Measurement of charging and discharging of high resistivity spacecraft materials by electron beams

47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hoffmann, Ryan ^a   Hodges, Joshua L ^a   Hayes, Jesse ^a   Dennison, J R ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC GROUNDING; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRONS; PROBES; STEPPING MOTORS;

BULK RESISTIVITY; CHARACTERIZATION MEASUREMENT; CHARGING PROCESS; GROUNDED SUBSTRATES; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; SPACECRAFT MATERIALS; SPATIAL PROFILES; SURFACE VOLTAGES;

VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

EID: 78549247438     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-561     Document Type: Conference Paper

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