Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Oct 1975
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975stin...7623140i&link_type=abstract
Application of numerical plasma simulation for calculation of plasma perturbations caused by a spacecraft in the solar wind Bund
Statistics
Computation
Computerized Simulation, Helios Satellites, Particle In Cell Technique, Solar Wind, Spacecraft Trajectories, Electric Potential, Electron Energy, Electron Plasma, Energy Spectra, Neutral Particles, Perturbation, Photoelectrons, Plasma Potentials, Solar Probes, Two Dimensional Models
Scientific paper
The perturbation of the solar wind by a spacecraft was calculated. The surface is charged up, the streaming velocity causes a wake behind the probe, and photoelectrons are emitted from the sunlit side. The plasma electrons were simulated in a two-dimensional model using the particle-in-cell method. The ions were treated as neutral particles and the photoelectrons approximated. With regard to the Helios mission, computations were carried out with plasma parameters for conditions near earth (1.0 AU) and near sun (0.2 AU). Results were obtained for the potential distribution in the vicinity of the spacecraft, the floating potential, and the deformations of electron energy spectra.
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