Journal article
Dust contamination of the spacecraft environment by exposure to plasma
Journal of spacecraft and rockets, Vol.30(6), pp.765-767
11/1993
DOI: 10.2514/3.26384
Abstract
The presence of dust can dramatically alter how material bodies interact with a plasma environment. These dust-plasma-object interactions are increasingly thought to be important for several areas of research. To data, most studies of dust-plasma interactions have in magnetospheric physics, where researchers have identified them as a critical factor in various astrophysical plasmas. In the paper the authors review the experiment reported by Sheridan. A test sphere was coated with micron-size particulates and then placed in a laboratory plasma. To simulate a spacecraft, the sphere rotated at 10 rpm and it was electrically floating. This was done by mounting the sphere on a rotating support rod with an insulating break. The insulating break was a passive feature that assured that the sphere would be at the floating potential.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Dust contamination of the spacecraft environment by exposure to plasma
- Creators
- J Goree - University of IowaY. T Chiu - Lockheed Research and Development Division
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of spacecraft and rockets, Vol.30(6), pp.765-767
- DOI
- 10.2514/3.26384
- ISSN
- 0022-4650
- eISSN
- 1533-6794
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/1993
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy; Mechanical Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984199747802771
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