Solar radiation and the beryllium hollow-body sail: 2. Diffusion, recombination and erosion processes

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 47-57

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

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

Author keywords

Electric sails; Electrons; Interaction with photons; Protons and solar wind plasma; Solar radiation; Solar sails; Space environment

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC SAILS; ELECTROSTATIC PRESSURE; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; EROSION PROCESS; HYDROGEN DIFFUSION; POSITIVE CHARGES; SOLAR WIND PLASMAS; SPACE ENVIRONMENT;

BERYLLIUM; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; EROSION; IONIZATION; PHOTONS; PROTONS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; TENSILE STRENGTH;

SOLAR SAILS;

EID: 38949131523     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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