Browsing by Author "Torkar, K."

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    • Active spacecraft potential control investigation 

      Torkar, K.; Nakamura, R.; Tajmar, Martin; Scharlemann, C.; Jeszensky, H.; Laky, G.; Fremuth, G.; Escoubet, C. P.; Svenes, Knut Ragnar (2014)
      In tenuous plasma the floating potential of sunlit spacecraft reaches tens of volts, positive. The corresponding field disturbs measurements of the ambient plasma by electron and ion sensors and can reduce micro-channel ...