Fundamentals of Spacecraft Charging: Spacecraft Interactions with Space Plasmas Hardcover - 2011
by Shu T. Lai
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"Fundamentals of Spacecraft Charging is by a well-known leader in the field and provides a comprehensive, unique, and useful addition to the subject. Several sections, particularly the review and discussion of dielectric breakdown, are of particular interest. This book will be valuable as an introductory text or as a reference for those seeking details on specific aspects of charging."--Henry B. Garrett, coauthor of Spacecraft-Environment Interactions
"Spacecraft charging has raised many interesting issues for engineers and scientists since the first observations in space. Accessible to a wide range of readers, Shu Lai's book offers a comprehensive survey of key materials on this multifaceted topic."--Alain Hilgers, European Space Research and Technology Centre
"Lai's compendium of surface and dielectric spacecraft charging ranges from the basic causes and controlling factors to the effects of secondary electron emission, and the formation of space charge potential wells and barriers. He considers the effects of charged particle beam emission from spacecraft, and the use of plasma sources as 'contactors' to limit charging. Finally, he shows the consequences, from discharges owing to differential charging, to resulting operational anomalies, and offers a suite of effective mitigation techniques."--Thomas E. Moore, NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center
"This book is by far and away the most comprehensive reference on the physics of spacecraft charging, which can be destructive for a spacecraft. The text is clear and straightforward and explores all the myriad facets of this phenomenon. I will use it in my teaching."--Daniel E. Hastings, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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- Title Fundamentals of Spacecraft Charging: Spacecraft Interactions with Space Plasmas
- Author Shu T. Lai
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press
- Date 2011-10
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780691129471 / 0691129479
- Weight 1.55 lbs (0.70 kg)
- Dimensions 10.1 x 7.1 x 0.9 in (25.65 x 18.03 x 2.29 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Space plasmas, SCIENCE / Astrophysics & Space Science
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011003777
- Dewey Decimal Code 629.416
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