Electron beam injection of 5 keV, 300 mA (1.5 kW) and MPD arcjet plasma injection of 2 kJ/shot were successfully performed together with various kinds of diagnostic instruments including a high sensitivity TV camera observation in the Spacelab 1. Major scientific results obtained are studies of: (1) vehicle charge-up due to the electron beam emission and its neutralization by the MPD arcjet plasma; (2) beam-plasma interaction including the plasma wave excitation; (3) beam-atmosphere interaction such as the verification of critical velocity ionization effect; and (4) anomalous enhancement of ionization associated with a neutral gas injection into space.
Initial results of SEPAC scientific achievement
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SEPAC Flight Software Program Listing, Volume 2
NTIS | 1982
Vehicle charging observed in SEPAC Spacelab-1 experiment
AIAA | 1986
|Space Experiments with Particle Accelerators: SEPAC
NTRS | 1994
|Computer simulations of beam injection experiments for SEPAC/Spacelab 1 mission
Tema Archiv | 1984
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