solar array, plasma interaction, space plasma, high voltage solar array, Langmuir probe, volt-ampere characteristic, ion current, bias voltage, electrode spacing, electric discharge, insulator
その他のタイトル(英)
Study of the interaction between space plasma and high voltage solar array
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Tokyo Institute of Technology
出版者
宇宙航空研究開発機構
出版者(英)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
雑誌名
宇宙航空研究開発機構特別資料: 2005年度宇宙関連プラズマ研究会講演集
雑誌名(英)
JAXA Special Publication: Proceedings of Space Plasma Symposium 2005
巻
JAXA-SP-05-020
ページ
87 - 90
発行年
2006-02-28
抄録(英)
We are studying the problems associated with high voltage power systems in space. Especially we are interested in the potential distribution of the solar array that is resistant to the electrical discharge. We have carried out experiment on the interaction between the space plasma and the high voltage solar array. An array of electrodes distributed on a dielectric material was used to simulate the inter-connectors of the solar array panel in space environment. One of major concerns in the usage of the high voltage solar array in space is the arc discharge on the array. Based on the plasma sheath theories, there is a possibility to control or to prevent the discharge by selecting a potential distribution of the electrode array. As the first step to find the potential distribution that is tolerate to the discharge, we measured the current to the electrodes, changing the spacing of the electrodes. This paper presents the experimental results suggesting that we can control the discharge by selecting a proper potential distribution of the high voltage solar array.