Enhanced electrodynamic tether currents due to electron emission from a neutral gas discharge: Results from the TSS-1R mission

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 437-440

  Gilchrist, B E ^a   Bonifazi, C ^b   Bilen S G ^a   Raitt, W J ^c   Burke, W J ^d,g   Stone, N H ^e,h   Lebreton, J P ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Phillips Lab/GPSG   (United States)

^e NASA/George C Marshall SFC ^*  (United States)

^f EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^g AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^h NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTRON EMISSION; IONOSPHERE; PLASMA SOURCES; SATELLITES; SPACE RESEARCH; WAVE PLASMA INTERACTIONS; ORBITS; TETHERLINES;

ELECTRODYNAMIC TETHER CURRENTS; ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE (EMF); TETHERED SATELLITE SYSTEMS (TSS);

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON EMISSION;

CONDUCTING SURFACES; CURRENT COLLECTION; CURRENT ENHANCEMENT; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES; ELECTRO-DYNAMIC TETHER; ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE (EMF); ELECTRON EMISSION SOURCES; TETHERED SATELLITE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031997920     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03023     Document Type: Article

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