NDLI: Internal Breakdown of Charged Spacecraft Dielectrics

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Author	Beers, B. L. Pine, V. W. Ives, S. T.
Copyright Year	1963
Abstract	The primary purpose of this paper is to suggest that low differential voltage, small energy discharges associated with internal buried charge may be a dominant mechanism by which stored electrostatic energy is released from dielectrics on board orbiting spacecraft. The evidence from space as given by Stevens is noted. Laboratory experimental evidence of Frederickson is invoked to demonstrate that discharges occur under circumstances with no external potential drop. Previous calculations are then reviewed which indicate that significant internal electric fields can exist in dielectrics charged with multiple-kilovolt electron beams under conditions involving little or no external potential drop. The internal discharge mechanism of Meulenberg is recalled, and new calculations suggesting that the space environment is conducive to the formation of the conditions required by this mechanism are presented. Experimental procedures for checking the suggestions of the paper are developed.
Sponsorship	IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Computer Applications in Nuclear and Plasma Sciences (CANPS) Lawrence Berkeley Lab. Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab. APS College of William and Mary Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility NASA Defence Nuclear Agency Sandia National Laboratories Jet Propulsion Laboratory Brookhaven Nat. Lab. Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab IEEE/NPPS Radiat. Effects Committee Defence Nuclear Agency/DoD Sandia National Laboratories/DOE Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA Phillips Lab./DoD
Starting Page	4529
Ending Page	4534
Page Count	6
File Size	1068562
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00189499
Volume Number	28
Issue Number	6
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1981-12-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Dielectric breakdown Space vehicles Electric breakdown Electron beams Dielectric substrates Surface charging Surface discharges Magnetic field measurement Breakdown voltage Low voltage
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Nuclear and High Energy Physics Electrical and Electronic Engineering Nuclear Energy and Engineering

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