Plasma energization in the shuttle wake region during beam injection from Spacelab 1

Details Plasma energization in the shuttle wake region during beam injection from Spacelab 1 Plasma energization in the shuttle wake region during beam injection from Spacelab 1

Jun 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986p%26ss...34..555i&link_type=abstract

Planetary and Space Science, Volume 34, Issue 6, p. 555-562.

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As part of the PICPAB experiment a high energy pulsed electron beam was emitted from Spacelab 1. Probe results showed that the shuttle wake zone had a significant influence on the electron distribution near the shuttle, both during and between the pulses. A population of suprathermal electrons developed during the beam injection, creating a non-thermal probe current which appears to depend critically on the shuttle attitude. The highest suprathermal electron currents were observed in the wake zone. We therefore conclude that the suprathermal electrons in the wake region were not energized by charging effects, but rather by processes related to the dynamics of the wake zone.

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