Electrostatic phenomena on planetary surfaces
Electrostatic phenomena, ubiquitous on Earth, also occur on many planetary bodies of the solar system. This book describes what is known about the electrostatic environment on and near the different planetary surfaces in the solar system based on experiments on Earth, as well as what is being learned from instrumentation on space exploration missions of the last few decades. The book presents brief reviews of the basic principles in electrostatics as well as of the fundamentals of space radiati…
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- Full title :Electrostatic phenomena on planetary surfaces / Carlos I. Calle and Karen L. Aplin.
Summary
Electrostatic phenomena, ubiquitous on Earth, also occur on many planetary bodies of the solar system. This book describes what is known about the electrostatic environment on and near the different planetary surfaces in the solar system based on experiments on Earth, as well as what is being learned from instrumentation on space exploration missions of the last few decades. The book presents brief reviews of the basic principles in electrostatics as well as of the fundamentals of space radiation. It then describes the different planetary environments where electrostatic phenomena take place: atmospheres and planetary surfaces. The second edition includes two new chapters on Space Radiation Fundamentals and The Electrostatic Environment of Jupiter. Other updates include updated models of the lunar electrical environment, recent measurements from NASA's Curiosity rovers, recent discoveries of the properties of the Venusian atmosphere and new data on Mercury. The key audience for this research and reference text includes researchers and students in the physical sciences.
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- Publication Date:2022
- Edition:Second edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):IOP Publishing
- Place of Publication:Bristol [England] (No.2 The Distillery, Glassfields, Avon Street, Bristol, BS2 0GR, UK)
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2022
Notes
"Version: 20221001"--Title page verso.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource : : illustrations (some color).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780750338912, 0750338911, 9780750338905, 0750338903
- DOI:10.1088/2514-3433/ac878e
- oclc:on1350649688
- LC Classification:QB603.A85
- Dewey Decimal:551.509992
Table of Contents
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. Dielectrophoretic forces -- 2.10. Plasmas
3. Space radiation fundamentals -- 3.1. Sources and types of radiation found in space -- 3.2. Measurement of energetic particles in space -- 3.3. Effects of space radiation -- 3.4. Mitigating radiation effects
4. Electrical breakdown and charge decay in planetary atmospheres -- 4.1. Electrical breakdown in planetary atmospheres -- 4.2. Glow discharges and ion wind -- 4.3. Charge mobility -- 4.4. Charge decay and conductivity in planetary atmospheres
5. The terrestrial electrostatic environment -- 5.1. The earth's atmosphere -- 5.2. Electrical breakdown in the terrestrial atmosphere -- 5.3. Radiation from the Sun : the solar wind -- 5.4. Radiation belts -- 5.5. Aurora
6. Spacecraft and satellites in the electrostatic environment of the Earth -- 6.1. Spacecraft and satellite orbits -- 6.2. Spacecraft charging -- 6.3. Space…
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