Use of coated silicon field emitters as neutralisers for fundamental physics space missions

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1265-1273

  Aplin, K L ^a   Kent, B J ^a   Collingwood, C M ^a,b,d   Wang, L ^c   Stevens, R ^c   Huq, S E ^c   Malik, A ^c  

^a Rutherford Appleton Laboratory ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electric propulsion; Field emission; Fundamental physics; Ion propulsion

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM NITRIDE; AMORPHOUS CARBON; DIAMONDS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; FIELD EMISSION; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; ION PROPULSION; NITRIDES; SILICON; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

DIAMOND LIKE CARBON COATINGS; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS; FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS MISSION; ION PROPULSION SYSTEMS; REDUCED POWER CONSUMPTION; SILICON FIELD EMITTER ARRAYS; SILICON FIELD EMITTERS;

COATINGS;

EID: 80051809432     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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