Ground tests of high-voltage solar arrays immersed in a low density plasma

34th AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Vayner, Boris ^a   Galofaro, Joel ^b   Ferguson, Dale ^b  

^a OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT COLLECTION; HIGH-VOLTAGES; INCEPTION VOLTAGES; INTERCONNECT DESIGN; LOW-DENSITY PLASMAS; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; SAMPLE TEMPERATURE; VACUUM CHAMBERS;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

SOLAR CELL ARRAYS;

EID: 84897584074     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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