Future beam experiments in the magnetosphere with plasma contactors: How do we get the charge off the spacecraft?
dc.contributor.author | Delzanno, G. L. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Borovsky, J. E. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Thomsen, M. F. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Moulton, J. D. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | MacDonald, E. A. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-01T20:56:53Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-07-05T17:27:58Z | en |
dc.date.issued | 2015-05 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Delzanno, G. L.; Borovsky, J. E.; Thomsen, M. F.; Moulton, J. D.; MacDonald, E. A. (2015). "Future beam experiments in the magnetosphere with plasma contactors: How do we get the charge off the spacecraft?." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 120(5): 3647-3664. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2169-9380 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2169-9402 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/112002 | |
dc.description.abstract | The idea of using a high‐voltage electron beam with substantial current to actively probe magnetic field line connectivity in space has been discussed since the 1970s. However, its experimental realization onboard a magnetospheric spacecraft has never been accomplished because the tenuous magnetospheric plasma cannot provide the return current necessary to keep spacecraft charging under control. In this work, we perform Particle‐In‐Cell simulations to investigate the conditions under which a high‐voltage electron beam can be emitted from a spacecraft and explore solutions that can mitigate spacecraft charging. The electron beam cannot simply be compensated for by an ion beam of equal current, because the Child‐Langmuir space charge limit is violated under conditions of interest. On the other hand, releasing a high‐density neutral contactor plasma prior and during beam emission is critical in aiding beam emission. We show that after an initial transient controlled by the size of the contactor cloud where the spacecraft potential rises, the spacecraft potential can settle into conditions that allow for electron beam emission. A physical explanation of this result in terms of ion emission into spherical geometry from the surface of the plasma cloud is presented, together with scaling laws of the peak spacecraft potential varying the ion mass and beam current. These results suggest that a strategy where the contactor plasma and the electron beam operate simultaneously might offer a pathway to perform beam experiments in the magnetosphere.Key PointsThe contactor plasma mitigates spacecraft charging from electron beam emissionThe contactor allows ion emission over a larger, quasi‐spherical areaThe peak of the spacecraft potential is lower for larger contactor clouds | en_US |
dc.publisher | McGraw‐Hill | en_US |
dc.publisher | Wiley Periodicals, Inc. | en_US |
dc.subject.other | High voltage electron beam | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Contactor plasma | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Space beam experiments | en_US |
dc.subject.other | PIC simulations | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Spacecraft charging | en_US |
dc.title | Future beam experiments in the magnetosphere with plasma contactors: How do we get the charge off the spacecraft? | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Astronomy and Astrophysics | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/112002/1/jgra51731.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1002/2014JA020608 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics | en_US |
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