Electrostatic Phenomena on Planetary Surfaces

✍ Scribed by Carlos I Calle

• Publisher: IOP Concise Physics
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 83
• Series: Iop Concise Physics
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

PRELIMS.pdf
Preface
Acknowledgements
Author biography
Carlos I Calle
CH001.pdf
Chapter 1 Introduction
CH002.pdf
Chapter 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
References
CH003.pdf
Chapter 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
References
CH004.pdf
Chapter 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
References
CH005.pdf
Chapter 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
References
CH006.pdf
Chapter 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
References
CH007.pdf
Chapter 7 The electrostatic environment of asteroids
7.1 The asteroid electrostatic environment
7.2 Electrostatic dust transport
7.3 Cohesive forces in asteroids
References
CH008.pdf
Chapter 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
References
CH009.pdf
Chapter 9 The electrostatic environments of Venus and Mercury
9.1 Electrical phenomena in the Venusian atmosphere
9.2 The electrostatic environment of Mercury
References
CH010.pdf
Chapter 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
References