NASA/CR-2003-212745, Davis, V.A. and Mandell, M.J. and Thomsen, M.F., Characterization of Magnetospheric Spacecraft Charging Environments Using the LANL Magnetospheric Plasma Analyzer Data Set, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center , Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC 20546-0001, October, 2003, pp. 111, Format(s): PDF 3403k |
An improved specification of the plasma environment has been developed for use in modeling spacecraft charging. It was developed by statistically analyzing a large part of the LANL Magnetospheric Plasma Analyzer (MPA) data set for ion and electron spectral signature correlation with spacecraft charging, including anisotropies. The objective is to identify a relatively simple characterization of the full particle distributions that yield an accurate predication of the observed charging under a wide variety of conditions.
| Keywords: | plasma, charging, ions, electrons, flux, density, chassis, energy, maxwellian, potential |
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| Subjects: | Space Sciences: Space Sciences (General) |
| ID Code: | 649 |
| Deposited On: | 06 January 2004 |