Secondary electrons control a spacecraft's response to a plasma environment. To accurately simulate spacecraft charging, the NASA Charging Analyzer Program (NASCAP) has mathematical models of the generation, emission and transport of secondary electrons. The importance of each of the processes and the physical basis for each of the NASCAP models are discussed. Calculations are presented which show that the NASCAP formulations are in good agreement with both laboratory and space experiments.
Secondary electron generation, emission and transport: Effects on spacecraft charging and NASCAP models
1987-05-01
Conference paper
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English
NASCAP-2K Spacecraft Charging Models: Algorithms and Applications
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2001
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