Importance of surface conditions for spacecraft charging

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 634-638

  Lai, Shu T ^a,b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Space Vehicles Directorate ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRONS;

BACKSCATTERED ELECTRONS; CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; MODEL CALCULATIONS; PARAMETERS CHARACTERIZING; SECONDARY ELECTRONS; SPACECRAFT CHARGING; SURFACE CONDITIONS; SURFACE CONTAMINATIONS;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 77958166776     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.48824     Document Type: Conference Paper

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