Solar radiation and the beryllium hollow-body sail: 1. The ionizationand disintegration effects

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 169-179

  Kezerashvili, Roman Ya ^a   Matloff, Gregory L ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation coefficient; Electrons and protons; Interaction with photons; Solar radiation; Solar sails; Space environment

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; ELECTRONS; HYDROGEN; IONIZATION OF GASES; ORBITS; PHOTONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; HIGH ENERGY PHOTONS; HIGH-ENERGY PARTICLES; SPACE ENVIRONMENT; SPACE ENVIRONMENT EFFECT; SPACECRAFT CONFIGURATIONS; STRUCTURAL WEAKENING; WORST CASE SCENARIO;

SOLAR SAILS;

EID: 34247539994     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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