The CRRES IDM Spacecraft Experiment For Insulator Discharge Pulses

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 233-241

  Holeman, E G ^c   Mullen, E G ^a   Kerns, K J ^a  

^a USAF   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; SPACE RESEARCH; TESTING;

COMBINED RELEASE AND RADIATION EFFECTS SATELLITE; INSULATOR DISCHARGE PULSES; INTERNAL DISCHARGE MONITOR; PENETRATING ELECTRONS;

ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 0027578331     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.212347     Document Type: Article

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