Gaseous discharge plasmas produced by high-energy electron-irradiated insulators for spacecraft

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2037-2047

  Frederickson, Arthur Robb ^a   Benson, C E ^a   Cooke, E M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; ELECTROSTATICS; MAGNETOPLASMA; MAGNETOSPHERE; SPACECRAFT; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS;

CHAMBER ELECTRODES; ELECTRON-IRRADIATED INSULATORS; HIGH ENERGY ELECTRON IRRADIATION;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 0034458931     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.902231     Document Type: Article

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