NASA NTRS · 19830052995
Space Experiments with Particle Accelerators (SEPAC)
Abstract
Plans for SEPAC, an instrument array to be used on Spacelab 1 to study vehicle charging and neutralization, beam-plasma interaction in space, beam-atmospheric interaction exciting artificial aurora and airglow, and the electromagnetic-field configuration of the magnetosphere, are presented. The hardware, consisting of electron beam accelerator, magnetoplasma arcjet, neutral-gas plume generator, power supply, diagnostic package (photometer, plasma probes, particle analyzers, and plasma-wave package), TV monitor, and control and data-management unit, is described. The individual SEPAC experiments, the typical operational sequence, and the general outline of the SEPAC follow-on mission are discussed. Some of the experiments are to be joint ventures with AEPI (INS 003) and will be monitored by low-light-level TV.
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Obayashi, T., Kawashima, N., Kuriki, K., Nagatomo, M., Ninomiya, K., Sasaki, S., Ushirokawa, A., Kudo, I., Ejiri, M., Roberts, W. T.. 1982-01-01. Space Experiments with Particle Accelerators (SEPAC). https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19830052995
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