Deep Dielectric Charging of Spacecraft Polymers by Energetic Protons

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2482-2490

  Green, Nelson Wesley ^a   Dennison, J R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge storage; conductivity; dielectric discharge; electrons; protons; radiation induced conductivity (RIC); resistivity; spacecraft charging

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008053868     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: 19399375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.2003442     Document Type: Article

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