A particle charge spectrometer for determining the charge and size of individual dust grains on Mars

Institute of Physics Conference Series

Volumn 178, Issue , 2004, Pages 143-148

  Fuerstenau, Stephen ^a   Wilson, Gregory ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD-PORTABLE DEVICES; PARTICLE CHARGE SPECTROMETERS (PCS); TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTROSTATICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROBOTICS; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

EID: 4944260928     PISSN: 09513248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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