Space Experiments with Particle Accelerators: SEPAC. Controlled active experiments in ionosphere and magnetosphere with particle accelerators on-board the Space Shuttle/Spacelab.
Abstract
The goals and the components of the Space Experiments with Particle Accelerators (SEPAC) System, part of the Space Shuttle and Spacelab program, are described. The main components of the SEPAC system are an electron beam accelerator and a magneto-plasma-dynamic arcjet. The accelerators are installed on a pallet, with monitoring and diagnostic observations being made by onboard beam-monitor TV camera, particle, wave, and plasma measuring instruments. The main scientific objectives of the experiments are: beam-plasma physics; beam atmosphere interactions; modification of ionosphere parameters; and vehicle charge neutralization.
- Publication:
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Report of Ionosphere and Space Research in Japan
- Pub Date:
- December 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976RISRJ..30...57O
- Keywords:
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- Earth Magnetosphere;
- Electron Accelerators;
- Ionospheric Sounding;
- Satellite-Borne Instruments;
- Spacelab;
- Electron Beams;
- Plasma Diagnostics;
- Plasma Jets;
- Plasma-Particle Interactions;
- Space Shuttles;
- Television Equipment;
- Spacecraft Instrumentation