A rugged electron/ion source for spacecraft charging experiments
Abstract
A simple, novel technique was developed for generating a large-diameter, uniform electron beam with appropriate current density for spacecraft charging studies.
- Publication:
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Spacecraft Charging Technol. Conference
- Pub Date:
- February 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977scct.conf..549N
- Keywords:
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- Electron Sources;
- Ion Sources;
- Spacecraft Charging;
- Current Density;
- Electron Beams;
- Experimentation;
- Uniform Flow;
- Vacuum Chambers;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering