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Detection of surface glow related to spacecraft glow phenomenaA source of low energy neutral atoms and molecules has been developed by using a biased limiter to scrape off and reflect neutralized ions from a toroidal plasma. Beams of nitrogen and nitrogen-oxygen mixtures with energies of 1 to 15 eV and fluxes greater than about 10 to the 14 per centimeter per second were directed onto target surfaces consisting of Z-302 and Z-306 paints. With the nitrogen beams, a glow due to beam-surface interactions was successfully detected. In addition, a volume glow effect due to beam-gas interactions was observed which may play a role in spacecraft glow.
Document ID
19860052874
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Langer, W. D.
(Princeton Univ. NJ, United States)
Cohen, S. A.
(Princeton Univ. NJ, United States)
Manos, D. M.
(Princeton Univ. NJ, United States)
Motley, R. W.
(Princeton Univ. NJ, United States)
Ono, M.
(Princeton University NJ, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1986
Publication Information
Publication: Geophysical Research Letters
Volume: 13
ISSN: 0094-8276
Subject Category
Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance
Accession Number
86A37612
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG8-521
CONTRACT_GRANT: DE-AC02-76CH-03073
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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