Article
Charge Dynamics in Highly Insulating Space Craft Materials
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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2010
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Abstract
We present a preliminary report on the theoretical and experimental study of transport models in highly insulating materials. The report is developed in four sections; first we give background on the nature of the problems in space craft charging, the contributions and connections made by the Utah State material physics group. Second we discuss the density of states to explore the connections between material composition and the microscopic and macroscopic transport equations. Third from Maxwell’s equations we present an overview of the transport equations. Finally we present preliminary results using experimental data on KaptonTM, the transport equations and relevant expressions for the density of states.
Citation Information
Alec Sim and John R. Dennison. "Charge Dynamics in Highly Insulating Space Craft Materials" (2010) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jr_dennison/532/
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