TY - JOUR
T1 - Floating potential and return current measurements in a rocket‐borne electron beam experiment
AU - Kawashima, Nobuki
AU - Sasaki, Susumu
AU - Oyama, Koichiro
AU - Akai, Kazunori
AU - Nakai, Yutaka
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1982/9
Y1 - 1982/9
N2 - The floating potential of a rocket and the return current distribution were measured simultaneously in the S‐520‐2 electron beam experiment in the ionosphere. When an electron beam is emitted perpendicular to the geomagnetic field, it returns back to the rocket surface azimuthally opposite (180°) to the electron gun and this results in a suppression of the floating potential. An apparent spurious increase of the floating potential of the rocket when the electron beam directly hits the floating probes causing the charge‐up of those probes is also pointed out.
AB - The floating potential of a rocket and the return current distribution were measured simultaneously in the S‐520‐2 electron beam experiment in the ionosphere. When an electron beam is emitted perpendicular to the geomagnetic field, it returns back to the rocket surface azimuthally opposite (180°) to the electron gun and this results in a suppression of the floating potential. An apparent spurious increase of the floating potential of the rocket when the electron beam directly hits the floating probes causing the charge‐up of those probes is also pointed out.
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U2 - 10.1029/GL009i009p01061
DO - 10.1029/GL009i009p01061
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:3042813634
SN - 0094-8276
VL - 9
SP - 1061
EP - 1063
JO - Geophysical Research Letters
JF - Geophysical Research Letters
IS - 9
ER -