Theory of topside sounder transmission effects on antenna quasistatic sheath impedance
| Autor: | F. H. Palmer, J. Rubinstein, J. G. Laframboise |
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| Rok vydání: | 1975 |
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Physics
Near and far field Plasma Low frequency Condensed Matter Physics Capacitance Computational physics symbols.namesake Nuclear magnetic resonance Physics::Plasma Physics Physics::Space Physics symbols General Earth and Planetary Sciences Electrical and Electronic Engineering Antenna (radio) Electrical impedance Quasistatic process Debye |
| Zdroj: | Radio Science. 10:773-784 |
| ISSN: | 0048-6604 |
| DOI: | 10.1029/rs010i008p00773 |
| Popis: | A quasistatic theory has been constructed for predicting low frequency sheath impedance changes produced on spacecraft sounding antennas as a result of intense RF emissions by them. The theory involves calculation of time-independent sheath profiles around an infinite cylindrical antenna in a collisionless plasma, using a numerical scheme which includes the time-averaged repelling force on electrons due to a nonlinear effect of the RF near field of the antenna. These sheath profiles then yield values of static sheath capacitance and conductance per unit antenna length. The theory includes a more accurate electron current calculation than in the earlier treatments by the authors. Results are presented for a range of parameters applicable to spacecraft sounding conditions. In most cases, the quasistatic sheath capacitance and conductance both decrease as RF amplitude increases. At large enough RF amplitudes, the capacitance becomes almost independent of antenna potential and Debye ratio. |
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