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Flanagan, T.

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Dielectric discharge characteristics in a two-electron simulation environment

The results of a series of experiments in which flux levels representative of the space electron environment were used are presented and compared to the results of high flux tests. The simulation approach was to partition the space electron spectrum into two parts, those electrons which do not penetrate a material and therefore contribute to charging and those which completely penetrate the material. The nonpenetrating electrons were simulated using 25 keV electrons and the penetrating electrons by 350 keV electrons. The materials included in this investigation were Kapton, optical solar reflectors (OSRs), and a ground test satellite surface potential monitor which contained Kapton, astroquart, OSRs and teflon.

Treadaway, M.↗

Model of coupling discharges into spacecraft structures

The calculated results of a semiempirical model for electron-caused electromagnetic pulse (ECEMP) are compared to the experimental data for three spacecraft geometries. The appropriateness of certain model assumptions which have been employed in the absence of a microscopic theory for dielectric breakdown and associated electron blowoff is discussed. Results are limited to the exterior response of spacecraft structures, although neither the model nor the experiments were limited to the outside problem. Rationales for model assumptions are provided.

Woods, A. J.↗