Photon and Particle Interactions with Surfaces in Space

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. Introductory Lectures

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Fundamental Processes in Particle and Photon Interactions with Surfaces

      • A. A. Lucas

      Pages 3-21

   3. The Particle Environment in Space

      • G. L. Siscoe

      Pages 23-45

3. Interactions with Spacecraft

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47

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   2. Theoretical Sheath Models

      1. Spherically Symmetric Model of the Photoelectron Sheath For Moderately Large Plasma Debye Lengths

         • Heinz Schröder

         Pages 51-58

      2. The Photoelectron Sheath Around a Spherical Body

         • J. K. E. Tunaley, J. Jones

         Pages 59-71

      3. Plasma Sheath and Screening of Charged Bodies

         • Evan Harris Walker

         Pages 73-89

      4. The Distortion of an Electromagnetic Wave Field by a Cavity in a Cold Magneto-Plasma

         • T. R. Kaiser, P. C. Kendall

         Pages 91-97

   3. Numerical Analysis and Simulation

      1. Structure of the Ionospheric Disturbances about Planetary Entry Probes

         • Herschel Weil, Howard Jew, Uri Samir

         Pages 101-126

      2. Numerical Calculations of the Perturbation of an Electric Field around a Spacecraft

         • Mattias Soop

         Pages 127-136

   4. Influence of Surface Emission on Experimental Measurements

      1. Possible Effects of Photoelectron Emission on a Low Energy Electron Experiment

         • Helmut R. Rosenbauer

         Pages 139-151

      2. The Effects of Photoelectron Emission on a Multiple-Probe Spacecraft near the Plasmapause

         • David P. Cauffman

         Pages 153-161

      3. The Influence of Photoelectron and Secondary Electron Emission on Electric Field Measurements in the Magnetosphere and Solar Wind

         • R. J. L. Grard, K. Knott, A. Pedersen

         Pages 163-189

   5. Particle Energy Distributions Around Spacecraft

      1. Charged Particle Distribution in the Nearest Vicinity of Ionospheric Satellites-Comparison of the Main Results from the Ariel I, Explorer 31 and Gemini-Agena 10 Spacecraft

         • Uri Samir

         Pages 193-219

      2. Photoelectrons Emitted from ISIS Spacecraft

         • G. L. Wrenn, W. J. Heikkila

         Pages 221-230

      3. Energy Distribution of Photoelectrons Emitted from a Surface on the OGO-5 Satellite and Measurements of Satellite Potential

         • K. Norman, R. M. Freeman

         Pages 231-244

   6. Potential of the Spacecraft Surface

      1. Low-Energy Electron Measurements and Spacecraft Potential: Vela 5 and Vela 6

         • Michael D. Montgomery, J. R. Asbridge, S. J. Bame, E. W. Hones

         Pages 247-261

      2. Electrostatic Potentials Developed by ATS-5

         • Sherman E. DeForest

         Pages 263-267

      3. Observations of Spacecraft Charging Effects in Energetic Plasma Regions

         • R. W. Fredricks, F. L. Scarf

         Pages 277-308

The 6th ESLAB Symposium, organised by the Space Science Department (formerly ESLAB) of the European Space Research and Technology Center, was held in Noord­ wijk from 26-29 September 1972. This year the theme was "Photon and Particle Interactions with Surfaces in Space". More than 60 scientists attended mainly from ESRO Member States and from America. The first part of the Symposium was devoted to introductory lectures and to papers on interactions with spacecraft. The second half dealt with the photon and particle interactions with celestial objects, and ended with a general discussion and presenta­ tions of areas where new developments are required. The purpose of this Symposium was to throw light on the importance of the prob­ lems which are evoked by E. A. Trendelenburg in his introductory remarks, and to sum up our present understanding of these phenomena. It is hoped that this book will prove useful to physicists and engineers who are actually involved in space ex­ periments and are concerned with interactions of these types. R. J. L. GRARD OPENING ADDRESS Gentlemen, I should like to welcome you to the 6th ESLAB Symposium. In the past we have always organised this Symposium jointly with our sister in­ stitute, ESRIN, in Frascati, but unfortunately reductions in the scientific budget have forced ESRO to terminate the activities of that laboratory. Nevertheless, we have decided to carryon the tradition, and we shall continue on our own organising this series of symposia on specialised subjects.

• Variation
• ionosphere
• magnetosphere
• solar wind

• Space Science Department (ESLAB), European Space Research and Technology Centre, Noordwijk, The Netherlands

  R. J. L. Grard

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