Floating potential and return current measurements in a rocket-borne electron beam experiment

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Sep 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982georl...9.1061k&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 9, Sept. 1982, p. 1061-1063.

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Beam Injection, Electron Beams, Plasma Interaction Experiment, Rocket-Borne Instruments, Spacecraft Charging, Electron Emission, Ionospheric Sounding, Plasma Potentials, Plasma Probes, Spaceborne Experiments, Surface Reactions, Time Response

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The behavior of an electron beam emitted from the S-520-2 rocket in conjunction with the charge-up of the spacecraft using a floating probe array and a return current probe is investigated. It is shown that the electron beam returns to the rocket body when it is emitted in a direction perpendicular to the geomagnetic field and the charge-up of the spacecraft is suppressed. The charge-up of the floating probe when directly bombarded by the electron beam results in a spurious measurement of the floating potential of the spacecraft.

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