Active Beam Experiment

Abstract

The report presents preliminary findings obtained by a pulsed plasma probe aboard a payload launched by a Terrier-Malemute sounding rocket from the Poker Flat Research Range. Results are outlined both during passive and active (i.e., an Argon plasma gun) experiments. Modifications to the design of the pulsed probe circuitry which allow tracking of the vehicle potential are described. The vehicle potential deduced from the analog records is plotted during times of interest (gun pulsing periods). An electron density profile with gun pulsing times indicated is also provided.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 19, 1980
Accession Number
ADA086728

Entities

People

  • D. N. Walker
  • Edward P. Szuszczewicz
  • J. C. Holmes

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Detectors
  • Electrodynamics
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Langmuir Probes
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • New Hampshire
  • Optical Scanning
  • Particles
  • Power Spectra
  • Probes
  • Rockets
  • Sounding Rockets
  • Spacecraft
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics