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Laboratory measurements on charging of individual micron-size apollo-11 dust grains by secondary electron emissions
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Abbas, M. M. Tankosic, D. |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Description | Observations made during Apollo missions, as well as theoretical models indicate that the lunar surface and dust grains are electrostatically charged, levitated and transported. Lunar dust grains are charged by UV photoelectric emissions on the lunar dayside and by the impact of the solar wind electrons on the nightside. The knowledge of charging properties of individual lunar dust grains is important for developing appropriate theoretical models and mitigating strategies. Currently, very limited experimental data are available for charging of individual micron-size size lunar dust grains in particular by low energy electron impact. However, experimental results based on extensive laboratory measurements on the charging of individual 0.2-13 micron size lunar dust grains by the secondary electron emissions (SEE) have been presented in a recent publication. The SEE process of charging of micron-size dust grains, however, is found to be very complex phenomena with strong particle size dependence. In this paper we present some examples of the complex nature of the SEE properties of positively charged individual lunar dust grains levitated in an electrodynamic balance (EDB), and show that they remain unaffected by the variation of the AC field employed in the above mentioned measurements. |
| File Size | 278477 |
| Page Count | 2 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20120014535 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t5bc8zq3j |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2012-05-20 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration Lunar Dust Laboratories Experimentation Mathematical Models Electron Emission Secondary Emission Solar Wind Photoelectric Emission Electrostatic Charge Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
