NASA NTRS · 19900051642
Plasma sources for spacecraft neutralization
Abstract
The principles of the operation of plasma sources for the neutralization of the surface of a spacecraft traveling in the presence of hot plasma are discussed with special attention given to the hollow-cathode-based plasma contactors. Techiques are developed that allow the calculation of the potentials and particle densities in the near environment of a hollow cathode plasma contactor in both the test tank and the LEO environment. The techniques and codes were validated by comparison of calculated and measured results.
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Davis, V. A., Katz, I., Mandell, M. J.. 1990-06-01. Plasma sources for spacecraft neutralization. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19900051642
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