Computer Science
Scientific paper
Jul 1995
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995htrc.rept.....h&link_type=abstract
Final Report HY-Tech Research Corp., Radford, VA.
Computer Science
Dust, Grain Size, Particle Size Distribution, Photoelectric Emission, Secondary Emission, Bismuth, Electron Beams, Interplanetary Dust, Planetary Magnetospheres, Space Plasmas, Vacuum Systems
Scientific paper
The overall goal of this project is experimentally determine the emission properties of dust grains in order to provide theorists and modelers with an accurate data base to use in codes that predict the charging of grains in various plasma environments encountered in the magnetospheres of the planets. In general these modelers use values which have been measured on planar, bulk samples of the materials in question. The large enhancements expected due to the small size of grains can have a dramatic impact upon the predictions and the ultimate utility of these predictions. The first experimental measurement of energy resolved profiles of the secondary electron emission coefficient, 6, of sub-micron diameter particles has been accomplished. Bismuth particles in the size range of .022 to .165 micrometers were generated in a moderate pressure vacuum oven (average size is a function of oven temperature and pressure) and introduced into a high vacuum chamber where they interacted with a high energy electron beam (0.4 to 20 keV). Large enhancements in emission were observed with a peak value, delta(sub max) = 4. 5 measured for the ensemble of particles with a mean size of .022 micrometers. This is in contrast to the published value, delta(sub max) = 1.2, for bulk bismuth. The observed profiles are in general agreement with recent theoretical predictions made by Chow et al. at UCSD.
Hazelton Robert C.
Moschella John J.
Settersten Thomas B.
Spanjers Gregory G.
Yadlowsky Edward J.
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