Method for estimating spontaneous pulse rate for insulators inside spacecraft

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 43, Issue 6 PART 1, 1996, Pages 2778-2782

  Frederickson, A R ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC INSULATING MATERIALS; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTRONS; ELECTROSTATICS; SPACECRAFT;

ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PULSING; SPONTANEOUS PULSING;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 0030368568     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.556866     Document Type: Article

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