Electrostatic phenomena on planetary surfaces
The diverse planetary environments in the solar system react in somewhat different ways to the encompassing influence of the Sun. These different interactions define the electrostatic phenomena that take place on and near planetary surfaces. The desire to understand the electrostatic environments of planetary surfaces goes beyond scientific inquiry. These environments have enormous implications for both human and robotic exploration of the solar system. This book describes in some detail what i…
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- Full title :Electrostatic phenomena on planetary surfaces / Carlos I. Calle.
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The diverse planetary environments in the solar system react in somewhat different ways to the encompassing influence of the Sun. These different interactions define the electrostatic phenomena that take place on and near planetary surfaces. The desire to understand the electrostatic environments of planetary surfaces goes beyond scientific inquiry. These environments have enormous implications for both human and robotic exploration of the solar system. This book describes in some detail what is known about the electrostatic environment of the solar system from early and current experiments on Earth as well as what is being learned from the instrumentation on the space exploration missions (NASA, European Space Agency, and the Japanese Space Agency) of the last few decades. It begins with a brief review of the basic principles of electrostatics.
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- Publication Date:2017
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- Publisher(s):Morgan & Claypool Publishers
- Place of Publication:San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA)
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2017
Notes
"Version: 20170102"--Title page verso.
"A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 volume (various pagings)) : : illustrations (chiefly color) ; : 26 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1681744767, 9781681744766
- oclc:ocn978511403
- LC Classification:QB603.A85
- Dewey Decimal:551.50999/2
Table of Contents
Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Electrostatics principles -- 2.1. Coulomb's law and the principle of superposition -- 2.2. The electric field -- 2.3. Gauss's law -- 2.4. Electric potential -- 2.5. Conductors in electrostatic fields -- 2.6. Capacitance -- 2.7. Electrostatic breakdown -- 2.8. Dielectrics in electric fields -- 2.9. Plasmas -- 3. Electrical breakdown and charge decay in planetary atmospheres -- 3.1. Electrical breakdown in planetary atmospheres -- 3.2. Glow discharges and ion wind -- 3.3. Charge mobility -- 3.4. Charge decay in planetary atmospheres -- 4. The terrestrial electrostatic environment -- 4.1. The Earth's atmosphere -- 4.2. Electrical breakdown in the terrestrial atmosphere -- 4.3. Radiation from the Sun : the solar wind -- 4.4. Radiation belts -- 4.5. Auroras -- 5. Spacecraft and satellites in the electrostatic environment of the Earth -- 5.1. Spacecraft and satellite orbits -- 5.2. Spacecraft charging -- 5.3. Spacecraft charging in LEO -- 5.4. Charging of the ISS -- 5.5. Spacecraft charging in MEO -- 5.6. Spacecraft charging in GEO -- 5.7. Mitigation techniques -- 6. The electrostatic environment of the Moon -- 6.1. The lunar surface environment -- 6.2. …
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