Computational analysis of spacecraft/plasma wake phenomena using the simulation code SAPPHIRE.
Abstract
Computational simulations of plasma wakes produced by charged bodies in plasma conditions equivilent to low Earth orbit have been carried out using the plasma simulation code SAPPHIRE. The numerical methods used by the code are described and typical results given. The results are compared to experimental data and very good agreement is shown. Finally, recent improvements to the code are described and some examples given.
- Publication:
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Physics of Charged Bodies in Space Plasmas
- Pub Date:
- 1992
- Bibcode:
- 1992pcbs.conf....9B