Electrostatic discharge inception on a high-voltage solar array

40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Vayner, B ^a   Galofaro, J ^a   Ferguson, D ^a   Degroot, W ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; CCD CAMERAS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; SECONDARY EMISSION; VIDEO CAMERAS;

ELECTRON NUMBER DENSITIES; HIGH VOLTAGE SOLAR ARRAYS; NEUTRAL GAS PRESSURE; OPTICAL SPECTRA; SECONDARY ELECTRON EMISSIONS; SURFACE CONDITIONING; THEORETICAL MODELING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

SOLAR CELL ARRAYS;

EID: 85085402655     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-631     Document Type: Conference Paper

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