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Measurement Of Charging And Discharging Of High Resistivity Materials Spacecraft Materials By Electron Beams, Ryan Hoffmann, Joshua L. Hodges, Jesse Hayes, Jr Dennison
Measurement Of Charging And Discharging Of High Resistivity Materials Spacecraft Materials By Electron Beams, Ryan Hoffmann, Joshua L. Hodges, Jesse Hayes, Jr Dennison
Conference Proceedings
New instrumentation has been developed for in situ measurements of the electron beam- induced surface voltage of high resistivity spacecraft materials in an existing ultra-high vacuum electron emission analysis chamber. Design details, calibration and characterization measurements of the system are presented, showing sensitivity to a range of surface voltages from12000 V, with resolution surface, using a paddle attached to a vacuum compatible stepper motor mounted within a hemispherical grid retarding field analyzer. These electrodes formed one end of a floating charge transfer probe that enabled measurements to be made by a standard electrostatic field probe external to the vacuum chamber. …