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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 19850025254: Surface voltage gradient role in high voltage solar array-plasma interaction: Center Director's discretionary fund
NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 19850025254: Surface voltage gradient role in high voltage solar array-plasma interaction: Center Director's discretionary fund
A large amount of experimental and analytical effort has been directed toward understanding the plasma sheath growth and discharge phenomena which lead to high voltage solar array-space plasma interactions. An important question which has not been addressed is how the surface voltage gradient on such an array may affect these interactions. The results of this study indicate that under certain conditions, the voltage gradient should be taken into account when evaluating the effect on a solar array operating in a plasma environment.
