Electrostatic phenomena on planetary surfaces / Carlos I. Calle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Calle, Carlos I., author.

Contributor:

Morgan & Claypool Publishers, publisher.

Institute of Physics (Great Britain), publisher.

Series:

IOP concise physics

IOP (Series). Release 3.

IOP concise physics, 2053-2571

[IOP release 3]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Planets--Magnetospheres.

Planets.

Electrostatics.

Planets--Atmospheres.

Planets--Atmospheres--Thermodynamic equilibrium.

Planets--Surfaces.

Planets--Surfaces--Optical properties.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (chiefly color).

Distribution:

Bristol [England] : IOP Publishing, [2017]

Place of Publication:

San Rafael [California] : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2017]

System Details:

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Biography/History:

Dr. Carlos I. Calle is the founder and manager of NASA's Electrostatics and Surface Physics Laboratory at the Kennedy Space Center. He received his PhD in theoretical nuclear physics from Ohio University. He is currently working on the problem of electrostatic phenomena on planetary surfaces, particularly on Mars and the Moon, developing instrumentation for future planetary exploration missions. He has authored more than 150 papers, several books, and is the recipient of two awards from NASA for outstanding contributions to the space program.

Summary:

The diverse planetary environments in the solar system react in somewhat different ways to the encompassing influence of the Sun. These different interactions define the electrostatic phenomena that take place on and near planetary surfaces. The desire to understand the electrostatic environments of planetary surfaces goes beyond scientific inquiry. These environments have enormous implications for both human and robotic exploration of the solar system. This book describes in some detail what is known about the electrostatic environment of the solar system from early and current experiments on Earth as well as what is being learned from the instrumentation on the space exploration missions (NASA, European Space Agency, and the Japanese Space Agency) of the last few decades. It begins with a brief review of the basic principles of electrostatics.

Contents:

10. The electrostatic environments of the giant planets

10.1. The electrostatic and magnetic environments of Jupiter

10.2. Lightning on Jupiter

10.3. The electrostatic environment of Saturn

10.4. The electrostatic environments of Uranus and Neptune

10.5. The electrostatic environment of Saturn's moon Titan.

9. The electrostatic environments of Venus and Mercury

9.1. Electrical phenomena in the Venusian atmosphere

9.2. The electrostatic environment of Mercury

8. The Martian electrostatic environment

8.1. The Martian atmosphere

8.2. Electrical breakdown in the Martian atmosphere

8.3. Electrostatic charge and size of Martian atmospheric dust particles

7. The electrostatic environment of asteroids

7.1. The asteroid electrostatic environment

7.2. Electrostatic dust transport

7.3. Cohesive forces in asteroids

6. The electrostatic environment of the Moon

6.1. The lunar surface environment

6.2. The lunar electrostatic environment

6.3. Electrostatic charging of the lunar regolith

6.4. Triboelectric charging on the lunar surface

5. Spacecraft and satellites in the electrostatic environment of the Earth

5.1. Spacecraft and satellite orbits

5.2. Spacecraft charging

5.3. Spacecraft charging in LEO

5.4. Charging of the ISS

5.5. Spacecraft charging in MEO

5.6. Spacecraft charging in GEO

5.7. Mitigation techniques

4. The terrestrial electrostatic environment

4.1. The Earth's atmosphere

4.2. Electrical breakdown in the terrestrial atmosphere

4.3. Radiation from the Sun : the solar wind

4.4. Radiation belts

4.5. Auroras

3. Electrical breakdown and charge decay in planetary atmospheres

3.1. Electrical breakdown in planetary atmospheres

3.2. Glow discharges and ion wind

3.3. Charge mobility

3.4. Charge decay in planetary atmospheres

Preface

1. Introduction

2. Electrostatics principles

2.1. Coulomb's law and the principle of superposition

2.2. The electric field

2.3. Gauss's law

2.4. Electric potential

2.5. Conductors in electrostatic fields

2.6. Capacitance

2.7. Electrostatic breakdown

2.8. Dielectrics in electric fields

2.9. Plasmas

Notes:

"Version: 20170102"--Title page verso.

"A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Title from PDF title page (viewed on March 2, 2017).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781681744797

9781681744773

OCLC:

979979658

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.