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Langer, W.D., Cohen, S.A., Manos, D.M., Motley, R.W., Ono, M., Paul, S.F., Roberts, D. and Selberg, H. (1986). Detection of surface glow related to spacecraft glow phenomena. Geophysical Research Letters 13: doi: 10.1029/GL013i004p00377. issn: 0094-8276. |
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We have developed a source of low energy neutral atoms and molecules by using a biased limiter to scrape-off and reflect neutralized ions from a toroidal plasma. Beams of nitrogen and nitrogen-oxygen mixtures with energies of 1 to 15 eV and fluxes > 1014/cm2/s were directed on target surfaces consisting of z-302 and z-306 paints. With the nitrogen beams we successfully detected a glow due to beam-surface interactions. In addition, we observed a volume glow effect due to beam-gas interactions which may play a role in spacecraft glow. |
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