High-level spacecraft charging in eclipse at geosynchronous altitudes: A statistical study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Lai, Shu T ^a   Tautz, Maurice ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947530328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010733     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Bame, S. J., D. J. McComas, M. F. Thomsen, B. L. Barraclough, R. C. Elphic, and J. P. Glore (1993), Magnetospheric plasma analyzer fro spacecraft with constrained resources, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 64, 1026-1033.
2. Hastings, D., and H. B. Garrett (1996), Spacecraft-Environment Interactions, Cambridge Univ. Press, New York.
3. Laframboise, J. G., and M. Kamitsuma (1983), The threshold temperature effect in high voltage spacecraft charging, in Proceedings of Air Force Geophysics Workshop on Natural Charging of Large Space structures in Near Earth Polar Orbit, AFRL-TR-83-0046, ADA-134-894, 293-308.
4. Laframboise, J. G., R. Godard, and M. Kamitsuma (1982), Multiple floating potentials, threshold temperature effects, and barrier effects in high voltage charging of exposed surfaces on spacecraft, paper presented at International Symposium on Spacecraft Materials in Space Environment, Eur. Space Agency, Toulouse, France.
5. Lai, S. T. (1991), Spacecraft charging thresholds in single and double Maxwellian space environments, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., 19, 1629-1634.
6. Lai, S. T., and D. Della-Rose (2001), Spacecraft charging at geosynchronous altitudes: New evidence of existence of critical temperature, J. Spacecr. Rockets, 38, 922-928.
7. Lai, S. T., M. S. Gussenhoven, and H. A. Cohen (1982), Energy range of ambient electrons responsible for spacecraft charging, Eos Trans. AGU, 63(18), 421.
8. Lai, S. T., M. S. Gussenhoven, and H. A. Cohen (1983), The concepts of critical temperature and energy cutoff of ambient electrons in high voltage charging of spacecraft, in Proceedings of the 17th ESLAB Synposium, edited by D. Guyenne and J. H. A. Pedersen, pp. 169-175, Eur. Space Agency, Noordwijk, Netherlands.
9. Langmuir, I. (1960), Collected Works of Irving Langmuir, edited by C. G. Suits, Elsevier, New York.
10. McComas, D. J., S. J. Bame, B. L. Barraclough, J. R. Donart, R. C. Elphic, J. T. Gosling, M. B. Moldwin, K. R. Moore, and M. F. Thomsen (1993), Magnetospheric plasma analyzer: Initial three-spacecraft observations from geosynchronous orbit, J. Geophys. Res., 98(A8), 13,453-13,466.
11. Meyer-Vernet, N. (1999), How does the solar wind blow? A simple kinetic model, Eur. J. Phys., 20, 167-176.
12. Mott-Smith, H. M., and I. Langmuir (1926), The theory of collectors in gaseous discharges, Phys. Rev., 28, 727-763.
13. Prokopenko, S. M., and J. G. L. Laframboise (1980), High voltage differential charging of geostationary spacecraft, J. Geophys. Res., 85(A8), 4125-4131.
14. Reagan, J. B., R. E. Meyerott, R. W. Nightingale, P. C. Filbert, and W. L. Imhoff (1983), Spacecraft charging currents and their effects on space systems, IEEE Trans. Electr. Insulations, 18, 354-365.
15. Rubin, A., H. B. Garrett, and A. H. Wendel (1980), Spacecraft charging on ATS-5, AFGL-TR-80-0168, ADA-090-508, Air Force Geophys. Lab., Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass.
16. Sanders, N. L., and G. T. Inouye (1978), Secondary emission effects on spacecraft charging: energy distribution consideration, in Spacecraft Charging Technology 1978, edited by R. C. Finke and C. P. Pike, pp. 747-755, Air Force Geophys. Lab., Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass.
17. Sternglass, E. J. (1954a), Theory of secondary electron emission, Sci. Pap. 1772, Westinghouse Res. Lab., Pittsburgh, Pa.
18. Sternglass, E. J. (1954b), Backscattering of kilovolt electrons from solids, Phys. Rev., 95, 345-358.
19. Thomsen, M. F., E. Noveroske, J. E. Borovsky, and D. J. McComas (1999), Calculation of moments from measurements by the Los Alamos magnetospheric plasma analyzer, LANL Rep. LA-13566-MS, Los Alamos Natl. Lab., Los Alamos, N. M.