Publication Date:
2019-06-28
Description:
Experimental measurements and computer simulation of secondary electron emission coefficients for FEP-Teflon, for normal and oblique incidence in the presence of a normal electric field are reported. Knowledge of the electrostatic environment surrounding the specimen calculation of particle trajectories are considered. A simulation using a conformal mapping, a Green's integral, and a trajectory generator provides the necessary mathematical support for the measurements which have been made with normal fields of 1.5 and 2.7 kV/mm. When incidence is normal and energy exceeds the critical energy, the coefficient is given by V.58 and for oblique incidence this expression may be divided by the cosine of the angle. The parameter V sub 0 is a function of normal field. Measurements for values of V sub f are presented.
Keywords:
SPACECRAFT DESIGN, TESTING AND PERFORMANCE
Type:
NASA. Lewis Research Center Spacecraft Charging Technol., 1980; p 198-210
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